// 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 ( "bufio" "bytes" "errors" "fmt" "io/ioutil" "math" "math/big" "math/rand" "os" "path/filepath" "sync" "time" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log" metrics "github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics" ) var ( ErrNonceOutOfRange = errors.New("nonce out of range") 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)) // sharedEthash is a full instance that can be shared between multiple users. sharedEthash = NewFullEthash("", 3, 0, "", 1, 0) // algorithmRevision is the data structure version used for file naming. algorithmRevision = 23 // dumpMagic is a dataset dump header to sanity check a data dump. dumpMagic = hexutil.MustDecode("0xfee1deadbaddcafe") ) // 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 generated before use. func (c *cache) generate(dir string, limit int, test bool) { c.once.Do(func() { // If we have a testing cache, generate and return if test { rawCache := generateCache(1024, seedHash(c.epoch*epochLength+1)) c.cache = prepare(1024, bytes.NewReader(rawCache)) return } // Full cache generation is needed, check cache dir for existing data size := cacheSize(c.epoch*epochLength + 1) seed := seedHash(c.epoch*epochLength + 1) path := filepath.Join(dir, fmt.Sprintf("cache-R%d-%x", algorithmRevision, seed)) logger := log.New("seed", hexutil.Bytes(seed)) if dir != "" { dump, err := os.Open(path) if err == nil { logger.Info("Loading ethash cache from disk") start := time.Now() c.cache = prepare(size, bufio.NewReader(dump)) logger.Info("Loaded ethash cache from disk", "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start))) dump.Close() return } } // No previous disk cache was available, generate on the fly rawCache := generateCache(size, seed) c.cache = prepare(size, bytes.NewReader(rawCache)) // If a cache directory is given, attempt to serialize for next time if dir != "" { // Store the ethash cache to disk start := time.Now() if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), os.ModePerm); err != nil { logger.Error("Failed to create ethash cache dir", "err", err) } else if err := ioutil.WriteFile(path, rawCache, os.ModePerm); err != nil { logger.Error("Failed to write ethash cache to disk", "err", err) } else { logger.Info("Stored ethash cache to disk", "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start))) } // Iterate over all previous instances and delete old ones for ep := int(c.epoch) - limit; ep >= 0; ep-- { seed := seedHash(uint64(ep)*epochLength + 1) path := filepath.Join(dir, fmt.Sprintf("cache-R%d-%x", algorithmRevision, seed)) os.Remove(path) } } }) } // dataset wraps an ethash dataset with some metadata to allow easier concurrent use. type dataset struct { epoch uint64 // Epoch for which this cache is relevant dataset []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 dataset content is generated before use. func (d *dataset) generate(dir string, limit int, test bool, discard bool) { d.once.Do(func() { // If we have a testing dataset, generate and return if test { rawCache := generateCache(1024, seedHash(d.epoch*epochLength+1)) intCache := prepare(1024, bytes.NewReader(rawCache)) rawDataset := generateDataset(32*1024, intCache) d.dataset = prepare(32*1024, bytes.NewReader(rawDataset)) return } // Full dataset generation is needed, check dataset dir for existing data csize := cacheSize(d.epoch*epochLength + 1) dsize := datasetSize(d.epoch*epochLength + 1) seed := seedHash(d.epoch*epochLength + 1) path := filepath.Join(dir, fmt.Sprintf("full-R%d-%x", algorithmRevision, seed)) logger := log.New("seed", hexutil.Bytes(seed)) if dir != "" { dump, err := os.Open(path) if err == nil { if !discard { logger.Info("Loading ethash DAG from disk") start := time.Now() d.dataset = prepare(dsize, bufio.NewReader(dump)) logger.Info("Loaded ethash DAG from disk", "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start))) } dump.Close() return } } // No previous disk dataset was available, generate on the fly