CliqueHelpers.java
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package org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.clique;
import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.clique.blockcreation.CliqueProposerSelector;
import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.common.validator.ValidatorProvider;
import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Address;
import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.ProtocolContext;
import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.chain.Blockchain;
import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.BlockHeader;
import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.ProcessableBlockHeader;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Comparator;
/** The Clique helpers. */
public class CliqueHelpers {
/**
* Gets proposer of block.
*
* @param header the header
* @return the proposer of block address
*/
public static Address getProposerOfBlock(final BlockHeader header) {
final CliqueExtraData extraData = CliqueExtraData.decode(header);
return extraData.getProposerAddress();
}
/**
* Gets proposer for block after.
*
* @param parent the parent
* @param validatorProvider the validator provider
* @return the proposer for block after
*/
static Address getProposerForBlockAfter(
final BlockHeader parent, final ValidatorProvider validatorProvider) {
final CliqueProposerSelector proposerSelector = new CliqueProposerSelector(validatorProvider);
return proposerSelector.selectProposerForNextBlock(parent);
}
/**
* Is signer.
*
* @param candidate the candidate
* @param protocolContext the protocol context
* @param parent the parent
* @return the boolean
*/
static boolean isSigner(
final Address candidate, final ProtocolContext protocolContext, final BlockHeader parent) {
final Collection<Address> validators =
protocolContext
.getConsensusContext(CliqueContext.class)
.getValidatorProvider()
.getValidatorsAfterBlock(parent);
return validators.contains(candidate);
}
/**
* Address is allowed to produce next block.
*
* @param candidate the candidate
* @param protocolContext the protocol context
* @param parent the parent
* @return the boolean
*/
public static boolean addressIsAllowedToProduceNextBlock(
final Address candidate, final ProtocolContext protocolContext, final BlockHeader parent) {
final ValidatorProvider validatorProvider =
protocolContext.getConsensusContext(CliqueContext.class).getValidatorProvider();
if (!isSigner(candidate, protocolContext, parent)) {
return false;
}
final int minimumUnsignedPastBlocks =
minimumBlocksSincePreviousSigning(parent, validatorProvider);
final Blockchain blockchain = protocolContext.getBlockchain();
int unsignedBlockCount = 0;
BlockHeader localParent = parent;
while (unsignedBlockCount < minimumUnsignedPastBlocks) {
if (localParent.getNumber() == 0) {
return true;
}
final Address parentSigner = CliqueHelpers.getProposerOfBlock(localParent);
if (parentSigner.equals(candidate)) {
return false;
}
unsignedBlockCount++;
localParent =
blockchain
.getBlockHeader(localParent.getParentHash())
.orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("The block was on a orphaned chain."));
}
return true;
}
private static int minimumBlocksSincePreviousSigning(
final BlockHeader parent, final ValidatorProvider validatorProvider) {
final int validatorCount = validatorProvider.getValidatorsAfterBlock(parent).size();
// The number of contiguous blocks in which a signer may only sign 1 (as taken from clique spec)
final int signerLimit = (validatorCount / 2) + 1;
return signerLimit - 1;
}
/**
* Install clique block choice rule.
*
* @param blockchain the blockchain
* @param cliqueContext the clique context
*/
public static void installCliqueBlockChoiceRule(
final Blockchain blockchain, final CliqueContext cliqueContext) {
blockchain.setBlockChoiceRule(
// EIP-3436 - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-3436
blockchain
// 1. Choose the block with the most total difficulty.
.getBlockChoiceRule()
// 2. Then choose the block with the lowest block number.
.thenComparing(Comparator.comparing(ProcessableBlockHeader::getNumber).reversed())
// 3. Then choose the block whose validator had the least recent in-turn block
// assignment.
.thenComparing((BlockHeader header) -> -distanceFromInTurn(header, cliqueContext))
// 4. Then choose the block with the lowest hash.
.thenComparing(Comparator.comparing(BlockHeader::getHash).reversed()));
}
/**
* Distance calculation from step 3 of the forck choice rule in EIP-3436
*
* <p>` (header_number - validator_index) % validator_count `
*
* @param header The block header to calculate distance
* @param context The clique context, holding validators last validaion
* @return the number of blocks from when the validator in that block was most recently "in turn"
*/
static int distanceFromInTurn(final BlockHeader header, final CliqueContext context) {
final Address proposer = CliqueHelpers.getProposerOfBlock(header);
final Collection<Address> validators =
context.getValidatorProvider().getValidatorsAfterBlock(header);
// validators is an ordered collection, but as it is a tree set the only way to get an "index"
// is to walk the tree.
int index = 0;
for (final Address validator : validators) {
if (validator.equals(proposer)) {
break;
}
index++;
}
return (int) (header.getNumber() - index) % validators.size();
}
}