go-ethereum/eth/gasprice/gasprice.go

// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
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package gasprice

import (
	"context"
	"math/big"
	"sort"
	"sync"

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

const sampleNumber = 3 // Number of transactions sampled in a block

var DefaultMaxPrice = big.NewInt(500 * params.GWei)
var DefaultIgnorePrice = big.NewInt(2 * params.Wei)

type Config struct {
	Blocks      int
	Percentile  int
	Default     *big.Int `toml:",omitempty"`
	MaxPrice    *big.Int `toml:",omitempty"`
	IgnorePrice *big.Int `toml:",omitempty"`
}

// OracleBackend includes all necessary background APIs for oracle.
type OracleBackend interface {
	HeaderByNumber(ctx context.Context, number rpc.BlockNumber) (*types.Header, error)
	BlockByNumber(ctx context.Context, number rpc.BlockNumber) (*types.Block, error)
	ChainConfig() *params.ChainConfig
}

// Oracle recommends gas prices based on the content of recent
// blocks. Suitable for both light and full clients.
type Oracle struct {
	backend     OracleBackend
	lastHead    common.Hash
	lastPrice   *big.Int
	maxPrice    *big.Int
	ignorePrice *big.Int
	cacheLock   sync.RWMutex
	fetchLock   sync.Mutex

	checkBlocks int
	percentile  int
}

// NewOracle returns a new gasprice oracle which can recommend suitable
// gasprice for newly created transaction.
func NewOracle(backend OracleBackend, params Config) *Oracle {
	blocks := params.Blocks
	if blocks < 1 {
		blocks = 1
		log.Warn("Sanitizing invalid gasprice oracle sample blocks", "provided", params.Blocks, "updated", blocks)
	}
	percent := params.Percentile
	if percent < 0 {
		percent = 0
		log.Warn("Sanitizing invalid gasprice oracle sample percentile", "provided", params.Percentile, "updated", percent)
	}
	if percent > 100 {
		percent = 100
		log.Warn("Sanitizing invalid gasprice oracle sample percentile", "provided", params.Percentile, "updated", percent)
	}
	maxPrice := params.MaxPrice
	if maxPrice == nil || maxPrice.Int64() <= 0 {
		maxPrice = DefaultMaxPrice
		log.Warn("Sanitizing invalid gasprice oracle price cap", "provided", params.MaxPrice, "updated", maxPrice)
	}
	ignorePrice := params.IgnorePrice
	if ignorePrice == nil || ignorePrice.Int64() <= 0 {
		ignorePrice = DefaultIgnorePrice
		log.Warn("Sanitizing invalid gasprice oracle ignore price", "provided", params.IgnorePrice, "updated", ignorePrice)
	} else if ignorePrice.Int64() > 0 {
		log.Info("Gasprice oracle is ignoring threshold set", "threshold", ignorePrice)
	}
	return &Oracle{
		backend:     backend,
		lastPrice:   params.Default,
		maxPrice:    maxPrice,
		ignorePrice: ignorePrice,
		checkBlocks: blocks,
		percentile:  percent,
	}
}

// SuggestPrice returns a gasprice so that newly created transaction can
// have a very high chance to be included in the following blocks.
func (gpo *Oracle) SuggestPrice(ctx context.Context) (*big.Int, error) {
	head, _ := gpo.backend.HeaderByNumber(ctx, rpc.LatestBlockNumber)
	headHash := head.Hash()

	// If the latest gasprice is still available, return it.
	gpo.cacheLock.RLock()
	lastHead, lastPrice := gpo.lastHead, gpo.lastPrice
	gpo.cacheLock.RUnlock()
	if headHash == lastHead {
		return lastPrice, nil
	}
	gpo.fetchLock.Lock()
	defer gpo.fetchLock.Unlock()

