// Copyright 2019 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
// This file is part of Substrate.
// Substrate is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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//! Slots functionality for Substrate.
//!
//! Some consensus algorithms have a concept of *slots*, which are intervals in
//! time during which certain events can and/or must occur. This crate
//! provides generic functionality for slots.
#![forbid(warnings, unsafe_code, missing_docs)]
mod slots;
mod aux_schema;
pub use slots::{slot_now, SlotInfo, Slots};
pub use aux_schema::{check_equivocation, MAX_SLOT_CAPACITY, PRUNING_BOUND};
use codec::{Decode, Encode};
use consensus_common::{SyncOracle, SelectChain};
use futures::prelude::*;
use futures::{
future::{self, Either},
Future, IntoFuture,
};
use inherents::{InherentData, InherentDataProviders};
use log::{debug, error, info, warn};
use runtime_primitives::generic::BlockId;
use runtime_primitives::traits::{ApiRef, Block, ProvideRuntimeApi};
use std::fmt::Debug;
use std::ops::Deref;
use std::sync::{mpsc, Arc};
use std::thread;
/// A worker that should be invoked at every new slot.
pub trait SlotWorker {
/// The type of the future that will be returned when a new slot is
/// triggered.
type OnSlot: IntoFuture- ;
/// Called when the proposer starts.
fn on_start(&self, slot_duration: u64) -> Result<(), consensus_common::Error>;
/// Called when a new slot is triggered.
fn on_slot(&self, chain_head: B::Header, slot_info: SlotInfo) -> Self::OnSlot;
}
/// Slot compatible inherent data.
pub trait SlotCompatible {
/// Extract timestamp and slot from inherent data.
fn extract_timestamp_and_slot(
inherent: &InherentData,
) -> Result<(u64, u64), consensus_common::Error>;
}
/// Convert an inherent error to common error.
pub fn inherent_to_common_error(err: inherents::RuntimeString) -> consensus_common::Error {
consensus_common::ErrorKind::InherentData(err.into()).into()
}
/// Start a new slot worker in a separate thread.
#[deprecated(since = "1.1", note = "Please spawn a thread manually")]
pub fn start_slot_worker_thread(
slot_duration: SlotDuration,
select_chain: C,
worker: Arc,
sync_oracle: SO,
on_exit: OnExit,
inherent_data_providers: InherentDataProviders,
) -> Result<(), consensus_common::Error>
where
B: Block + 'static,
C: SelectChain + Clone + 'static,
W: SlotWorker + Send + Sync + 'static,
SO: SyncOracle + Send + Clone + 'static,
SC: SlotCompatible + 'static,
OnExit: Future
- + Send + 'static,
T: SlotData + Send + Clone + 'static,
{
use tokio::runtime::current_thread::Runtime;
let (result_sender, result_recv) = mpsc::channel();
thread::spawn(move || {
let mut runtime = match Runtime::new() {
Ok(r) => r,
Err(e) => {
warn!(target: "slots", "Unable to start authorship: {:?}", e);
return;
}
};
let slot_worker_future = match start_slot_worker::<_, _, _, T, _, SC, _>(
slot_duration.clone(),
select_chain,
worker,
sync_oracle,
on_exit,
inherent_data_providers,
) {
Ok(slot_worker_future) => {
result_sender
.send(Ok(()))
.expect("Receive is not dropped before receiving a result; qed");
slot_worker_future
}
Err(e) => {
result_sender
.send(Err(e))
.expect("Receive is not dropped before receiving a result; qed");
return;
}
};
let _ = runtime.block_on(slot_worker_future);
});
result_recv
.recv()
.expect("Slots start thread result sender dropped")
}
/// Start a new slot worker.
pub fn start_slot_worker(
slot_duration: SlotDuration,
client: C,
worker: Arc,
sync_oracle: SO,
on_exit: OnExit,
inherent_data_providers: InherentDataProviders,
) -> Result, consensus_common::Error>
where
B: Block,
C: SelectChain + Clone,
W: SlotWorker,
SO: SyncOracle + Send + Clone,
SC: SlotCompatible,
OnExit: Future
- ,
T: SlotData + Clone,
{
worker.on_start(slot_duration.slot_duration())?;
let make_authorship = move || {
let client = client.clone();
let worker = worker.clone();
let sync_oracle = sync_oracle.clone();
let SlotDuration(slot_duration) = slot_duration.clone();
let inherent_data_providers = inherent_data_providers.clone();
// rather than use a timer interval, we schedule our waits ourselves
Slots::::new(slot_duration.slot_duration(), inherent_data_providers)
.map_err(|e| debug!(target: "slots", "Faulty timer: {:?}", e))
.for_each(move |slot_info| {
let client = client.clone();
let worker = worker.clone();
let sync_oracle = sync_oracle.clone();
// only propose when we are not syncing.
