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package eth

import (
    "bytes"
    "container/list"
    "fmt"
    "math"
    "math/big"
    "net"
    "strconv"
    "strings"
    "sync/atomic"
    "time"

    "github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethchain"
    "github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethlog"
    "github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethutil"
    "github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethwire"
)

var peerlogger = ethlog.NewLogger("PEER")

const (
    // The size of the output buffer for writing messages
    outputBufferSize = 50
    // Current protocol version
    ProtocolVersion = 28
    // Current P2P version
    P2PVersion = 0
    // Interval for ping/pong message
    pingPongTimer = 2 * time.Second
)

type DiscReason byte

const (
    // Values are given explicitly instead of by iota because these values are
    // defined by the wire protocol spec; it is easier for humans to ensure
    // correctness when values are explicit.
    DiscReRequested  = 0x00
    DiscReTcpSysErr  = 0x01
    DiscBadProto     = 0x02
    DiscBadPeer      = 0x03
    DiscTooManyPeers = 0x04
    DiscConnDup      = 0x05
    DiscGenesisErr   = 0x06
    DiscProtoErr     = 0x07
    DiscQuitting     = 0x08
)

var discReasonToString = []string{
    "requested",
    "TCP sys error",
    "bad protocol",
    "useless peer",
    "too many peers",
    "already connected",
    "wrong genesis block",
    "incompatible network",
    "quitting",
}

func (d DiscReason) String() string {
    if len(discReasonToString) < int(d) {
        return "Unknown"
    }

    return discReasonToString[d]
}

// Peer capabilities
type Caps byte

const (
    CapPeerDiscTy = 1 << iota
    CapTxTy
    CapChainTy

    CapDefault = CapChainTy | CapTxTy | CapPeerDiscTy
)

var capsToString = map[Caps]string{
    CapPeerDiscTy: "Peer discovery",
    CapTxTy:       "Transaction relaying",
    CapChainTy:    "Block chain relaying",
}

func (c Caps) IsCap(cap Caps) bool {
    return c&cap > 0
}

func (c Caps) String() string {
    var caps []string
    if c.IsCap(CapPeerDiscTy) {
        caps = append(caps, capsToString[CapPeerDiscTy])
    }
    if c.IsCap(CapChainTy) {
        caps = append(caps, capsToString[CapChainTy])
    }
    if c.IsCap(CapTxTy) {
        caps = append(caps, capsToString[CapTxTy])
    }

    return strings.Join(caps, " | ")
}

type Peer struct {
    // Ethereum interface
    ethereum *Ethereum
    // Net connection
    conn net.Conn
    // Output queue which is used to communicate and handle messages
    outputQueue chan *ethwire.Msg
    // Quit channel
    quit chan bool
    // Determines whether it's an inbound or outbound peer
    inbound bool
    // Flag for checking the peer's connectivity state
    connected  int32
    disconnect int32
    // Last known message send
    lastSend time.Time
    // Indicated whether a verack has been send or not
    // This flag is used by writeMessage to check if messages are allowed
    // to be send or not. If no version is known all messages are ignored.
    versionKnown bool
    statusKnown  bool

    // Last received pong message
    lastPong          int64
    lastBlockReceived time.Time

    host             []byte
    port             uint16
    caps             Caps
    td               *big.Int
    bestHash         []byte
    lastReceivedHash []byte
    requestedHashes  [][]byte

    // This peer's public key
    pubkey []byte

    // Indicated whether the node is catching up or not
    catchingUp      bool
    diverted        bool
    blocksRequested int

    version string

    // We use this to give some kind of pingtime to a node, not very accurate, could be improved.
    pingTime      time.Duration
    pingStartTime time.Time

    lastRequestedBlock *ethchain.Block
}

func NewPeer(conn net.Conn, ethereum *Ethereum, inbound bool) *Peer {
    pubkey := ethereum.KeyManager().PublicKey()[1:]

    return &Peer{
        outputQueue:     make(chan *ethwire.Msg, outputBufferSize),
        quit:            make(chan bool),
        ethereum:        ethereum,
        conn:            conn,
        inbound:         inbound,
        disconnect:      0,
        connected:       1,
        port:            30303,
        pubkey:          pubkey,
        blocksRequested: 10,
        caps:            ethereum.ServerCaps(),
        version:         ethereum.ClientIdentity().String(),
    }
}

func NewOutboundPeer(addr string, ethereum *Ethereum, caps Caps) *Peer {
    p := &Peer{
        outputQueue: make(chan *ethwire.Msg, outputBufferSize),
        quit:        make(chan bool),
        ethereum:    ethereum,
        inbound:     false,
        connected:   0,
        disconnect:  0,
        port:        30303,
        caps:        caps,
        version:     ethereum.ClientIdentity().String(),
    }

