// Copyright 2016 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 . 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) }