	// Try checking the cache again, maybe the last fetch fetched what we need
	gpo.cacheLock.RLock()
	lastHead, lastPrice = gpo.lastHead, gpo.lastPrice
	gpo.cacheLock.RUnlock()
	if headHash == lastHead {
		return lastPrice, nil
	}
	var (
		sent, exp int
		number    = head.Number.Uint64()
		result    = make(chan getBlockPricesResult, gpo.checkBlocks)
		quit      = make(chan struct{})
		txPrices  []*big.Int
	)
	for sent < gpo.checkBlocks && number > 0 {
		go gpo.getBlockPrices(ctx, types.MakeSigner(gpo.backend.ChainConfig(), big.NewInt(int64(number))), number, sampleNumber, gpo.ignorePrice, result, quit)
		sent++
		exp++
		number--
	}
	for exp > 0 {
		res := <-result
		if res.err != nil {
			close(quit)
			return lastPrice, res.err
		}
		exp--
		// Nothing returned. There are two special cases here:
		// - The block is empty
		// - All the transactions included are sent by the miner itself.
		// In these cases, use the latest calculated price for samping.
		if len(res.prices) == 0 {
			res.prices = []*big.Int{lastPrice}
		}
		// Besides, in order to collect enough data for sampling, if nothing
		// meaningful returned, try to query more blocks. But the maximum
		// is 2*checkBlocks.
		if len(res.prices) == 1 && len(txPrices)+1+exp < gpo.checkBlocks*2 && number > 0 {
			go gpo.getBlockPrices(ctx, types.MakeSigner(gpo.backend.ChainConfig(), big.NewInt(int64(number))), number, sampleNumber, gpo.ignorePrice, result, quit)
			sent++
			exp++
			number--
		}
		txPrices = append(txPrices, res.prices...)
	}
	price := lastPrice
	if len(txPrices) > 0 {
		sort.Sort(bigIntArray(txPrices))
		price = txPrices[(len(txPrices)-1)*gpo.percentile/100]
	}
	if price.Cmp(gpo.maxPrice) > 0 {
		price = new(big.Int).Set(gpo.maxPrice)
	}
	gpo.cacheLock.Lock()
	gpo.lastHead = headHash
	gpo.lastPrice = price
	gpo.cacheLock.Unlock()
	return price, nil
}

type getBlockPricesResult struct {
	prices []*big.Int
	err    error
}

type transactionsByGasPrice []*types.Transaction

func (t transactionsByGasPrice) Len() int           { return len(t) }
func (t transactionsByGasPrice) Swap(i, j int)      { t[i], t[j] = t[j], t[i] }
func (t transactionsByGasPrice) Less(i, j int) bool { return t[i].GasPriceCmp(t[j]) < 0 }

// getBlockPrices calculates the lowest transaction gas price in a given block
// and sends it to the result channel. If the block is empty or all transactions
// are sent by the miner itself(it doesn't make any sense to include this kind of
// transaction prices for sampling), nil gasprice is returned.
func (gpo *Oracle) getBlockPrices(ctx context.Context, signer types.Signer, blockNum uint64, limit int, ignoreUnder *big.Int, result chan getBlockPricesResult, quit chan struct{}) {
	block, err := gpo.backend.BlockByNumber(ctx, rpc.BlockNumber(blockNum))
	if block == nil {
		select {
		case result <- getBlockPricesResult{nil, err}:
		case <-quit:
		}
		return
	}
	blockTxs := block.Transactions()
	txs := make([]*types.Transaction, len(blockTxs))
	copy(txs, blockTxs)
	sort.Sort(transactionsByGasPrice(txs))

	var prices []*big.Int
	for _, tx := range txs {
		if ignoreUnder != nil && tx.GasPriceIntCmp(ignoreUnder) == -1 {
			continue
		}
		sender, err := types.Sender(signer, tx)
		if err == nil && sender != block.Coinbase() {
			prices = append(prices, tx.GasPrice())
			if len(prices) >= limit {
				break
			}
		}
	}
	select {
	case result <- getBlockPricesResult{prices, nil}:
	case <-quit:
	}
}

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] }