    // Set up the connection in another goroutine so we don't block the main thread
    go func() {
        conn, err := p.Connect(addr)
        if err != nil {
            peerlogger.Debugln("Connection to peer failed. Giving up.", err)
            p.Stop()
            return
        }
        p.conn = conn

        // Atomically set the connection state
        atomic.StoreInt32(&p.connected, 1)
        atomic.StoreInt32(&p.disconnect, 0)

        p.Start()
    }()

    return p
}

func (self *Peer) Connect(addr string) (conn net.Conn, err error) {
    const maxTries = 3
    for attempts := 0; attempts < maxTries; attempts++ {
        conn, err = net.DialTimeout("tcp", addr, 10*time.Second)
        if err != nil {
            //peerlogger.Debugf("Peer connection failed. Retrying (%d/%d) (%s)\n", attempts+1, maxTries, addr)
            time.Sleep(time.Duration(attempts*20) * time.Second)
            continue
        }

        // Success
        return
    }

    return
}

// Getters
func (p *Peer) PingTime() string {
    return p.pingTime.String()
}
func (p *Peer) Inbound() bool {
    return p.inbound
}
func (p *Peer) LastSend() time.Time {
    return p.lastSend
}
func (p *Peer) LastPong() int64 {
    return p.lastPong
}
func (p *Peer) Host() []byte {
    return p.host
}
func (p *Peer) Port() uint16 {
    return p.port
}
func (p *Peer) Version() string {
    return p.version
}
func (p *Peer) Connected() *int32 {
    return &p.connected
}

// Setters
func (p *Peer) SetVersion(version string) {
    p.version = version
}

// Outputs any RLP encoded data to the peer
func (p *Peer) QueueMessage(msg *ethwire.Msg) {
    if atomic.LoadInt32(&p.connected) != 1 {
        return
    }
    p.outputQueue <- msg
}

func (p *Peer) writeMessage(msg *ethwire.Msg) {
    // Ignore the write if we're not connected
    if atomic.LoadInt32(&p.connected) != 1 {
        return
    }

    if !p.versionKnown {
        switch msg.Type {
        case ethwire.MsgHandshakeTy: // Ok
        default: // Anything but ack is allowed
            return
        }
    } else {
        if !p.statusKnown {
            switch msg.Type {
            case ethwire.MsgStatusTy: // Ok
            default: // Anything but ack is allowed
                return
            }
        }
    }

    peerlogger.DebugDetailf("(%v) <= %v %v\n", p.conn.RemoteAddr(), msg.Type, msg.Data)

    err := ethwire.WriteMessage(p.conn, msg)
    if err != nil {
        peerlogger.Debugln(" Can't send message:", err)
        // Stop the client if there was an error writing to it
        p.Stop()
        return
    }
}

// Outbound message handler. Outbound messages are handled here
func (p *Peer) HandleOutbound() {
    // The ping timer. Makes sure that every 2 minutes a ping is send to the peer
    pingTimer := time.NewTicker(pingPongTimer)
    serviceTimer := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Minute)

out:
    for {
        select {
        // Main message queue. All outbound messages are processed through here
        case msg := <-p.outputQueue:
            p.writeMessage(msg)
            p.lastSend = time.Now()

        // Ping timer
        case <-pingTimer.C:
            /*
                timeSince := time.Since(time.Unix(p.lastPong, 0))
                if !p.pingStartTime.IsZero() && p.lastPong != 0 && timeSince > (pingPongTimer+30*time.Second) {
                    peerlogger.Infof("Peer did not respond to latest pong fast enough, it took %s, disconnecting.\n", timeSince)
                    p.Stop()
                    return
                }
            */
            p.writeMessage(ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgPingTy, ""))
            p.pingStartTime = time.Now()

        // Service timer takes care of peer broadcasting, transaction
        // posting or block posting
        case <-serviceTimer.C:
            if p.caps&CapPeerDiscTy > 0 {
                msg := p.peersMessage()
                p.ethereum.BroadcastMsg(msg)
            }

        case <-p.quit:
            // Break out of the for loop if a quit message is posted
            break out
        }
    }

clean:
    // This loop is for draining the output queue and anybody waiting for us
    for {
        select {
        case <-p.outputQueue:
            // TODO
        default:
            break clean
        }
    }
}

