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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 gasprice
+
+import (
+ "math/big"
+ "sort"
+ "sync"
+
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/ethapi"
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
+ "golang.org/x/net/context"
+)
+
+const (
+ LpoAvgCount = 5
+ LpoMinCount = 3
+ LpoMaxBlocks = 20
+ LpoSelect = 50
+ LpoDefaultPrice = 20000000000
+)
+
+// LightPriceOracle recommends gas prices based on the content of recent
+// blocks. Suitable for both light and full clients.
+type LightPriceOracle struct {
+ backend ethapi.Backend
+ lastHead common.Hash
+ lastPrice *big.Int
+ cacheLock sync.RWMutex
+ fetchLock sync.Mutex
+}
+
+// NewLightPriceOracle returns a new oracle.
+func NewLightPriceOracle(backend ethapi.Backend) *LightPriceOracle {
+ return &LightPriceOracle{
+ backend: backend,
+ lastPrice: big.NewInt(LpoDefaultPrice),
+ }
+}
+
+// SuggestPrice returns the recommended gas price.
+func (self *LightPriceOracle) SuggestPrice(ctx context.Context) (*big.Int, error) {
+ self.cacheLock.RLock()
+ lastHead := self.lastHead
+ lastPrice := self.lastPrice
+ self.cacheLock.RUnlock()
+
+ head, _ := self.backend.HeaderByNumber(ctx, rpc.LatestBlockNumber)
+ headHash := head.Hash()
+ if headHash == lastHead {
+ return lastPrice, nil
+ }
+
+ self.fetchLock.Lock()
+ defer self.fetchLock.Unlock()
+
+ // try checking the cache again, maybe the last fetch fetched what we need
+ self.cacheLock.RLock()
+ lastHead = self.lastHead
+ lastPrice = self.lastPrice
+ self.cacheLock.RUnlock()
+ if headHash == lastHead {
+ return lastPrice, nil
+ }
+
+ blockNum := head.GetNumberU64()
+ chn := make(chan lpResult, LpoMaxBlocks)
+ sent := 0
+ exp := 0
+ var lps bigIntArray
+ for sent < LpoAvgCount && blockNum > 0 {
+ go self.getLowestPrice(ctx, blockNum, chn)
+ sent++
+ exp++
+ blockNum--
+ }
+ maxEmpty := LpoAvgCount - LpoMinCount
+ for exp > 0 {
+ res := <-chn
+ if res.err != nil {
+ return nil, res.err
+ }
+ exp--
+ if res.price != nil {
+ lps = append(lps, res.price)
+ } else {
+ if maxEmpty > 0 {
+ maxEmpty--
+ } else {
+ if blockNum > 0 && sent < LpoMaxBlocks {
+ go self.getLowestPrice(ctx, blockNum, chn)
+ sent++
+ exp++
+ blockNum--
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ price := lastPrice
+ if len(lps) > 0 {
+ sort.Sort(lps)
+ price = lps[(len(lps)-1)*LpoSelect/100]
+ }
+
+ self.cacheLock.Lock()
+ self.lastHead = headHash
+ self.lastPrice = price
+ self.cacheLock.Unlock()
+ return price, nil
+}
+
+type lpResult struct {
+ price *big.Int
+ err error
+}
+
+// getLowestPrice calculates the lowest transaction gas price in a given block
+// and sends it to the result channel. If the block is empty, price is nil.
+func (self *LightPriceOracle) getLowestPrice(ctx context.Context, blockNum uint64, chn chan lpResult) {
+ block, err := self.backend.BlockByNumber(ctx, rpc.BlockNumber(blockNum))
+ if block == nil {
+ chn <- lpResult{nil, err}
+ return
+ }
+ txs := block.Transactions()
+ if len(txs) == 0 {
+ chn <- lpResult{nil, nil}
+ return
+ }
+ // find smallest gasPrice
+ minPrice := txs[0].GasPrice()
+ for i := 1; i < len(txs); i++ {
+ price := txs[i].GasPrice()
+ if price.Cmp(minPrice) < 0 {
+ minPrice = price
+ }
+ }
+ chn <- lpResult{minPrice, nil}
+}
+
+type bigIntArray []*big.Int
+
+func (s bigIntArray) Len() int { return len(s) }
+func (s bigIntArray) Less(i, j int) bool { return s[i].Cmp(s[j]) < 0 }
+func (s bigIntArray) Swap(i, j int) { s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i] }