rawCache := generateCache(csize, seed) intCache := prepare(csize, bytes.NewReader(rawCache)) rawDataset := generateDataset(dsize, intCache) if !discard { d.dataset = prepare(dsize, bytes.NewReader(rawDataset)) } // If a dataset directory is given, attempt to serialize for next time if dir != "" { // Store the ethash dataset to disk start := time.Now() if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), os.ModePerm); err != nil { logger.Error("Failed to create ethash DAG dir", "err", err) } else if err := ioutil.WriteFile(path, rawDataset, os.ModePerm); err != nil { logger.Error("Failed to write ethash DAG to disk", "err", err) } else { logger.Info("Stored ethash DAG to disk", "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start))) } // Iterate over all previous instances and delete old ones for ep := int(d.epoch) - limit; ep >= 0; ep-- { seed := seedHash(uint64(ep)*epochLength + 1) path := filepath.Join(dir, fmt.Sprintf("full-R%d-%x", algorithmRevision, seed)) os.Remove(path) } } }) } // MakeCache generates a new ethash cache and optionally stores it to disk. func MakeCache(block uint64, dir string) { c := cache{epoch: block/epochLength + 1} c.generate(dir, math.MaxInt32, false) } // MakeDataset generates a new ethash dataset and optionally stores it to disk. func MakeDataset(block uint64, dir string) { d := dataset{epoch: block/epochLength + 1} d.generate(dir, math.MaxInt32, false, true) } // Ethash is a PoW data struture implementing the ethash algorithm. type Ethash struct { cachedir string // Data directory to store the verification caches cachesinmem int // Number of caches to keep in memory cachesondisk int // Number of caches to keep on disk dagdir string // Data directory to store full mining datasets dagsinmem int // Number of mining datasets to keep in memory dagsondisk int // Number of mining datasets to keep on disk caches map[uint64]*cache // In memory caches to avoid regenerating too often fcache *cache // Pre-generated cache for the estimated future epoch datasets map[uint64]*dataset // In memory datasets to avoid regenerating too often fdataset *dataset // Pre-generated dataset for the estimated future epoch lock sync.Mutex // Ensures thread safety for the in-memory caches hashrate metrics.Meter // Meter tracking the average hashrate tester bool // Flag whether to use a smaller test dataset } // NewFullEthash creates a full sized ethash PoW scheme. func NewFullEthash(cachedir string, cachesinmem, cachesondisk int, dagdir string, dagsinmem, dagsondisk int) PoW { if cachesinmem <= 0 { log.Warn("One ethash cache must alwast be in memory", "requested", cachesinmem) cachesinmem = 1 } if cachedir != "" && cachesondisk > 0 { log.Info("Disk storage enabled for ethash caches", "dir", cachedir, "count", cachesondisk) } if dagdir != "" && dagsondisk > 0 { log.Info("Disk storage enabled for ethash DAGs", "dir", dagdir, "count", dagsondisk) } return &Ethash{ cachedir: cachedir, cachesinmem: cachesinmem, cachesondisk: cachesondisk, dagdir: dagdir, dagsinmem: dagsinmem, dagsondisk: dagsondisk, caches: make(map[uint64]*cache), datasets: make(map[uint64]*dataset), hashrate: metrics.NewMeter(), } } // NewTestEthash creates a small sized ethash PoW scheme useful only for testing // purposes. func NewTestEthash() PoW { return &Ethash{ cachesinmem: 1, caches: make(map[uint64]*cache), datasets: make(map[uint64]*dataset), tester: true, hashrate: metrics.NewMeter(), } } // NewSharedEthash creates a full sized ethash PoW shared between all requesters // running in the same process. func NewSharedEthash() PoW { return sharedEthash } // Verify implements PoW, checking whether the given block satisfies the PoW // difficulty requirements. func (ethash *Ethash) Verify(block Block) error { // Sanity check that the block number is below the lookup table size (60M blocks) number := block.NumberU64() if number/epochLength >= uint64(len(cacheSizes)) { // Go < 1.7 cannot calculate new cache/dataset sizes (no fast prime check) return ErrNonceOutOfRange } // Ensure