// Inbound handler. Inbound messages are received here and passed to the appropriate methods
func (p *Peer) HandleInbound() {
    for atomic.LoadInt32(&p.disconnect) == 0 {

        // HMM?
        time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
        // Wait for a message from the peer
        msgs, err := ethwire.ReadMessages(p.conn)
        if err != nil {
            peerlogger.Debugln(err)
        }
        for _, msg := range msgs {
            peerlogger.DebugDetailf("(%v) => %v %v\n", p.conn.RemoteAddr(), msg.Type, msg.Data)

            switch msg.Type {
            case ethwire.MsgHandshakeTy:
                // Version message
                p.handleHandshake(msg)

                //if p.caps.IsCap(CapPeerDiscTy) {
                p.QueueMessage(ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgGetPeersTy, ""))
                //}

            case ethwire.MsgDiscTy:
                p.Stop()
                peerlogger.Infoln("Disconnect peer: ", DiscReason(msg.Data.Get(0).Uint()))
            case ethwire.MsgPingTy:
                // Respond back with pong
                p.QueueMessage(ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgPongTy, ""))
            case ethwire.MsgPongTy:
                // If we received a pong back from a peer we set the
                // last pong so the peer handler knows this peer is still
                // active.
                p.lastPong = time.Now().Unix()
                p.pingTime = time.Since(p.pingStartTime)
            case ethwire.MsgTxTy:
                // If the message was a transaction queue the transaction
                // in the TxPool where it will undergo validation and
                // processing when a new block is found
                for i := 0; i < msg.Data.Len(); i++ {
                    tx := ethchain.NewTransactionFromValue(msg.Data.Get(i))
                    p.ethereum.TxPool().QueueTransaction(tx)
                }
            case ethwire.MsgGetPeersTy:
                // Peer asked for list of connected peers
                p.pushPeers()
            case ethwire.MsgPeersTy:
                // Received a list of peers (probably because MsgGetPeersTy was send)
                data := msg.Data
                // Create new list of possible peers for the ethereum to process
                peers := make([]string, data.Len())
                // Parse each possible peer
                for i := 0; i < data.Len(); i++ {
                    value := data.Get(i)
                    peers[i] = unpackAddr(value.Get(0), value.Get(1).Uint())
                }

                // Connect to the list of peers
                p.ethereum.ProcessPeerList(peers)

            case ethwire.MsgStatusTy:
                // Handle peer's status msg
                p.handleStatus(msg)
            case ethwire.MsgGetTxsTy:
                // Get the current transactions of the pool
                txs := p.ethereum.TxPool().CurrentTransactions()
                // Get the RlpData values from the txs
                txsInterface := make([]interface{}, len(txs))
                for i, tx := range txs {
                    txsInterface[i] = tx.RlpData()
                }
                // Broadcast it back to the peer
                p.QueueMessage(ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgTxTy, txsInterface))

            case ethwire.MsgGetBlockHashesTy:
                if msg.Data.Len() < 2 {
                    peerlogger.Debugln("err: argument length invalid ", msg.Data.Len())
                }

                hash := msg.Data.Get(0).Bytes()
                amount := msg.Data.Get(1).Uint()

                hashes := p.ethereum.BlockChain().GetChainHashesFromHash(hash, amount)

                p.QueueMessage(ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgBlockHashesTy, ethutil.ByteSliceToInterface(hashes)))

            case ethwire.MsgGetBlocksTy:
                // Limit to max 300 blocks
                max := int(math.Min(float64(msg.Data.Len()), 300.0))
                var blocks []interface{}

                for i := 0; i < max; i++ {
                    hash := msg.Data.Get(i).Bytes()
                    block := p.ethereum.BlockChain().GetBlock(hash)
                    if block != nil {
                        blocks = append(blocks, block.Value().Raw())
                    }
                }

                p.QueueMessage(ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgBlockTy, blocks))

            case ethwire.MsgBlockHashesTy:
                p.catchingUp = true

                blockPool := p.ethereum.blockPool

                foundCommonHash := false

                it := msg.Data.NewIterator()
                for it.Next() {
                    hash := it.Value().Bytes()

                    if blockPool.HasCommonHash(hash) {
                        foundCommonHash = true

