// Package fetcher contains the block announcement based synchonisation. package fetcher import ( "errors" "fmt" "math/rand" "time" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger/glog" "github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics" "gopkg.in/karalabe/cookiejar.v2/collections/prque" ) const ( arriveTimeout = 500 * time.Millisecond // Time allowance before an announced block is explicitly requested gatherSlack = 100 * time.Millisecond // Interval used to collate almost-expired announces with fetches fetchTimeout = 5 * time.Second // Maximum alloted time to return an explicitly requested block maxUncleDist = 7 // Maximum allowed backward distance from the chain head maxQueueDist = 32 // Maximum allowed distance from the chain head to queue hashLimit = 256 // Maximum number of unique blocks a peer may have announced blockLimit = 64 // Maximum number of unique blocks a per may have delivered ) var ( errTerminated = errors.New("terminated") ) // blockRetrievalFn is a callback type for retrieving a block from the local chain. type blockRetrievalFn func(common.Hash) *types.Block // blockRequesterFn is a callback type for sending a block retrieval request. type blockRequesterFn func([]common.Hash) error // blockValidatorFn is a callback type to verify a block's header for fast propagation. type blockValidatorFn func(block *types.Block, parent *types.Block) error // blockBroadcasterFn is a callback type for broadcasting a block to connected peers. type blockBroadcasterFn func(block *types.Block, propagate bool) // chainHeightFn is a callback type to retrieve the current chain height. type chainHeightFn func() uint64 // chainInsertFn is a callback type to insert a batch of blocks into the local chain. type chainInsertFn func(types.Blocks) (int, error) // peerDropFn is a callback type for dropping a peer detected as malicious. type peerDropFn func(id string) // announce is the hash notification of the availability of a new block in the // network. type announce struct { hash common.Hash // Hash of the block being announced time time.Time // Timestamp of the announcement origin string // Identifier of the peer originating the notification fetch blockRequesterFn // Fetcher function to retrieve } // inject represents a schedules import operation. type inject struct { origin string block *types.Block } // Fetcher is responsible for accumulating block announcements from various peers // and scheduling them for retrieval. type Fetcher struct { // Various event channels notify chan *announce inject chan *inject filter chan chan []*types.Block done chan common.Hash quit chan struct{} // Announce states announces map[string]int // Per peer announce counts to prevent memory exhaustion announced map[common.Hash][]*announce // Announced blocks, scheduled for fetching fetching map[common.Hash]*announce // Announced blocks, currently fetching // Block cache queue *prque.Prque // Queue containing the import operations (block number sorted) queues map[string]int // Per peer block counts to prevent memory exhaustion queued map[common.Hash]*inject // Set of already queued blocks (to dedup imports) // Callbacks getBlock blockRetrievalFn // Retrieves a block from the local chain validateBlock blockValidatorFn // Checks if a block's headers have a valid proof of work broadcastBlock blockBroadcasterFn // Broadcasts a block to connected peers chainHeight chainHeightFn // Retrieves the current chain's height insertChain chainInsertFn // Injects a batch of blocks into the chain dropPeer peerDropFn // Drops a peer for misbehaving // Testing hooks fetchingHook func([]common.Hash) // Method to call upon starting a block fetch importedHook func(*types.Block) // Method to call upon successful block import // Runtime metrics announceMeter metrics.Meter // Counter for metering the inbound announcements announceTimer metrics.Timer // Counter and timer for metering the announce forwarding broadcastMeter metrics.Meter // Counter for metering the inbound propagations broadcastTimer metrics.Timer // Counter and timer for metering the block forwarding discardMeter metrics.Meter // Counter for metering the discarded blocks } // New creates a block fetcher to retrieve blocks based on hash announcements. func New(getBlock blockRetrievalFn, validateBlock blockValidatorFn, broadcastBlock blockBroadcasterFn, chainHeight chainHeightFn, insertChain chainInsertFn, dropPeer peerDropFn) *Fetcher { return &Fetcher{ notify: make(chan *announce), inject: make(chan *inject), filter: make(chan chan []*types.Block), done: make(chan common.Hash), quit: make(chan struct{}), announces: make(map[string]int), announced: make(map[common.Hash][]*announce), fetching: make(map[common.Hash]*announce), queue: prque.New(), queues: make(map[string]int), queued: make(map[common.Hash]*inject), getBlock: getBlock, validateBlock: validateBlock, broadcastBlock: