rpc, whisper, xeth: fix RPC message retrieval data race

rpc/api.go

@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ func (api *EthereumApi) GetRequestReply(req *RpcRequest, reply *interface{}) err
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(req.Params, &args); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		*reply = api.xeth().Whisper().Messages(args.Id)
+		*reply = api.xeth().Messages(args.Id)
 
 	// case "eth_register":
 	// 	// Placeholder for actual type

whisper/envelope.go

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ func (self *Envelope) Open(key *ecdsa.PrivateKey) (msg *Message, err error) {
 	message := &Message{
 		Flags: data[0],
 		Sent:  int64(self.Expiry - self.TTL),
+		Hash:  self.Hash(),
 	}
 	data = data[1:]
 

whisper/envelope_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package whisper
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestEnvelopeOpen(t *testing.T) {
+	payload := []byte("hello world")
+	message := NewMessage(payload)
+
+	envelope, err := message.Wrap(DefaultPoW, Options{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to wrap message: %v", err)
+	}
+	opened, err := envelope.Open(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to open envelope: %v.", err)
+	}
+	if opened.Flags != message.Flags {
+		t.Fatalf("flags mismatch: have %d, want %d", opened.Flags, message.Flags)
+	}
+	if bytes.Compare(opened.Signature, message.Signature) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("signature mismatch: have 0x%x, want 0x%x", opened.Signature, message.Signature)
+	}
+	if bytes.Compare(opened.Payload, message.Payload) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("payload mismatch: have 0x%x, want 0x%x", opened.Payload, message.Payload)
+	}
+	if opened.Sent != message.Sent {
+		t.Fatalf("send time mismatch: have %d, want %d", opened.Sent, message.Sent)
+	}
+
+	if opened.Hash != envelope.Hash() {
+		t.Fatalf("message hash mismatch: have 0x%x, want 0x%x", opened.Hash, envelope.Hash())
+	}
+}

whisper/message.go

@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger/glog"
 )
 
-// Message represents an end-user data packet to trasmit through the Whisper
+// Message represents an end-user data packet to transmit through the Whisper
 // protocol. These are wrapped into Envelopes that need not be understood by
 // intermediate nodes, just forwarded.
 type Message struct {
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ type Message struct {
 	Payload   []byte
 	Sent      int64
 
-	To *ecdsa.PublicKey
+	To   *ecdsa.PublicKey // Message recipient (identity used to decode the message)
+	Hash common.Hash      // Message envelope hash to act as a unique id in de-duplication
 }
 
 // Options specifies the exact way a message should be wrapped into an Envelope.

xeth/whisper_filter.go

@@ -1,26 +1,84 @@
 // Contains the external API side message filter for watching, pooling and polling
-// matched whisper messages.
+// matched whisper messages, also serializing data access to avoid duplications.
 
 package xeth
 
-import "time"
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+)
 
 // whisperFilter is the message cache matching a specific filter, accumulating
 // inbound messages until the are requested by the client.
 type whisperFilter struct {
-	id      int              // Filter identifier
-	cache   []WhisperMessage // Cache of messages not yet polled
-	timeout time.Time        // Time when the last message batch was queries
+	id  int      // Filter identifier for old message retrieval
+	ref *Whisper // Whisper reference for old message retrieval
+
+	cache  []WhisperMessage         // Cache of messages not yet polled
+	skip   map[common.Hash]struct{} // List of retrieved messages to avoid duplication
+	update time.Time                // Time of the last message query
+
+	lock sync.RWMutex // Lock protecting the filter internals
+}
+
+// newWhisperFilter creates a new serialized, poll based whisper topic filter.
+func newWhisperFilter(id int, ref *Whisper) *whisperFilter {
+	return &whisperFilter{
+		id:  id,
+		ref: ref,
+
+		update: time.Now(),
+		skip:   make(map[common.Hash]struct{}),
+	}
+}
+
+// messages retrieves all the cached messages from the entire pool matching the
+// filter, resetting the filter's change buffer.
+func (w *whisperFilter) messages() []WhisperMessage {
+	w.lock.Lock()
+	defer w.lock.Unlock()
+
+	w.cache = nil
+	w.update = time.Now()
+
+	w.skip = make(map[common.Hash]struct{})
+	messages := w.ref.Messages(w.id)
+	for _, message := range messages {
+		w.skip[message.ref.Hash] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	return messages
 }
 
 // insert injects a new batch of messages into the filter cache.
-func (w *whisperFilter) insert(msgs ...WhisperMessage) {
-	w.cache = append(w.cache, msgs...)
+func (w *whisperFilter) insert(messages ...WhisperMessage) {
+	w.lock.Lock()
+	defer w.lock.Unlock()
+
+	for _, message := range messages {
+		if _, ok := w.skip[message.ref.Hash]; !ok {
+			w.cache = append(w.cache, messages...)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // retrieve fetches all the cached messages from the filter.
 func (w *whisperFilter) retrieve() (messages []WhisperMessage) {
+	w.lock.Lock()
+	defer w.lock.Unlock()
+
 	messages, w.cache = w.cache, nil
-	w.timeout = time.Now()
+	w.update = time.Now()
+
 	return
 }
+
+// activity returns the last time instance when client requests were executed on
+// the filter.
+func (w *whisperFilter) activity() time.Time {
+	w.lock.RLock()
+	defer w.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return w.update
+}

xeth/xeth.go

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ done:
 			}
 
 			for id, filter := range self.messages {
-				if time.Since(filter.timeout) > filterTickerTime {
+				if time.Since(filter.activity()) > filterTickerTime {
 					self.Whisper().Unwatch(id)
 					delete(self.messages, id)
 				}
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ func (p *XEth) NewWhisperFilter(to, from string, topics []string) int {
 		p.messages[id].insert(msg)
 	}
 	id = p.Whisper().Watch(to, from, topics, callback)
-	p.messages[id] = &whisperFilter{timeout: time.Now()}
+	p.messages[id] = newWhisperFilter(id, p.Whisper())
 	return id
 }
 
@@ -481,7 +481,16 @@ func (self *XEth) MessagesChanged(id int) []WhisperMessage {
 	if self.messages[id] != nil {
 		return self.messages[id].retrieve()
 	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (self *XEth) Messages(id int) []WhisperMessage {
+	self.messagesMut.Lock()
+	defer self.messagesMut.Unlock()
 
+	if self.messages[id] != nil {
+		return self.messages[id].messages()
+	}
 	return nil
 }