                        break
                    }

                    blockPool.AddHash(hash)

                    p.lastReceivedHash = hash

                    p.lastBlockReceived = time.Now()
                }

                if foundCommonHash {
                    p.FetchBlocks()
                } else {
                    p.FetchHashes()
                }

            case ethwire.MsgBlockTy:
                p.catchingUp = true

                blockPool := p.ethereum.blockPool

                it := msg.Data.NewIterator()

                for it.Next() {
                    block := ethchain.NewBlockFromRlpValue(it.Value())

                    blockPool.SetBlock(block, p)

                    p.lastBlockReceived = time.Now()
                }

                linked := blockPool.CheckLinkAndProcess(func(block *ethchain.Block) {
                    p.ethereum.StateManager().Process(block, false)
                })

                if !linked {
                    p.FetchBlocks()
                }
            }
        }
    }

    p.Stop()
}

func (self *Peer) FetchBlocks() {
    blockPool := self.ethereum.blockPool

    hashes := blockPool.Take(100, self)
    if len(hashes) > 0 {
        self.QueueMessage(ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgGetBlocksTy, ethutil.ByteSliceToInterface(hashes)))
    }
}

func (self *Peer) FetchHashes() {
    blockPool := self.ethereum.blockPool

    if self.td.Cmp(blockPool.td) >= 0 {
        peerlogger.Debugf("Requesting hashes from %x\n", self.lastReceivedHash)
        blockPool.td = self.td

        if !blockPool.HasLatestHash() {
            self.QueueMessage(ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgGetBlockHashesTy, []interface{}{self.lastReceivedHash, uint32(200)}))
        }
    }
}

// General update method
func (self *Peer) update() {
    serviceTimer := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Second)

out:
    for {
        select {
        case <-serviceTimer.C:
            if time.Since(self.lastBlockReceived) > 10*time.Second {
                self.catchingUp = false
            }
        case <-self.quit:
            break out
        }
    }

    serviceTimer.Stop()
}

func (p *Peer) Start() {
    peerHost, peerPort, _ := net.SplitHostPort(p.conn.LocalAddr().String())
    servHost, servPort, _ := net.SplitHostPort(p.conn.RemoteAddr().String())

    if p.inbound {
        p.host, p.port = packAddr(peerHost, peerPort)
    } else {
        p.host, p.port = packAddr(servHost, servPort)
    }

    err := p.pushHandshake()
    if err != nil {
        peerlogger.Debugln("Peer can't send outbound version ack", err)

        p.Stop()

        return
    }

    go p.HandleOutbound()
    // Run the inbound handler in a new goroutine
    go p.HandleInbound()
    // Run the general update handler
    go p.update()

    // Wait a few seconds for startup and then ask for an initial ping
    time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
    p.writeMessage(ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgPingTy, ""))
    p.pingStartTime = time.Now()

}

func (p *Peer) Stop() {
    if atomic.AddInt32(&p.disconnect, 1) != 1 {
        return
    }

    close(p.quit)
    if atomic.LoadInt32(&p.connected) != 0 {
        p.writeMessage(ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgDiscTy, ""))
        p.conn.Close()
    }

    // Pre-emptively remove the peer; don't wait for reaping. We already know it's dead if we are here
    p.ethereum.RemovePeer(p)
}

/*
func (p *Peer) pushHandshake() error {
    pubkey := p.ethereum.KeyManager().PublicKey()
    msg := ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgHandshakeTy, []interface{}{
        uint32(ProtocolVersion), uint32(0), []byte(p.version), byte(p.caps), p.port, pubkey[1:],
        p.ethereum.BlockChain().TD.Uint64(), p.ethereum.BlockChain().CurrentBlock.Hash(),
    })

    p.QueueMessage(msg)

    return nil
}
*/

func (p *Peer) peersMessage() *ethwire.Msg {
    outPeers := make([]interface{}, len(p.ethereum.InOutPeers()))
    // Serialise each peer
    for i, peer := range p.ethereum.InOutPeers() {
        // Don't return localhost as valid peer
        if !net.ParseIP(peer.conn.RemoteAddr().String()).IsLoopback() {
            outPeers[i] = peer.RlpData()
        }
    }

    // Return the message to the peer with the known list of connected clients
    return ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgPeersTy, outPeers)
}

// Pushes the list of outbound peers to the client when requested
func (p *Peer) pushPeers() {
    p.QueueMessage(p.peersMessage())
}

func (self *Peer) pushStatus() {
    const netVersion = 0
    msg := ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgStatusTy, []interface{}{
        uint32(ProtocolVersion),
        netVersion,
        self.ethereum.BlockChain().TD.Uint64(),
        self.ethereum.BlockChain().CurrentBlock.Hash(),
        self.ethereum.BlockChain().Genesis().Hash(),
    })

    self.QueueMessage(msg)
}

func (self *Peer) handleStatus(msg *ethwire.Msg) {
    c := msg.Data
    // Set the peer's caps
    //p.caps = Caps(c.Get(3).Byte())