broadcastBlock, chainHeight: chainHeight, insertChain: insertChain, dropPeer: dropPeer, announceMeter: metrics.GetOrRegisterMeter("eth/RemoteAnnounces", metrics.DefaultRegistry), announceTimer: metrics.GetOrRegisterTimer("eth/LocalAnnounces", metrics.DefaultRegistry), broadcastMeter: metrics.GetOrRegisterMeter("eth/RemoteBroadcasts", metrics.DefaultRegistry), broadcastTimer: metrics.GetOrRegisterTimer("eth/LocalBroadcasts", metrics.DefaultRegistry), discardMeter: metrics.GetOrRegisterMeter("eth/DiscardedBlocks", metrics.DefaultRegistry), } } // Start boots up the announcement based synchoniser, accepting and processing // hash notifications and block fetches until termination requested. func (f *Fetcher) Start() { go f.loop() } // Stop terminates the announcement based synchroniser, canceling all pending // operations. func (f *Fetcher) Stop() { close(f.quit) } // Notify announces the fetcher of the potential availability of a new block in // the network. func (f *Fetcher) Notify(peer string, hash common.Hash, time time.Time, fetcher blockRequesterFn) error { block := &announce{ hash: hash, time: time, origin: peer, fetch: fetcher, } select { case f.notify <- block: return nil case <-f.quit: return errTerminated } } // Enqueue tries to fill gaps the the fetcher's future import queue. func (f *Fetcher) Enqueue(peer string, block *types.Block) error { op := &inject{ origin: peer, block: block, } select { case f.inject <- op: return nil case <-f.quit: return errTerminated } } // Filter extracts all the blocks that were explicitly requested by the fetcher, // returning those that should be handled differently. func (f *Fetcher) Filter(blocks types.Blocks) types.Blocks { // Send the filter channel to the fetcher filter := make(chan []*types.Block) select { case f.filter <- filter: case <-f.quit: return nil } // Request the filtering of the block list select { case filter <- blocks: case <-f.quit: return nil } // Retrieve the blocks remaining after filtering select { case blocks := <-filter: return blocks case <-f.quit: return nil } } // Loop is the main fetcher loop, checking and processing various notification // events. func (f *Fetcher) loop() { // Iterate the block fetching until a quit is requested fetch := time.NewTimer(0) for { // Clean up any expired block fetches for hash, announce := range f.fetching { if time.Since(announce.time) > fetchTimeout { f.forgetHash(hash) } } // Import any queued blocks that could potentially fit height := f.chainHeight() for !f.queue.Empty() { op := f.queue.PopItem().(*inject) // If too high up the chain or phase, continue later number := op.block.NumberU64() if number > height+1 { f.queue.Push(op, -float32(op.block.NumberU64())) break } // Otherwise if fresh and still unknown, try and import hash := op.block.Hash() if number+maxUncleDist < height || f.getBlock(hash) != nil { f.forgetBlock(hash) continue } f.insert(op.origin, op.block) } // Wait for an outside event to occur select { case <-f.quit: // Fetcher terminating, abort all operations return case notification := <-f.notify: // A block was announced, make sure the peer isn't DOSing us f.announceMeter.Mark(1) count := f.announces[notification.origin] + 1 if count > hashLimit { glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("Peer %s: exceeded outstanding announces (%d)", notification.origin, hashLimit) break } // All is well, schedule the announce if block's not yet downloading if _, ok := f.fetching[notification.hash]; ok { break } f.announces[notification.origin] = count f.announced[notification.hash] = append(f.announced[notification.hash], notification) if len(f.announced) == 1 { f.reschedule(fetch) } case op := <-f.inject: // A direct block insertion was requested, try and fill any pending gaps f.broadcastMeter.Mark(1) f.enqueue(op.origin, op.block) case hash := <-f.done: // A pending import finished, remove all traces of the notification f.forgetHash(hash) f.forgetBlock(hash) case <-fetch.C: // At least one block's timer ran out, check for needing retrieval request := make(map[string][]common.Hash) for hash, announces := range f.announced { if time.Since(announces[0].time) > arriveTimeout-gatherSlack { // Pick a random peer to retrieve from, reset all others announce := announces[rand.Intn(len(announces))] f.forgetHash(hash) // If the block still didn't arrive, queue for fetching if f.getBlock(hash) == nil { request[announce.origin] = append(request[announce.origin], hash) f.fetching[hash] = announce } } } // Send out all block requests for peer, hashes := range request { if glog.V(logger.Detail) && len(hashes) > 0 { list := "[" for _, hash := range hashes { list += fmt.Sprintf("%x, ", hash[:4]) } list = list[:len(list)-2] + "]" glog.V(logger.Detail).Infof("Peer %s: fetching %s", peer, list) } // Create a closure of the fetch and schedule in on a new thread fetcher, hashes := f.fetching[hashes[0]].fetch, hashes go func() { if