if sync_oracle.is_major_syncing() {
debug!(target: "slots", "Skipping proposal slot due to sync.");
return Either::B(future::ok(()));
}
let slot_num = slot_info.number;
let chain_head = match client.best_chain() {
Ok(x) => x,
Err(e) => {
warn!(target: "slots", "Unable to author block in slot {}. \
no best block header: {:?}", slot_num, e);
return Either::B(future::ok(()));
}
};
Either::A(worker.on_slot(chain_head, slot_info).into_future().map_err(
|e| warn!(target: "slots", "Encountered consensus error: {:?}", e),
))
})
};
let work = future::loop_fn((), move |()| {
let authorship_task = ::std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe(make_authorship());
authorship_task.catch_unwind().then(|res| {
match res {
Ok(Ok(())) => (),
Ok(Err(())) => warn!(target: "slots", "Authorship task terminated unexpectedly. Restarting"),
Err(e) => {
if let Some(s) = e.downcast_ref::<&'static str>() {
warn!(target: "slots", "Authorship task panicked at {:?}", s);
}
warn!(target: "slots", "Restarting authorship task");
}
}
Ok(future::Loop::Continue(()))
})
});
Ok(work.select(on_exit).then(|_| Ok(())))
}
/// A header which has been checked
pub enum CheckedHeader {
/// A header which has slot in the future. this is the full header (not stripped)
/// and the slot in which it should be processed.
Deferred(H, u64),
/// A header which is fully checked, including signature. This is the pre-header
/// accompanied by the seal components.
///
/// Includes the digest item that encoded the seal.
Checked(H, S),
}
/// A type from which a slot duration can be obtained.
pub trait SlotData {
/// Gets the slot duration.
fn slot_duration(&self) -> u64;
/// The static slot key
const SLOT_KEY: &'static [u8];
}
impl SlotData for u64 {
fn slot_duration(&self) -> u64 {
*self
}
const SLOT_KEY: &'static [u8] = b"aura_slot_duration";
}
/// A slot duration. Create with `get_or_compute`.
// The internal member should stay private here.
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Encode, Decode, Hash, PartialOrd, Ord, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub struct SlotDuration(T);
impl Deref for SlotDuration {
type Target = T;
fn deref(&self) -> &T {
&self.0
}
}
impl SlotData for SlotDuration {
/// Get the slot duration in milliseconds.
fn slot_duration(&self) -> u64
where T: SlotData,
{
self.0.slot_duration()
}
const SLOT_KEY: &'static [u8] = T::SLOT_KEY;
}
impl SlotDuration {
/// Either fetch the slot duration from disk or compute it from the
/// genesis state.
///
/// `slot_key` is marked as `'static`, as it should really be a
/// compile-time constant.
pub fn get_or_compute(client: &C, cb: CB) -> ::client::error::Result where
C: client::backend::AuxStore,
C: ProvideRuntimeApi,
CB: FnOnce(ApiRef, &BlockId) -> ::client::error::Result,
T: SlotData + Encode + Decode + Debug,
{
match client.get_aux(T::SLOT_KEY)? {
Some(v) => ::decode(&mut &v[..])
.map(SlotDuration)
.ok_or_else(|| {
::client::error::Error::Backend({
error!(target: "slots", "slot duration kept in invalid format");
format!("slot duration kept in invalid format")
})
.into()
}),
None => {
use runtime_primitives::traits::Zero;
let genesis_slot_duration =
cb(client.runtime_api(), &BlockId::number(Zero::zero()))?;
info!(
"Loaded block-time = {:?} seconds from genesis on first-launch",
genesis_slot_duration
);
genesis_slot_duration
.using_encoded(|s| client.insert_aux(&[(T::SLOT_KEY, &s[..])], &[]))?;
Ok(SlotDuration(genesis_slot_duration))
}
}
}
/// Returns slot data value.
pub fn get(&self) -> T {
self.0.clone()
}
}