    // Get the td and last hash
    self.td = c.Get(6).BigInt()
    self.bestHash = c.Get(7).Bytes()
    self.lastReceivedHash = self.bestHash

    // Compare the total TD with the blockchain TD. If remote is higher
    // fetch hashes from highest TD node.
    if self.td.Cmp(self.ethereum.BlockChain().TD) > 0 {
        self.ethereum.blockPool.AddHash(self.lastReceivedHash)
        self.FetchHashes()
    }

    ethlogger.Infof("Peer is [ETH] capable. (TD = %v ~ %x", self.td, self.bestHash)
}

func (p *Peer) pushHandshake() error {
    pubkey := p.ethereum.KeyManager().PublicKey()
    msg := ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgHandshakeTy, []interface{}{
        uint32(0), []byte(p.version), []string{"eth"}, uint32(30303) /*p.port*/, pubkey[1:],
    })

    p.QueueMessage(msg)

    return nil
}

func (p *Peer) handleHandshake(msg *ethwire.Msg) {
    c := msg.Data

    var (
        p2pVersion = c.Get(0).Uint()
        clientId   = c.Get(1).Str()
        caps       = c.Get(2).Raw()
        port       = c.Get(3).Uint()
        pub        = c.Get(4).Bytes()
    )

    // Check correctness of p2p protocol version
    if p2pVersion != P2PVersion {
        peerlogger.Debugf("Invalid P2P version. Require protocol %d, received %d\n", P2PVersion, p2pVersion)
        p.Stop()
        return
    }

    // Handle the pub key (validation, uniqueness)
    if len(pub) == 0 {
        peerlogger.Warnln("Pubkey required, not supplied in handshake.")
        p.Stop()
        return
    }

    usedPub := 0
    // This peer is already added to the peerlist so we expect to find a double pubkey at least once
    eachPeer(p.ethereum.Peers(), func(peer *Peer, e *list.Element) {
        if bytes.Compare(pub, peer.pubkey) == 0 {
            usedPub++
        }
    })

    if usedPub > 0 {
        peerlogger.Debugf("Pubkey %x found more then once. Already connected to client.", p.pubkey)
        p.Stop()
        return
    }
    p.pubkey = pub

    // If this is an inbound connection send an ack back
    if p.inbound {
        p.port = uint16(port)

        // Self connect detection
        pubkey := p.ethereum.KeyManager().PublicKey()
        if bytes.Compare(pubkey, p.pubkey) == 0 {
            p.Stop()

            return
        }

    }
    p.SetVersion(clientId)

    p.versionKnown = true

    p.ethereum.PushPeer(p)
    p.ethereum.reactor.Post("peerList", p.ethereum.Peers())

    ethlogger.Infof("Added peer (%s) %d / %d (%v)\n", p.conn.RemoteAddr(), p.ethereum.Peers().Len(), p.ethereum.MaxPeers, caps)

    peerlogger.Debugln(p)

    p.pushStatus()
}

func (p *Peer) String() string {
    var strBoundType string
    if p.inbound {
        strBoundType = "inbound"
    } else {
        strBoundType = "outbound"
    }
    var strConnectType string
    if atomic.LoadInt32(&p.disconnect) == 0 {
        strConnectType = "connected"
    } else {
        strConnectType = "disconnected"
    }

    return fmt.Sprintf("[%s] (%s) %v %s [%s]", strConnectType, strBoundType, p.conn.RemoteAddr(), p.version, p.caps)

}

func (p *Peer) RlpData() []interface{} {
    return []interface{}{p.host, p.port, p.pubkey}
}

func packAddr(address, port string) ([]byte, uint16) {
    addr := strings.Split(address, ".")
    a, _ := strconv.Atoi(addr[0])
    b, _ := strconv.Atoi(addr[1])
    c, _ := strconv.Atoi(addr[2])
    d, _ := strconv.Atoi(addr[3])
    host := []byte{byte(a), byte(b), byte(c), byte(d)}
    prt, _ := strconv.Atoi(port)

    return host, uint16(prt)
}

func unpackAddr(value *ethutil.Value, p uint64) string {
    byts := value.Bytes()
    a := strconv.Itoa(int(byts[0]))
    b := strconv.Itoa(int(byts[1]))
    c := strconv.Itoa(int(byts[2]))
    d := strconv.Itoa(int(byts[3]))
    host := strings.Join([]string{a, b, c, d}, ".")
    port := strconv.Itoa(int(p))

    return net.JoinHostPort(host, port)
}