// Copyright 2017 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 pow import ( "bytes" "errors" "math/big" "sync" "time" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log" metrics "github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics" ) var ( ErrInvalidDifficulty = errors.New("non-positive difficulty") ErrInvalidMixDigest = errors.New("invalid mix digest") ErrInvalidPoW = errors.New("pow difficulty invalid") ) var ( // maxUint256 is a big integer representing 2^256-1 maxUint256 = new(big.Int).Exp(big.NewInt(2), big.NewInt(256), big.NewInt(0)) ) // cache wraps an ethash cache with some metadata to allow easier concurrent use. type cache struct { epoch uint64 // Epoch for which this cache is relevant cache []uint32 // The actual cache data content used time.Time // Timestamp of the last use for smarter eviction once sync.Once // Ensures the cache is generated only once lock sync.Mutex // Ensures thread safety for updating the usage time } // generate ensures that the cache content is generates. func (c *cache) generate(test bool) { c.once.Do(func() { cacheSize := cacheSize(c.epoch*epochLength + 1) if test { cacheSize = 1024 } rawCache := generateCache(cacheSize, seedHash(c.epoch*epochLength+1)) c.cache = prepare(uint64(len(rawCache)), bytes.NewReader(rawCache)) }) } // Ethash is a PoW data struture implementing the ethash algorithm. type Ethash struct { cachedir string // Data directory to store the verification caches dagdir string // Data directory to store full mining datasets caches map[uint64]*cache // In memory caches to avoid regenerating too often future *cache // Pre-generated cache for the estimated future epoch lock sync.Mutex // Ensures thread safety for the in-memory caches hashrate *metrics.StandardMeter // Meter tracking the average hashrate tester bool // Flag whether to use a smaller test dataset shared bool // Flag whether to use a global chared dataset } // NewFullEthash creates a full sized ethash PoW scheme. func NewFullEthash(cachedir, dagdir string) PoW { return &Ethash{ cachedir: cachedir, dagdir: dagdir, caches: make(map[uint64]*cache), } } // NewTestEthash creates a small sized ethash PoW scheme useful only for testing // purposes. func NewTestEthash() PoW { return &Ethash{ caches: make(map[uint64]*cache), tester: true, } } // NewSharedEthash creates a full sized ethash PoW shared between all requesters // running in the same process. func NewSharedEthash() PoW { return &Ethash{ caches: make(map[uint64]*cache), shared: true, } } // Verify implements PoW, checking whether the given block satisfies the PoW // difficulty requirements. func (ethash *Ethash) Verify(block Block) error { // Ensure twe have a valid difficulty for the block difficulty := block.Difficulty() if difficulty.Sign() <= 0 { return ErrInvalidDifficulty } // Recompute the digest and PoW value and verify against the block number := block.NumberU64() cache := ethash.cache(number) size := datasetSize(number) if ethash.tester { size = 32 * 1024 } digest, result := hashimotoLight(size, cache, block.HashNoNonce().Bytes(), block.Nonce()) if !bytes.Equal(block.MixDigest().Bytes(), digest) { return ErrInvalidMixDigest } target := new(big.Int).Div(maxUint256, difficulty) if new(big.Int).SetBytes(result).Cmp(target) > 0 { return ErrInvalidPoW } return nil } // cache tries to retrieve a verification cache for the specified block number // by first checking against a list of in-memory caches, then against caches // stored on disk, and finally generating one if none can be found. func (ethash *Ethash) cache(block uint64) []uint32 { epoch := block / epochLength // If we have a PoW for that epoch, use that ethash.lock.Lock() current, future := ethash.caches[epoch], (*cache)(nil) if current == nil { // No in-memory cache, evict the oldest if the cache limit was reached for len(ethash.caches) >= 3 { var evict *cache for _, cache := range ethash.caches { if evict == nil || evict.used.After(cache.used) { evict = cache } } delete(ethash.caches, evict.epoch) log.Debug("Evictinged ethash cache", "old", evict.epoch, "used", evict.used) } // If we have the new cache pre-generated, use that, otherwise create a new one if ethash.future != nil && ethash.future.epoch == epoch { log.Debug("Using pre-generated cache", "epoch", epoch) current, ethash.future = ethash.future, nil } else { log.Debug("Generating new ethash cache", "epoch", epoch) current = &cache{epoch: epoch} } ethash.caches[epoch] = current // If we just used up the future cache, or need a refresh, regenerate if ethash.future == nil || ethash.future.epoch <= epoch { log.Debug("Pre-generating cache for the future", "epoch", epoch+1) future = &cache{epoch: epoch + 1} ethash.future = future } } current.used = time.Now() ethash.lock.Unlock() // Wait for generation finish, bump the timestamp and finalize the cache current.once.Do(func() { current.generate(ethash.tester) }) current.lock.Lock() current.used = time.Now() current.lock.Unlock() // If we exhusted the future cache, now's a goot time to regenerate it if future != nil { go future.generate(ethash.tester) } return current.cache } // Search implements PoW, attempting to find a nonce that satisfies the block's // difficulty requirements. func (ethash *Ethash) Search(block Block, stop <-chan struct{}) (uint64, []byte) { return 0, nil } // Hashrate implements PoW, returning the measured rate of the search invocations // per second over the last minute. func (ethash *Ethash) Hashrate() float64 { return ethash.hashrate.Rate1() } // EthashSeedHash is the seed to use for generating a vrification cache and the // mining dataset. func EthashSeedHash(block uint64) []byte { return seedHash(block) }