go-ethereum/release/release.go

// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
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//
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// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
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// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

// Package release contains the node service that tracks client releases.
package release

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"time"

	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/abi/bind"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger/glog"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
	"golang.org/x/net/context"
)

// Interval to check for new releases
const releaseRecheckInterval = time.Hour

// Config contains the configurations of the release service.
type Config struct {
	Oracle common.Address // Ethereum address of the release oracle
	Major  uint32         // Major version component of the release
	Minor  uint32         // Minor version component of the release
	Patch  uint32         // Patch version component of the release
	Commit [20]byte       // Git SHA1 commit hash of the release
}

// ReleaseService is a node service that periodically checks the blockchain for
// newly released versions of the client being run and issues a warning to the
// user about it.
type ReleaseService struct {
	config Config          // Current version to check releases against
	oracle *ReleaseOracle  // Native binding to the release oracle contract
	quit   chan chan error // Quit channel to terminate the version checker
}

// NewReleaseService creates a new service to periodically check for new client
// releases and notify the user of such.
func NewReleaseService(ctx *node.ServiceContext, config Config) (node.Service, error) {
	// Retrieve the Ethereum service dependency to access the blockchain
	var ethereum *eth.FullNodeService
	if err := ctx.Service(&ethereum); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	// Construct the release service
	contract, err := NewReleaseOracle(config.Oracle, eth.NewContractBackend(ethereum))
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return &ReleaseService{
		config: config,
		oracle: contract,
		quit:   make(chan chan error),
	}, nil
}

// Protocols returns an empty list of P2P protocols as the release service does
// not have a networking component.
func (r *ReleaseService) Protocols() []p2p.Protocol { return nil }

// APIs returns an empty list of RPC descriptors as the release service does not
// expose any functioanlity to the outside world.
func (r *ReleaseService) APIs() []rpc.API { return nil }

// Start spawns the periodic version checker goroutine
func (r *ReleaseService) Start(server *p2p.Server) error {
	go r.checker()
	return nil
}

// Stop terminates all goroutines belonging to the service, blocking until they
// are all terminated.
func (r *ReleaseService) Stop() error {
	errc := make(chan error)
	r.quit <- errc
	return <-errc
}

// checker runs indefinitely in the background, periodically checking for new
// client releases.
func (r *ReleaseService) checker() {
	// Set up the timers to periodically check for releases
	timer := time.NewTimer(0) // Immediately fire a version check
	defer timer.Stop()

	for {
		select {
		// If the time arrived, check for a new release
		case <-timer.C:
			// Rechedule the timer before continuing
			timer.Reset(releaseRecheckInterval)

			// Retrieve the current version, and handle missing contracts gracefully
			ctx, _ := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*5)
			opts := &bind.CallOpts{Context: ctx}
			version, err := r.oracle.CurrentVersion(opts)
			if err != nil {
				if err == bind.ErrNoCode {
					glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("Release oracle not found at %x", r.config.Oracle)
					continue
				}
				glog.V(logger.Error).Infof("Failed to retrieve current release: %v", err)
				continue
			}
			// Version was successfully retrieved, notify if newer than ours
			if version.Major > r.config.Major ||
				(version.Major == r.config.Major && version.Minor > r.config.Minor) ||
				(version.Major == r.config.Major && version.Minor == r.config.Minor && version.Patch > r.config.Patch) {

				warning := fmt.Sprintf("Client v%d.%d.%d-%x seems older than the latest upstream release v%d.%d.%d-%x",
					r.config.Major, r.config.Minor, r.config.Patch, r.config.Commit[:4], version.Major, version.Minor, version.Patch, version.Commit[:4])
				howtofix := fmt.Sprintf("Please check https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/releases for new releases")
				separator := strings.Repeat("-", len(warning))

				glog.V(logger.Warn).Info(separator)
				glog.V(logger.Warn).Info(warning)
				glog.V(logger.Warn).Info(howtofix)
				glog.V(logger.Warn).Info(separator)
			} else {
				glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("Client v%d.%d.%d-%x seems up to date with upstream v%d.%d.%d-%x",
					r.config.Major, r.config.Minor, r.config.Patch, r.config.Commit[:4], version.Major, version.Minor, version.Patch, version.Commit[:4])
			}

		// If termination was requested, return
		case errc := <-r.quit:
			errc <- nil
			return
		}
	}
}