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// 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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

package ethash

import (
    crand "crypto/rand"
    "math"
    "math/big"
    "math/rand"
    "runtime"
    "sync"

    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
)

// Seal implements consensus.Engine, attempting to find a nonce that satisfies
// the block's difficulty requirements.
func (ethash *Ethash) Seal(chain consensus.ChainReader, block *types.Block, stop <-chan struct{}) (*types.Block, error) {
    // If we're running a fake PoW, simply return a 0 nonce immediately
    if ethash.fakeMode {
        header := block.Header()
        header.Nonce, header.MixDigest = types.BlockNonce{}, common.Hash{}
        return block.WithSeal(header), nil
    }
    // If we're running a shared PoW, delegate sealing to it
    if ethash.shared != nil {
        return ethash.shared.Seal(chain, block, stop)
    }
    // Create a runner and the multiple search threads it directs
    abort := make(chan struct{})
    found := make(chan *types.Block)

    ethash.lock.Lock()
    threads := ethash.threads
    if ethash.rand == nil {
        seed, err := crand.Int(crand.Reader, big.NewInt(math.MaxInt64))
        if err != nil {
            ethash.lock.Unlock()
            return nil, err
        }
        ethash.rand = rand.New(rand.NewSource(seed.Int64()))
    }
    ethash.lock.Unlock()
    if threads == 0 {
        threads = runtime.NumCPU()
    }
    if threads < 0 {
        threads = 0 // Allows disabling local mining without extra logic around local/remote
    }
    var pend sync.WaitGroup
    for i := 0; i < threads; i++ {
        pend.Add(1)
        go func(id int, nonce uint64) {
            defer pend.Done()
            ethash.mine(block, id, nonce, abort, found)
        }(i, uint64(ethash.rand.Int63()))
    }
    // Wait until sealing is terminated or a nonce is found
    var result *types.Block
    select {
    case <-stop:
        // Outside abort, stop all miner threads
        close(abort)
    case result = <-found:
        // One of the threads found a block, abort all others
        close(abort)
    case <-ethash.update:
        // Thread count was changed on user request, restart
        close(abort)
        pend.Wait()
        return ethash.Seal(chain, block, stop)
    }
    // Wait for all miners to terminate and return the block
    pend.Wait()
    return result, nil
}

// mine is the actual proof-of-work miner that searches for a nonce starting from
// seed that results in correct final block difficulty.
func (ethash *Ethash) mine(block *types.Block, id int, seed uint64, abort chan struct{}, found chan *types.Block) {
    // Extract some data from the header
    var (
        header = block.Header()
        hash   = header.HashNoNonce().Bytes()
        target = new(big.Int).Div(maxUint256, header.Difficulty)

        number  = header.Number.Uint64()
        dataset = ethash.dataset(number)
    )
    // Start generating random nonces until we abort or find a good one
    var (
        attempts = int64(0)
        nonce    = seed
    )
    logger := log.New("miner", id)
    logger.Trace("Started ethash search for new nonces", "seed", seed)
    for {
        select {
        case <-abort:
            // Mining terminated, update stats and abort
            logger.Trace("Ethash nonce search aborted", "attempts", nonce-seed)
            ethash.hashrate.Mark(attempts)
            return

        default:
            // We don't have to update hash rate on every nonce, so update after after 2^X nonces
            attempts++
            if (attempts % (1 << 15)) == 0 {
                ethash.hashrate.Mark(attempts)
                attempts = 0
            }
            // Compute the PoW value of this nonce
            digest, result := hashimotoFull(dataset, hash, nonce)
            if new(big.Int).SetBytes(result).Cmp(target) <= 0 {
                // Correct nonce found, create a new header with it
                header = types.CopyHeader(header)
                header.Nonce = types.EncodeNonce(nonce)
                header.MixDigest = common.BytesToHash(digest)

                // Seal and return a block (if still needed)
                select {
                case found <- block.WithSeal(header):
                    logger.Trace("Ethash nonce found and reported", "attempts", nonce-seed, "nonce", nonce)
                case <-abort:
                    logger.Trace("Ethash nonce found but discarded", "attempts", nonce-seed, "nonce", nonce)
                }
                return
            }
            nonce++
        }
    }
}