From de38bd34fb7ae08880096163264b693fca5a3b5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kelvin Chung <king.chung@manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 12:19:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Change the iter count based timeout

---
 common/kernel/command.cc |  4 +++-
 common/route/router1.cc  | 17 ++++++++---------
 common/route/router1.h   |  1 -
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/kernel/command.cc b/common/kernel/command.cc
index 74d83c9c..fc58d383 100644
--- a/common/kernel/command.cc
+++ b/common/kernel/command.cc
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ po::options_description CommandHandler::getGeneralOptions()
     general.add_options()("parallel-refine", "use new experimental parallelised engine for placement refinement");
 #endif
 
+    general.add_options()("router1-timeout", po::value<int>(), "Timeout for router1 in iteration count (default: 0, no timeout)");
+
     general.add_options()("router2-heatmap", po::value<std::string>(),
                           "prefix for router2 resource congestion heatmaps");
 
@@ -539,7 +541,7 @@ void CommandHandler::setupContext(Context *ctx)
         ctx->settings[ctx->id("placerHeap/parallelRefine")] = true;
 
     if (vm.count("router1-timeout")) {
-        ctx->settings[ctx->id("router1/timeout")] = vm["router1-timeout"].as<int>();
+        ctx->settings[ctx->id("router1/maxIterCnt")] = std::to_string(std::max(0, vm["router1-timeout"].as<int>()));
     }
 
     if (vm.count("router2-heatmap"))
diff --git a/common/route/router1.cc b/common/route/router1.cc
index 818ef136..625f68db 100644
--- a/common/route/router1.cc
+++ b/common/route/router1.cc
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ NEXTPNR_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
 Router1Cfg::Router1Cfg(Context *ctx)
 {
-    maxIterCnt = ctx->setting<int>("router1/maxIterCnt", 200);
+    maxIterCnt = ctx->setting<int>("router1/maxIterCnt", 0);
     cleanupReroute = ctx->setting<bool>("router1/cleanupReroute", true);
     fullCleanupReroute = ctx->setting<bool>("router1/fullCleanupReroute", true);
     useEstimate = ctx->setting<bool>("router1/useEstimate", true);
@@ -1199,18 +1199,17 @@ bool router1(Context *ctx, const Router1Cfg &cfg)
                 last_arcs_with_ripup = router.arcs_with_ripup;
                 last_arcs_without_ripup = router.arcs_without_ripup;
                 ctx->yield();
-
-                if (cfg.timeout){
-                    if (curr_time - rstart > std::chrono::seconds(cfg.timeout)) {
-                        log_error("Timeout reached, stopping routing.\n");
-                    }
-                }
-
+                
 #ifndef NDEBUG
                 router.check();
 #endif
             }
-
+            if (cfg.maxIterCnt){
+                if (iter_cnt > cfg.maxIterCnt) {
+                    log_error("Max iteration count reached, stopping routing.\n");
+                }
+            }
+            
             if (ctx->debug)
                 log("-- %d --\n", iter_cnt);
 
diff --git a/common/route/router1.h b/common/route/router1.h
index 57050a37..a7ec5bad 100644
--- a/common/route/router1.h
+++ b/common/route/router1.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ struct Router1Cfg
     delay_t netRipupPenalty;
     delay_t reuseBonus;
     delay_t estimatePrecision;
-    int timeout;
 };
 
 extern bool router1(Context *ctx, const Router1Cfg &cfg);