kaspad/blockdag/process.go

// Copyright (c) 2013-2017 The btcsuite developers
// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

package blockdag

import (
	"fmt"
	"time"

	"github.com/daglabs/btcd/database"
	"github.com/daglabs/btcd/util"
	"github.com/daglabs/btcd/util/daghash"
)

// BehaviorFlags is a bitmask defining tweaks to the normal behavior when
// performing DAG processing and consensus rules checks.
type BehaviorFlags uint32

const (
	// BFFastAdd may be set to indicate that several checks can be avoided
	// for the block since it is already known to fit into the chain due to
	// already proving it correct links into the chain up to a known
	// checkpoint.  This is primarily used for headers-first mode.
	BFFastAdd BehaviorFlags = 1 << iota

	// BFNoPoWCheck may be set to indicate the proof of work check which
	// ensures a block hashes to a value less than the required target will
	// not be performed.
	BFNoPoWCheck

	// BFWasUnorphaned may be set to indicate that a block was just now
	// unorphaned
	BFWasUnorphaned

	// BFAfterDelay may be set to indicate that a block had timestamp too far
	// in the future, just finished the delay
	BFAfterDelay

	// BFNone is a convenience value to specifically indicate no flags.
	BFNone BehaviorFlags = 0
)

// BlockExists determines whether a block with the given hash exists in
// the DAG.
//
// This function is safe for concurrent access.
func (dag *BlockDAG) BlockExists(hash *daghash.Hash) (bool, error) {
	// Check block index first (could be main chain or side chain blocks).
	if dag.index.HaveBlock(hash) {
		return true, nil
	}

	// Check in the database.
	var exists bool
	err := dag.db.View(func(dbTx database.Tx) error {
		var err error
		exists, err = dbTx.HasBlock(hash)
		return err
	})
	return exists, err
}

// processOrphans determines if there are any orphans which depend on the passed
// block hash (they are no longer orphans if true) and potentially accepts them.
// It repeats the process for the newly accepted blocks (to detect further
// orphans which may no longer be orphans) until there are no more.
//
// The flags do not modify the behavior of this function directly, however they
// are needed to pass along to maybeAcceptBlock.
//
// This function MUST be called with the chain state lock held (for writes).
func (dag *BlockDAG) processOrphans(hash *daghash.Hash, flags BehaviorFlags) error {
	// Start with processing at least the passed hash.  Leave a little room
	// for additional orphan blocks that need to be processed without
	// needing to grow the array in the common case.
	processHashes := make([]*daghash.Hash, 0, 10)
	processHashes = append(processHashes, hash)
	for len(processHashes) > 0 {
		// Pop the first hash to process from the slice.
		processHash := processHashes[0]
		processHashes[0] = nil // Prevent GC leak.
		processHashes = processHashes[1:]

		// Look up all orphans that are parented by the block we just
		// accepted.  This will typically only be one, but it could
		// be multiple if multiple blocks are mined and broadcast
		// around the same time.  The one with the most proof of work
		// will eventually win out.  An indexing for loop is
		// intentionally used over a range here as range does not
		// reevaluate the slice on each iteration nor does it adjust the
		// index for the modified slice.
		for i := 0; i < len(dag.prevOrphans[*processHash]); i++ {
			orphan := dag.prevOrphans[*processHash][i]
			if orphan == nil {
				log.Warnf("Found a nil entry at index %d in the "+
					"orphan dependency list for block %s", i,
					processHash)
				continue
			}

			// Skip this orphan if one or more of its parents are
			// still missing.
			_, err := lookupParentNodes(orphan.block, dag)
			if err != nil {
				if ruleErr, ok := err.(RuleError); ok && ruleErr.ErrorCode == ErrParentBlockUnknown {
					continue
				}
				return err
			}

			// Remove the orphan from the orphan pool.
			orphanHash := orphan.block.Hash()
			dag.removeOrphanBlock(orphan)
			i--

			// Potentially accept the block into the block DAG.
			err = dag.maybeAcceptBlock(orphan.block, flags|BFWasUnorphaned)
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}

			// Add this block to the list of blocks to process so
			// any orphan blocks that depend on this block are
			// handled too.
			processHashes = append(processHashes, orphanHash)
		}
	}
	return nil
}

// ProcessBlock is the main workhorse for handling insertion of new blocks into
// the block chain.  It includes functionality such as rejecting duplicate
// blocks, ensuring blocks follow all rules, orphan handling, and insertion into
// the block DAG.
//
// When no errors occurred during processing, the first return value indicates
// whether or not the block is an orphan.
//
// This function is safe for concurrent access.
func (dag *BlockDAG) ProcessBlock(block *util.Block, flags BehaviorFlags) (isOrphan bool, delay time.Duration, err error) {
	dag.dagLock.Lock()
	defer dag.dagLock.Unlock()

	isDelayedBlock := flags&BFAfterDelay == BFAfterDelay

	blockHash := block.Hash()
	log.Tracef("Processing block %s", blockHash)

	// The block must not already exist in the DAG.
	exists, err := dag.BlockExists(blockHash)
	if err != nil {
		return false, 0, err
	}
	if exists {
		str := fmt.Sprintf("already have block %s", blockHash)
		return false, 0, ruleError(ErrDuplicateBlock, str)
	}

	// The block must not already exist as an orphan.
	if _, exists := dag.orphans[*blockHash]; exists {
		str := fmt.Sprintf("already have block (orphan) %s", blockHash)
		return false, 0, ruleError(ErrDuplicateBlock, str)
	}

	if !isDelayedBlock {
		// Perform preliminary sanity checks on the block and its transactions.
		delay, err := dag.checkBlockSanity(block, flags)
		if err != nil {
			return false, 0, err
		}

		if delay != 0 {
			return false, delay, err
		}
	}

	// Handle orphan blocks.
	allParentsExist := true
	for _, parentHash := range block.MsgBlock().Header.ParentHashes {
		parentExists, err := dag.BlockExists(parentHash)
		if err != nil {
			return false, 0, err
		}

		if !parentExists {
			allParentsExist = false
		}
	}

	if !allParentsExist {
		log.Infof("Adding orphan block %s", blockHash)
		dag.addOrphanBlock(block)

		return true, 0, nil
	}

	// The block has passed all context independent checks and appears sane
	// enough to potentially accept it into the block DAG.
	err = dag.maybeAcceptBlock(block, flags)
	if err != nil {
		return false, 0, err
	}

	// Accept any orphan blocks that depend on this block (they are
	// no longer orphans) and repeat for those accepted blocks until
	// there are no more.
	err = dag.processOrphans(blockHash, flags)
	if err != nil {
		return false, 0, err
	}

	log.Debugf("Accepted block %s", blockHash)

	return false, 0, nil
}