lbcd/blockchain/versionbits.go
Dave Collins 296fa0a5a0
blockchain: Convert to full block index in mem.
This reworks the block index code such that it loads all of the headers
in the main chain at startup and constructs the full block index
accordingly.

Since the full index from the current best tip all the way back to the
genesis block is now guaranteed to be in memory, this also removes all
code related to dynamically loading the nodes and updates some of the
logic to take advantage of the fact traversing the block index can
longer potentially fail.  There are also more optimizations and
simplifications that can be made in the future as a result of this.

Due to removing all of the extra overhead of tracking the dynamic state,
and ensuring the block node structs are aligned to eliminate extra
padding, the end result of a fully populated block index now takes quite
a bit less memory than the previous dynamically loaded version.

The main downside is that it now takes a while to start whereas it was
nearly instant before, however, it is much better to provide more
efficient runtime operation since that is its ultimate purpose and the
benefits far outweigh this downside.

Some benefits are:

- Since every block node is in memory, the recent code which
  reconstructs headers from block nodes means that all headers can
  always be served from memory which is important since the majority of
  the network has moved to header-based semantics
- Several of the error paths can be removed since they are no longer
  necessary
- It is no longer expensive to calculate CSV sequence locks or median
  times of blocks way in the past
- It will be possible to create much more efficient iteration and
  simplified views of the overall index
- The entire threshold state database cache can be removed since it is
  cheap to construct it from the full block index as needed

An overview of the logic changes are as follows:

- Move AncestorNode from blockIndex to blockNode and greatly simplify
  since it no longer has to deal with the possibility of dynamically
  loading nodes and related failures
- Rename RelativeNode to RelativeAncestor, move to blockNode, and
  redefine in terms of AncestorNode
- Move CalcPastMedianTime from blockIndex to blockNode and remove no
  longer necessary test for nil
- Change calcSequenceLock to use Ancestor instead of RelativeAncestor
  since it reads more clearly
2017-08-15 15:42:34 -05:00

