core, consensus: pluggable consensus engines (#3817)

This commit adds pluggable consensus engines to go-ethereum. In short, it
introduces a generic consensus interface, and refactors the entire codebase to
use this interface.
This commit is contained in:
Péter Szilágyi
2017-04-05 01:16:29 +03:00
committed by Felix Lange
parent e50a5b7771
commit 09777952ee
61 changed files with 1681 additions and 1426 deletions

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@ -18,21 +18,19 @@ package core
import (
crand "crypto/rand"
"errors"
"fmt"
"math"
"math/big"
mrand "math/rand"
"runtime"
"sync"
"sync/atomic"
"time"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pow"
"github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru"
)
@ -62,18 +60,15 @@ type HeaderChain struct {
procInterrupt func() bool
rand *mrand.Rand
getValidator getHeaderValidatorFn
rand *mrand.Rand
engine consensus.Engine
}
// getHeaderValidatorFn returns a HeaderValidator interface
type getHeaderValidatorFn func() HeaderValidator
// NewHeaderChain creates a new HeaderChain structure.
// getValidator should return the parent's validator
// procInterrupt points to the parent's interrupt semaphore
// wg points to the parent's shutdown wait group
func NewHeaderChain(chainDb ethdb.Database, config *params.ChainConfig, getValidator getHeaderValidatorFn, procInterrupt func() bool) (*HeaderChain, error) {
func NewHeaderChain(chainDb ethdb.Database, config *params.ChainConfig, engine consensus.Engine, procInterrupt func() bool) (*HeaderChain, error) {
headerCache, _ := lru.New(headerCacheLimit)
tdCache, _ := lru.New(tdCacheLimit)
numberCache, _ := lru.New(numberCacheLimit)
@ -92,7 +87,7 @@ func NewHeaderChain(chainDb ethdb.Database, config *params.ChainConfig, getValid
numberCache: numberCache,
procInterrupt: procInterrupt,
rand: mrand.New(mrand.NewSource(seed.Int64())),
getValidator: getValidator,
engine: engine,
}
hc.genesisHeader = hc.GetHeaderByNumber(0)
@ -228,78 +223,34 @@ func (hc *HeaderChain) ValidateHeaderChain(chain []*types.Header, checkFreq int)
}
}
// Generate the list of headers that should be POW verified
verify := make([]bool, len(chain))
for i := 0; i < len(verify)/checkFreq; i++ {
// Generate the list of seal verification requests, and start the parallel verifier
seals := make([]bool, len(chain))
for i := 0; i < len(seals)/checkFreq; i++ {
index := i*checkFreq + hc.rand.Intn(checkFreq)
if index >= len(verify) {
index = len(verify) - 1
if index >= len(seals) {
index = len(seals) - 1
}
verify[index] = true
seals[index] = true
}
verify[len(verify)-1] = true // Last should always be verified to avoid junk
seals[len(seals)-1] = true // Last should always be verified to avoid junk
// Create the header verification task queue and worker functions
tasks := make(chan int, len(chain))
for i := 0; i < len(chain); i++ {
tasks <- i
}
close(tasks)
abort, results := hc.engine.VerifyHeaders(hc, chain, seals)
defer close(abort)
errs, failed := make([]error, len(tasks)), int32(0)
process := func(worker int) {
for index := range tasks {
header, hash := chain[index], chain[index].Hash()
// Short circuit insertion if shutting down or processing failed
if hc.procInterrupt() {
return
}
if atomic.LoadInt32(&failed) > 0 {
return
}
// Short circuit if the header is bad or already known
if BadHashes[hash] {
errs[index] = BadHashError(hash)
atomic.AddInt32(&failed, 1)
return
}
if hc.HasHeader(hash) {
continue
}
// Verify that the header honors the chain parameters
checkPow := verify[index]
var err error
if index == 0 {
err = hc.getValidator().ValidateHeader(header, hc.GetHeader(header.ParentHash, header.Number.Uint64()-1), checkPow)
} else {
err = hc.getValidator().ValidateHeader(header, chain[index-1], checkPow)
}
if err != nil {
errs[index] = err
atomic.AddInt32(&failed, 1)
return
}
// Iterate over the headers and ensure they all check out
for i, header := range chain {
// If the chain is terminating, stop processing blocks
if hc.procInterrupt() {
log.Debug("Premature abort during headers verification")
return 0, errors.New("aborted")
}
}
// Start as many worker threads as goroutines allowed
pending := new(sync.WaitGroup)
for i := 0; i < runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0); i++ {
pending.Add(1)
go func(id int) {
defer pending.Done()
process(id)
}(i)
}
pending.Wait()
// If anything failed, report
if failed > 0 {
for i, err := range errs {
if err != nil {
return i, err
}
// If the header is a banned one, straight out abort
if BadHashes[header.Hash()] {
return i, BadHashError(header.Hash())
}
// Otherwise wait for headers checks and ensure they pass
if err := <-results; err != nil {
return i, err
}
}
@ -313,13 +264,11 @@ func (hc *HeaderChain) InsertHeaderChain(chain []*types.Header, writeHeader WhCa
for i, header := range chain {
// Short circuit insertion if shutting down
if hc.procInterrupt() {
log.Debug("Premature abort during headers processing")
break
log.Debug("Premature abort during headers import")
return i, errors.New("aborted")
}
hash := header.Hash()
// If the header's already known, skip it, otherwise store
if hc.HasHeader(hash) {
if hc.GetHeader(header.Hash(), header.Number.Uint64()) != nil {
stats.ignored++
continue
}
@ -490,35 +439,11 @@ func (hc *HeaderChain) SetGenesis(head *types.Header) {
hc.genesisHeader = head
}
// headerValidator is responsible for validating block headers
//
// headerValidator implements HeaderValidator.
type headerValidator struct {
config *params.ChainConfig
hc *HeaderChain // Canonical header chain
Pow pow.PoW // Proof of work used for validating
}
// Config retrieves the header chain's chain configuration.
func (hc *HeaderChain) Config() *params.ChainConfig { return hc.config }
// NewBlockValidator returns a new block validator which is safe for re-use
func NewHeaderValidator(config *params.ChainConfig, chain *HeaderChain, pow pow.PoW) HeaderValidator {
return &headerValidator{
config: config,
Pow: pow,
hc: chain,
}
}
// ValidateHeader validates the given header and, depending on the pow arg,
// checks the proof of work of the given header. Returns an error if the
// validation failed.
func (v *headerValidator) ValidateHeader(header, parent *types.Header, checkPow bool) error {
// Short circuit if the parent is missing.
if parent == nil {
return ParentError(header.ParentHash)
}
// Short circuit if the header's already known or its parent missing
if v.hc.HasHeader(header.Hash()) {
return nil
}
return ValidateHeader(v.config, v.Pow, header, parent, checkPow, false)
// GetBlock implements consensus.ChainReader, and returns nil for every input as
// a header chain does not have blocks available for retrieval.
func (hc *HeaderChain) GetBlock(hash common.Hash, number uint64) *types.Block {
return nil
}