core, eth, event, miner, xeth: fix event post / subscription race

core/blockchain.go

@@ -483,13 +483,6 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) Stop() {
 	glog.V(logger.Info).Infoln("Chain manager stopped")
 }
 
-type queueEvent struct {
-	queue          []interface{}
-	canonicalCount int
-	sideCount      int
-	splitCount     int
-}
-
 func (self *BlockChain) procFutureBlocks() {
 	blocks := make([]*types.Block, self.futureBlocks.Len())
 	for i, hash := range self.futureBlocks.Keys() {
@@ -573,10 +566,9 @@ func (self *BlockChain) InsertChain(chain types.Blocks) (int, error) {
 	// faster than direct delivery and requires much less mutex
 	// acquiring.
 	var (
-		queue      = make([]interface{}, len(chain))
-		queueEvent = queueEvent{queue: queue}
-		stats      struct{ queued, processed, ignored int }
-		tstart     = time.Now()
+		stats  struct{ queued, processed, ignored int }
+		events = make([]interface{}, 0, len(chain))
+		tstart = time.Now()
 
 		nonceChecked = make([]bool, len(chain))
 	)
@@ -659,22 +651,21 @@ func (self *BlockChain) InsertChain(chain types.Blocks) (int, error) {
 			if glog.V(logger.Debug) {
 				glog.Infof("[%v] inserted block #%d (%d TXs %v G %d UNCs) (%x...). Took %v\n", time.Now().UnixNano(), block.Number(), len(block.Transactions()), block.GasUsed(), len(block.Uncles()), block.Hash().Bytes()[0:4], time.Since(bstart))
 			}
-			queue[i] = ChainEvent{block, block.Hash(), logs}
-			queueEvent.canonicalCount++
+			events = append(events, ChainEvent{block, block.Hash(), logs})
 
 			// This puts transactions in a extra db for rpc
 			PutTransactions(self.chainDb, block, block.Transactions())
 			// store the receipts
 			PutReceipts(self.chainDb, receipts)
+
 		case SideStatTy:
 			if glog.V(logger.Detail) {
 				glog.Infof("inserted forked block #%d (TD=%v) (%d TXs %d UNCs) (%x...). Took %v\n", block.Number(), block.Difficulty(), len(block.Transactions()), len(block.Uncles()), block.Hash().Bytes()[0:4], time.Since(bstart))
 			}
-			queue[i] = ChainSideEvent{block, logs}
-			queueEvent.sideCount++
+			events = append(events, ChainSideEvent{block, logs})
+
 		case SplitStatTy:
-			queue[i] = ChainSplitEvent{block, logs}
-			queueEvent.splitCount++
+			events = append(events, ChainSplitEvent{block, logs})
 		}
 		stats.processed++
 	}
@@ -684,8 +675,7 @@ func (self *BlockChain) InsertChain(chain types.Blocks) (int, error) {
 		start, end := chain[0], chain[len(chain)-1]
 		glog.Infof("imported %d block(s) (%d queued %d ignored) including %d txs in %v. #%v [%x / %x]\n", stats.processed, stats.queued, stats.ignored, txcount, tend, end.Number(), start.Hash().Bytes()[:4], end.Hash().Bytes()[:4])
 	}
-
-	go self.eventMux.Post(queueEvent)
+	go self.postChainEvents(events)
 
 	return 0, nil
 }
@@ -774,32 +764,31 @@ func (self *BlockChain) reorg(oldBlock, newBlock *types.Block) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// postChainEvents iterates over the events generated by a chain insertion and
+// posts them into the event mux.
+func (self *BlockChain) postChainEvents(events []interface{}) {
+	for _, event := range events {
+		if event, ok := event.(ChainEvent); ok {
+			// We need some control over the mining operation. Acquiring locks and waiting for the miner to create new block takes too long
+			// and in most cases isn't even necessary.
+			if self.currentBlock.Hash() == event.Hash {
+				self.currentGasLimit = CalcGasLimit(event.Block)
+				self.eventMux.Post(ChainHeadEvent{event.Block})
+			}
+		}
+		// Fire the insertion events individually too
+		self.eventMux.Post(event)
+	}
+}
+
 func (self *BlockChain) update() {
-	events := self.eventMux.Subscribe(queueEvent{})
 	futureTimer := time.Tick(5 * time.Second)
-out:
 	for {
 		select {
-		case ev := <-events.Chan():
-			switch ev := ev.(type) {
-			case queueEvent:
-				for _, event := range ev.queue {
-					switch event := event.(type) {
-					case ChainEvent:
-						// We need some control over the mining operation. Acquiring locks and waiting for the miner to create new block takes too long
-						// and in most cases isn't even necessary.
-						if self.currentBlock.Hash() == event.Hash {
-							self.currentGasLimit = CalcGasLimit(event.Block)
-							self.eventMux.Post(ChainHeadEvent{event.Block})
-						}
-					}
-					self.eventMux.Post(event)
-				}
-			}
 		case <-futureTimer:
 			self.procFutureBlocks()
 		case <-self.quit:
-			break out
+			return
 		}
 	}
 }