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// Copyright (c) 2016-2017 The btcsuite developers
// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package blockchain
import (
"math"
"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg"
)
const (
// vbLegacyBlockVersion is the highest legacy block version before the
// version bits scheme became active.
vbLegacyBlockVersion = 4
// vbTopBits defines the bits to set in the version to signal that the
// version bits scheme is being used.
vbTopBits = 0x20000000
// vbTopMask is the bitmask to use to determine whether or not the
// version bits scheme is in use.
vbTopMask = 0xe0000000
// vbNumBits is the total number of bits available for use with the
// version bits scheme.
vbNumBits = 29
// unknownVerNumToCheck is the number of previous blocks to consider
// when checking for a threshold of unknown block versions for the
// purposes of warning the user.
unknownVerNumToCheck = 100
// unknownVerWarnNum is the threshold of previous blocks that have an
// unknown version to use for the purposes of warning the user.
unknownVerWarnNum = unknownVerNumToCheck / 2
)
// bitConditionChecker provides a thresholdConditionChecker which can be used to
// test whether or not a specific bit is set when it's not supposed to be
// according to the expected version based on the known deployments and the
// current state of the chain. This is useful for detecting and warning about
// unknown rule activations.
type bitConditionChecker struct {
bit uint32
chain *BlockChain
}
// Ensure the bitConditionChecker type implements the thresholdConditionChecker
// interface.
var _ thresholdConditionChecker = bitConditionChecker{}
// BeginTime returns the unix timestamp for the median block time after which
// voting on a rule change starts (at the next window).
//
// Since this implementation checks for unknown rules, it returns 0 so the rule
// is always treated as active.
//
// This is part of the thresholdConditionChecker interface implementation.
func (c bitConditionChecker) BeginTime() uint64 {
return 0
}
// EndTime returns the unix timestamp for the median block time after which an
// attempted rule change fails if it has not already been locked in or
// activated.
//
// Since this implementation checks for unknown rules, it returns the maximum
// possible timestamp so the rule is always treated as active.
//
// This is part of the thresholdConditionChecker interface implementation.
func (c bitConditionChecker) EndTime() uint64 {
return math.MaxUint64
}
// RuleChangeActivationThreshold is the number of blocks for which the condition
// must be true in order to lock in a rule change.
//
// This implementation returns the value defined by the chain params the checker
// is associated with.
//
// This is part of the thresholdConditionChecker interface implementation.
func (c bitConditionChecker) RuleChangeActivationThreshold() uint32 {
return c.chain.chainParams.RuleChangeActivationThreshold
}
// MinerConfirmationWindow is the number of blocks in each threshold state
// retarget window.
//
// This implementation returns the value defined by the chain params the checker
// is associated with.
//
// This is part of the thresholdConditionChecker interface implementation.
func (c bitConditionChecker) MinerConfirmationWindow() uint32 {
return c.chain.chainParams.MinerConfirmationWindow
}
// Condition returns true when the specific bit associated with the checker is
// set and it's not supposed to be according to the expected version based on
// the known deployments and the current state of the chain.
//
// This function MUST be called with the chain state lock held (for writes).
//
// This is part of the thresholdConditionChecker interface implementation.
func (c bitConditionChecker) Condition(node *blockNode) (bool, error) {
conditionMask := uint32(1) << c.bit
version := uint32(node.version)
if version&vbTopMask != vbTopBits {
return false, nil
}
if version&conditionMask == 0 {
return false, nil
}
expectedVersion, err := c.chain.calcNextBlockVersion(node.parent)
if err != nil {
return false, err
}
return uint32(expectedVersion)&conditionMask == 0, nil
}
// deploymentChecker provides a thresholdConditionChecker which can be used to
// test a specific deployment rule. This is required for properly detecting
// and activating consensus rule changes.
type deploymentChecker struct {
deployment *chaincfg.ConsensusDeployment
chain *BlockChain
}
// Ensure the deploymentChecker type implements the thresholdConditionChecker
// interface.
var _ thresholdConditionChecker = deploymentChecker{}
// BeginTime returns the unix timestamp for the median block time after which
// voting on a rule change starts (at the next window).
//
// This implementation returns the value defined by the specific deployment the
// checker is associated with.
//
// This is part of the thresholdConditionChecker interface implementation.
func (c deploymentChecker) BeginTime() uint64 {
return c.deployment.StartTime
}
// EndTime returns the unix timestamp for the median block time after which an
// attempted rule change fails if it has not already been locked in or
// activated.
//
// This implementation returns the value defined by the specific deployment the
// checker is associated with.
//
// This is part of the thresholdConditionChecker interface implementation.
func (c deploymentChecker) EndTime() uint64 {
return c.deployment.ExpireTime
}
// RuleChangeActivationThreshold is the number of blocks for which the condition
// must be true in order to lock in a rule change.
//
// This implementation returns the value defined by the chain params the checker
// is associated with.
//
// This is part of the thresholdConditionChecker interface implementation.
func (c deploymentChecker) RuleChangeActivationThreshold() uint32 {
return c.chain.chainParams.RuleChangeActivationThreshold
}
// MinerConfirmationWindow is the number of blocks in each threshold state
// retarget window.
//
// This implementation returns the value defined by the chain params the checker
// is associated with.
//
// This is part of the thresholdConditionChecker interface implementation.
func (c deploymentChecker) MinerConfirmationWindow() uint32 {
return c.chain.chainParams.MinerConfirmationWindow
}
// Condition returns true when the specific bit defined by the deployment
// associated with the checker is set.
//
// This is part of the thresholdConditionChecker interface implementation.
func (c deploymentChecker) Condition(node *blockNode) (bool, error) {
conditionMask := uint32(1) << c.deployment.BitNumber
version := uint32(node.version)
return (version&vbTopMask == vbTopBits) && (version&conditionMask != 0),
nil
}
// calcNextBlockVersion calculates the expected version of the block after the
// passed previous block node based on the state of started and locked in
// rule change deployments.
//
// This function differs from the exported CalcNextBlockVersion in that the
// exported version uses the current best chain as the previous block node
// while this function accepts any block node.
//
// This function MUST be called with the chain state lock held (for writes).
func (b *BlockChain) calcNextBlockVersion(prevNode *blockNode) (int32, error) {
// Set the appropriate bits for each actively defined rule deployment
// that is either in the process of being voted on, or locked in for the
// activation at the next threshold window change.
expectedVersion := uint32(vbTopBits)
for id := 0; id < len(b.chainParams.Deployments); id++ {
deployment := &b.chainParams.Deployments[id]
cache := &b.deploymentCaches[id]
checker := deploymentChecker{deployment: deployment, chain: b}
state, err := b.thresholdState(prevNode, checker, cache)
if err != nil {
return 0, err
}
if state == ThresholdStarted || state == ThresholdLockedIn {
expectedVersion |= uint32(1) << deployment.BitNumber
}
}
return int32(expectedVersion), nil
}
// CalcNextBlockVersion calculates the expected version of the block after the
// end of the current best chain based on the state of started and locked in
// rule change deployments.
//
// This function is safe for concurrent access.
func (b *BlockChain) CalcNextBlockVersion() (int32, error) {
b.chainLock.Lock()
version, err := b.calcNextBlockVersion(b.bestNode)
b.chainLock.Unlock()
return version, err
}
// warnUnknownRuleActivations displays a warning when any unknown new rules are
// either about to activate or have been activated. This will only happen once
// when new rules have been activated and every block for those about to be
// activated.
//
// This function MUST be called with the chain state lock held (for writes)
func (b *BlockChain) warnUnknownRuleActivations(node *blockNode) error {
// Warn if any unknown new rules are either about to activate or have
// already been activated.
for bit := uint32(0); bit < vbNumBits; bit++ {
checker := bitConditionChecker{bit: bit, chain: b}
cache := &b.warningCaches[bit]
state, err := b.thresholdState(node.parent, checker, cache)
if err != nil {
return err
}
switch state {
case ThresholdActive:
if !b.unknownRulesWarned {
log.Warnf("Unknown new rules activated (bit %d)",
bit)
b.unknownRulesWarned = true
}
case ThresholdLockedIn:
window := int32(checker.MinerConfirmationWindow())
activationHeight := window - (node.height % window)
log.Warnf("Unknown new rules are about to activate in "+
"%d blocks (bit %d)", activationHeight, bit)
}
}
return nil
}
// warnUnknownVersions logs a warning if a high enough percentage of the last
// blocks have unexpected versions.
//
// This function MUST be called with the chain state lock held (for writes)
func (b *BlockChain) warnUnknownVersions(node *blockNode) error {
// Nothing to do if already warned.
if b.unknownVersionsWarned {
return nil
}
// Warn if enough previous blocks have unexpected versions.
numUpgraded := uint32(0)
for i := uint32(0); i < unknownVerNumToCheck && node != nil; i++ {
expectedVersion, err := b.calcNextBlockVersion(node.parent)
if err != nil {
return err
}
if expectedVersion > vbLegacyBlockVersion &&
(node.version & ^expectedVersion) != 0 {
numUpgraded++
}
node = node.parent
}
if numUpgraded > unknownVerWarnNum {
log.Warn("Unknown block versions are being mined, so new " +
"rules might be in effect. Are you running the " +
"latest version of the software?")
b.unknownVersionsWarned = true
}
return nil
}