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authorZsolt Felfoldi <zsfelfoldi@gmail.com>2016-10-14 11:51:29 +0800
committerFelix Lange <fjl@twurst.com>2016-11-09 09:12:53 +0800
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les: light client protocol and API
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+// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package les
+
+import (
+ "time"
+
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/downloader"
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/light"
+ "golang.org/x/net/context"
+)
+
+const (
+ //forceSyncCycle = 10 * time.Second // Time interval to force syncs, even if few peers are available
+ minDesiredPeerCount = 5 // Amount of peers desired to start syncing
+)
+
+// syncer is responsible for periodically synchronising with the network, both
+// downloading hashes and blocks as well as handling the announcement handler.
+func (pm *ProtocolManager) syncer() {
+ // Start and ensure cleanup of sync mechanisms
+ //pm.fetcher.Start()
+ //defer pm.fetcher.Stop()
+ defer pm.downloader.Terminate()
+
+ // Wait for different events to fire synchronisation operations
+ //forceSync := time.Tick(forceSyncCycle)
+ for {
+ select {
+ case <-pm.newPeerCh:
+/* // Make sure we have peers to select from, then sync
+ if pm.peers.Len() < minDesiredPeerCount {
+ break
+ }
+ go pm.synchronise(pm.peers.BestPeer())
+*/
+ /*case <-forceSync:
+ // Force a sync even if not enough peers are present
+ go pm.synchronise(pm.peers.BestPeer())
+ */
+ case <-pm.noMorePeers:
+ return
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+func (pm *ProtocolManager) needToSync(peerHead blockInfo) bool {
+ head := pm.blockchain.CurrentHeader()
+ currentTd := core.GetTd(pm.chainDb, head.Hash(), head.Number.Uint64())
+ return currentTd != nil && peerHead.Td.Cmp(currentTd) > 0
+}
+
+// synchronise tries to sync up our local block chain with a remote peer.
+func (pm *ProtocolManager) synchronise(peer *peer) {
+ // Short circuit if no peers are available
+ if peer == nil {
+ return
+ }
+
+ // Make sure the peer's TD is higher than our own.
+ if !pm.needToSync(peer.headBlockInfo()) {
+ return
+ }
+
+ ctx, _ := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*5)
+ pm.blockchain.(*light.LightChain).SyncCht(ctx)
+
+ pm.downloader.Synchronise(peer.id, peer.Head(), peer.Td(), downloader.LightSync)
+}