nimbus-eth1/nimbus/p2p/clique.nim

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# Nimbus
# Copyright (c) 2018 Status Research & Development GmbH
# Licensed under either of
# * Apache License, version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
# * MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or
# http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
# at your option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except
# according to those terms.
##
## EIP-225 Clique PoA Consensus Protocol
## =====================================
##
## For details see
## `EIP-225 <https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-225.md>`_
## and
## `go-ethereum <https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-225.md>`_
##
import
std/[sequtils],
../db/db_chain,
./clique/[clique_cfg, clique_defs, clique_desc, clique_verify],
./clique/snapshot/[ballot, snapshot_desc],
eth/common,
stew/results
{.push raises: [Defect].}
# Note that mining is unsupported. Unused code ported from the Go
# implementation is stashed into the `clique_unused` module.
export
clique_cfg,
clique_defs,
clique_desc.Clique
type
CliqueState* = ##\
## Descriptor state snapshot which can be used for implementing
## transaction trasnaction handling. Nore the the `Snapshot` type
## inside the `Result[]` is most probably opaque.
Result[Snapshot,void]
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# Public
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proc newClique*(db: BaseChainDB): Clique =
## Constructor for a new Clique proof-of-authority consensus engine. The
## initial state of the engine is `empty`, there are no authorised signers.
db.newCliqueCfg.newClique
proc cliqueSave*(c: var Clique): CliqueState =
## Save current `Clique` state. This state snapshot saves the internal
## data that make up the list of authorised signers (see `cliqueSigners()`
## below.)
ok(c.snapshot)
proc cliqueRestore*(c: var Clique; state: var CliqueState) =
## Restore current `Clique` state from a saved snapshot.
##
## For the particular `state` argument this fuction is disabled with
## `cliqueDispose()`. So it can be savely wrapped in a `defer:` statement.
## In transaction lingo, this would then be the rollback function.
if state.isOk:
c.snapshot = state.value
proc cliqueDispose*(c: var Clique; state: var CliqueState) =
## Disable the function `cliqueDispose()` for the particular `state`
## argument.
##
## In transaction lingo, this would be the commit function if
## `cliqueRestore()` was wrapped in a `defer:` statement.
state = err(CliqueState)
proc cliqueVerify*(c: Clique; header: BlockHeader;
parents: openArray[BlockHeader]): CliqueOkResult
{.gcsafe, raises: [Defect,CatchableError].} =
## Check whether a header conforms to the consensus rules. The caller may
## optionally pass on a batch of parents (ascending order) to avoid looking
## those up from the database. This function updates the list of authorised
## signers (see `cliqueSigners()` below.)
##
## On success, the latest authorised signers list is available via the
## fucntion `c.cliqueSigners()`. Otherwise, the latest error is also stored
## in the `Clique` descriptor and is accessible as `c.failed`.
##
## This function is not transaction-save, that is the internal state of
## the authorised signers list has the state of the last update after a
## successful header verification. The hash of the failing header together
## with the error message is then accessible as `c.failed`.
##
## Use the directives `cliqueSave()`, `cliqueDispose()`, and/or
## `cliqueRestore()` for transaction.
var list = toSeq(parents)
c.cliqueVerifySeq(header, list)
# clique/clique.go(217): func (c *Clique) VerifyHeader(chain [..]
proc cliqueVerify*(c: Clique; header: BlockHeader): CliqueOkResult
{.gcsafe, raises: [Defect,CatchableError].} =
## Consensus rules verifier without optional parents list.
var blind: seq[BlockHeader]
c.cliqueVerifySeq(header, blind)
proc cliqueVerify*(c: Clique;
headers: openArray[BlockHeader]): CliqueOkResult
{.gcsafe, raises: [Defect,CatchableError].} =
## This function verifies a batch of headers checking each header for
## consensus rules conformance (see also the other `cliqueVerify()` function
## instance.) The `headers` list is supposed to contain a chain of headers,
## i.e. `headers[i]` is parent to `headers[i+1]`.
##
## On success, the latest authorised signers list is available via the
## fucntion `c.cliqueSigners()`. Otherwise, the latest error is also stored
## in the `Clique` descriptor and is accessible as `c.failed`.
##
## This function is not transaction-save, that is the internal state of
## the authorised signers list has the state of the last update after a
## successful header verification. The hash of the failing header together
## with the error message is then accessible as `c.failed`.
##
## Use the directives `cliqueSave()`, `cliqueDispose()`, and/or
## `cliqueRestore()` for transaction.
var list = toSeq(headers)
c.cliqueVerifySeq(list)
proc cliqueSigners*(c: Clique): seq[EthAddress] {.inline.} =
## Retrieve the sorted list of authorized signers for the current state
## of the `Clique` descriptor.
##
## Note that the return argument list is sorted on-the-fly each time this
## function is invoked.
c.snapshot.ballot.authSigners
proc cliqueSignersLen*(c: Clique): int {.inline.} =
## Get the number of authorized signers for the current state of the
## `Clique` descriptor. The result is equivalent to `c.cliqueSigners.len`.
c.snapshot.ballot.authSignersLen
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# End
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