f.fetchingHook != nil { f.fetchingHook(hashes) } fetcher(hashes) }() } // Schedule the next fetch if blocks are still pending f.reschedule(fetch) case filter := <-f.filter: // Blocks arrived, extract any explicit fetches, return all else var blocks types.Blocks select { case blocks = <-filter: case <-f.quit: return } explicit, download := []*types.Block{}, []*types.Block{} for _, block := range blocks { hash := block.Hash() // Filter explicitly requested blocks from hash announcements if _, ok := f.fetching[hash]; ok { // Discard if already imported by other means if f.getBlock(hash) == nil { explicit = append(explicit, block) } else { f.forgetHash(hash) } } else { download = append(download, block) } } select { case filter <- download: case <-f.quit: return } // Schedule the retrieved blocks for ordered import for _, block := range explicit { if announce := f.fetching[block.Hash()]; announce != nil { f.enqueue(announce.origin, block) } } } } } // reschedule resets the specified fetch timer to the next announce timeout. func (f *Fetcher) reschedule(fetch *time.Timer) { // Short circuit if no blocks are announced if len(f.announced) == 0 { return } // Otherwise find the earliest expiring announcement earliest := time.Now() for _, announces := range f.announced { if earliest.After(announces[0].time) { earliest = announces[0].time } } fetch.Reset(arriveTimeout - time.Since(earliest)) } // enqueue schedules a new future import operation, if the block to be imported // has not yet been seen. func (f *Fetcher) enqueue(peer string, block *types.Block) { hash := block.Hash() // Ensure the peer isn't DOSing us count := f.queues[peer] + 1 if count > blockLimit { glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("Peer %s: discarded block #%d [%x], exceeded allowance (%d)", peer, block.NumberU64(), hash.Bytes()[:4], blockLimit) return } // Discard any past or too distant blocks if dist := int64(block.NumberU64()) - int64(f.chainHeight()); dist < -maxUncleDist || dist > maxQueueDist { glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("Peer %s: discarded block #%d [%x], distance %d", peer, block.NumberU64(), hash.Bytes()[:4], dist) f.discardMeter.Mark(1) return } // Schedule the block for future importing if _, ok := f.queued[hash]; !ok { op := &inject{ origin: peer, block: block, } f.queues[peer] = count f.queued[hash] = op f.queue.Push(op, -float32(block.NumberU64())) if glog.V(logger.Debug) { glog.Infof("Peer %s: queued block #%d [%x], total %v", peer, block.NumberU64(), hash.Bytes()[:4], f.queue.Size()) } } } // insert spawns a new goroutine to run a block insertion into the chain. If the // block's number is at the same height as the current import phase, if updates // the phase states accordingly. func (f *Fetcher) insert(peer string, block *types.Block) { hash := block.Hash() // Run the import on a new thread glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("Peer %s: importing block #%d [%x]", peer, block.NumberU64(), hash[:4]) go func() { defer func() { f.done <- hash }() // If the parent's unknown, abort insertion parent := f.getBlock(block.ParentHash()) if parent == nil { return } // Quickly validate the header and propagate the block if it passes if err := f.validateBlock(block, parent); err != nil { glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("Peer %s: block #%d [%x] verification failed: %v", peer, block.NumberU64(), hash[:4], err) f.dropPeer(peer) return } f.broadcastTimer.UpdateSince(block.ReceivedAt) go f.broadcastBlock(block, true) // Run the actual import and log any issues if _, err := f.insertChain(types.Blocks{block}); err != nil { glog.V(logger.Warn).Infof("Peer %s: block #%d [%x] import failed: %v", peer, block.NumberU64(), hash[:4], err) return } // If import succeeded, broadcast the block f.announceTimer.UpdateSince(block.ReceivedAt) go f.broadcastBlock(block, false) // Invoke the testing hook if needed if f.importedHook != nil { f.importedHook(block) } }() } // forgetHash removes all traces of a block announcement from the fetcher's // internal state. func (f *Fetcher) forgetHash(hash common.Hash) { // Remove all pending announces and decrement DOS counters for _, announce := range f.announced[hash] { f.announces[announce.origin]-- if f.announces[announce.origin] == 0 { delete(f.announces, announce.origin) } } delete(f.announced, hash) // Remove any pending fetches and decrement the DOS counters if announce := f.fetching[hash]; announce != nil { f.announces[announce.origin]-- if f.announces[announce.origin] == 0 { delete(f.announces, announce.origin) } delete(f.fetching, hash) } } // forgetBlock removes all traces of a queued block frmo the fetcher's internal // state. func (f *Fetcher) forgetBlock(hash common.Hash) { if insert := f.queued[hash]; insert != nil { f.queues[insert.origin]-- if f.queues[insert.origin] == 0 { delete(f.queues, insert.origin) } delete(f.queued, hash) } }