that we 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 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) >= ethash.cachesinmem { 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("Evicted ethash cache", "epoch", evict.epoch, "used", evict.used) } // If we have the new cache pre-generated, use that, otherwise create a new one if ethash.fcache != nil && ethash.fcache.epoch == epoch { log.Debug("Using pre-generated cache", "epoch", epoch) current, ethash.fcache = ethash.fcache, nil } else { log.Debug("Requiring 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.fcache == nil || ethash.fcache.epoch <= epoch { log.Debug("Requiring new future ethash cache", "epoch", epoch+1) future = &cache{epoch: epoch + 1} ethash.fcache = future } } current.used = time.Now() ethash.lock.Unlock() // Wait for generation finish, bump the timestamp and finalize the cache current.generate(ethash.cachedir, ethash.cachesondisk, ethash.tester) current.lock.Lock() current.used = time.Now() current.lock.Unlock() // If we exhausted the future cache, now's a good time to regenerate it if future != nil { go future.generate(ethash.cachedir, ethash.cachesondisk, 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) { // Extract some data from the block var ( hash = block.HashNoNonce().Bytes() diff = block.Difficulty() target = new(big.Int).Div(maxUint256, diff) ) // Retrieve the mining dataset dataset, size := ethash.dataset(block.NumberU64()), datasetSize(block.NumberU64()) // Start generating random nonces until we abort or find a good one var ( attempts int64 rand = rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())) nonce = uint64(rand.Int63()) ) for { select { case <-stop: // Mining terminated, update stats and abort ethash.hashrate.Mark(attempts) return 0, nil 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(size, dataset, hash, nonce) if new(big.Int).SetBytes(result).Cmp(target) <= 0 { return nonce, digest } nonce++ } } } // dataset tries to retrieve a mining dataset for the specified block number // by first checking against a list of in-memory datasets, then against DAGs // stored on disk, and finally generating one if none can be found. func (ethash *Ethash) dataset(block uint64) []uint32 { epoch := block / epochLength // If we have a PoW for that epoch, use that ethash.lock.Lock() current, future := ethash.datasets[epoch], (*dataset)(nil) if current == nil { // No in-memory dataset, evict the oldest if the dataset limit was reached for len(ethash.datasets) >= ethash.dagsinmem { var evict *dataset for _, dataset := range ethash.datasets { if evict == nil || evict.used.After(dataset.used) { evict = dataset } } delete(ethash.datasets, evict.epoch) log.Debug("Evicted ethash dataset", "epoch", evict.epoch, "used", evict.used) } // If we have the new cache pre-generated, use that, otherwise create a new one if ethash.fdataset != nil && ethash.fdataset.epoch == epoch { log.Debug("Using pre-generated dataset", "epoch", epoch) current = &dataset{epoch: ethash.fdataset.epoch} // Reload from disk ethash.fdataset = nil } else { log.Debug("Requiring new ethash dataset", "epoch", epoch) current = &dataset{epoch: epoch} } ethash.datasets[epoch] = current // If we just used up the future dataset, or need a refresh, regenerate if ethash.fdataset == nil || ethash.fdataset.epoch <= epoch { log.Debug("Requiring new future ethash dataset", "epoch", epoch+1) future = &dataset{epoch: epoch + 1} ethash.fdataset = future } } current.used = time.Now() ethash.lock.Unlock() // Wait for generation finish, bump the timestamp and finalize the cache current.generate(ethash.dagdir, ethash.dagsondisk, ethash.tester, false) current.lock.Lock() current.used = time.Now() current.lock.Unlock() // If we exhausted the future dataset, now's a good time to regenerate it if future != nil { go future.generate(ethash.dagdir, ethash.dagsondisk, ethash.tester, true) // Discard results from memorys } return current.dataset } // 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) }