versionbits.cpp

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// Copyright (c) 2016-2019 The Bitcoin Core developers
// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.

#include <versionbits.h>
#include <consensus/params.h>

ThresholdState AbstractThresholdConditionChecker::GetStateFor(const CBlockIndex* pindexPrev, const Consensus::Params& params, ThresholdConditionCache& cache) const
{
    int nPeriod = Period(params);
    int nThreshold = Threshold(params);
    int min_activation_height = MinActivationHeight(params);
    int64_t nTimeStart = BeginTime(params);
    int64_t nTimeTimeout = EndTime(params);

    // Check if this deployment is always active.
    if (nTimeStart == Consensus::BIP9Deployment::ALWAYS_ACTIVE) {
        return ThresholdState::ACTIVE;
    }

    // Check if this deployment is never active.
    if (nTimeStart == Consensus::BIP9Deployment::NEVER_ACTIVE) {
        return ThresholdState::FAILED;
    }

    // A block's state is always the same as that of the first of its period, so it is computed based on a pindexPrev whose height equals a multiple of nPeriod - 1.
    if (pindexPrev != nullptr) {
        pindexPrev = pindexPrev->GetAncestor(pindexPrev->nHeight - ((pindexPrev->nHeight + 1) % nPeriod));
    }

    // Walk backwards in steps of nPeriod to find a pindexPrev whose information is known
    std::vector<const CBlockIndex*> vToCompute;
    while (cache.count(pindexPrev) == 0) {
        if (pindexPrev == nullptr) {
            // The genesis block is by definition defined.
            cache[pindexPrev] = ThresholdState::DEFINED;
            break;
        }
        if (pindexPrev->GetMedianTimePast() < nTimeStart) {
            // Optimization: don't recompute down further, as we know every earlier block will be before the start time
            cache[pindexPrev] = ThresholdState::DEFINED;
            break;
        }
        vToCompute.push_back(pindexPrev);
        pindexPrev = pindexPrev->GetAncestor(pindexPrev->nHeight - nPeriod);
    }

    // At this point, cache[pindexPrev] is known
    assert(cache.count(pindexPrev));
    ThresholdState state = cache[pindexPrev];

    // Now walk forward and compute the state of descendants of pindexPrev
    while (!vToCompute.empty()) {
        ThresholdState stateNext = state;
        pindexPrev = vToCompute.back();
        vToCompute.pop_back();

        switch (state) {
            case ThresholdState::DEFINED: {
                if (pindexPrev->GetMedianTimePast() >= nTimeStart) {
                    stateNext = ThresholdState::STARTED;
                }
                break;
            }
            case ThresholdState::STARTED: {
                // We need to count
                const CBlockIndex* pindexCount = pindexPrev;
                int count = 0;
                for (int i = 0; i < nPeriod; i++) {
                    if (Condition(pindexCount, params)) {
                        count++;
                    }
                    pindexCount = pindexCount->pprev;
                }
                if (count >= nThreshold) {
                    stateNext = ThresholdState::LOCKED_IN;
                } else if (pindexPrev->GetMedianTimePast() >= nTimeTimeout) {
                    stateNext = ThresholdState::FAILED;
                }
                break;
            }
            case ThresholdState::LOCKED_IN: {
                // Progresses into ACTIVE provided activation height will have been reached.
                if (pindexPrev->nHeight + 1 >= min_activation_height) {
                    stateNext = ThresholdState::ACTIVE;
                }
                break;
            }
            case ThresholdState::FAILED:
            case ThresholdState::ACTIVE: {
                // Nothing happens, these are terminal states.
                break;
            }
        }
        cache[pindexPrev] = state = stateNext;
    }

    return state;
}

BIP9Stats AbstractThresholdConditionChecker::GetStateStatisticsFor(const CBlockIndex* pindex, const Consensus::Params& params) const
{
    BIP9Stats stats = {};

    stats.period = Period(params);
    stats.threshold = Threshold(params);

    if (pindex == nullptr)
        return stats;

    // Find beginning of period
    const CBlockIndex* pindexEndOfPrevPeriod = pindex->GetAncestor(pindex->nHeight - ((pindex->nHeight + 1) % stats.period));
    stats.elapsed = pindex->nHeight - pindexEndOfPrevPeriod->nHeight;

    // Count from current block to beginning of period
    int count = 0;
    const CBlockIndex* currentIndex = pindex;
    while (pindexEndOfPrevPeriod->nHeight != currentIndex->nHeight){
        if (Condition(currentIndex, params))
            count++;
        currentIndex = currentIndex->pprev;
    }

    stats.count = count;
    stats.possible = (stats.period - stats.threshold ) >= (stats.elapsed - count);

    return stats;
}

int AbstractThresholdConditionChecker::GetStateSinceHeightFor(const CBlockIndex* pindexPrev, const Consensus::Params& params, ThresholdConditionCache& cache) const
{
    int64_t start_time = BeginTime(params);
    if (start_time == Consensus::BIP9Deployment::ALWAYS_ACTIVE || start_time == Consensus::BIP9Deployment::NEVER_ACTIVE) {
        return 0;
    }

    const ThresholdState initialState = GetStateFor(pindexPrev, params, cache);

    // BIP 9 about state DEFINED: "The genesis block is by definition in this state for each deployment."
    if (initialState == ThresholdState::DEFINED) {
        return 0;
    }

    const int nPeriod = Period(params);

    // A block's state is always the same as that of the first of its period, so it is computed based on a pindexPrev whose height equals a multiple of nPeriod - 1.
    // To ease understanding of the following height calculation, it helps to remember that
    // right now pindexPrev points to the block prior to the block that we are computing for, thus:
    // if we are computing for the last block of a period, then pindexPrev points to the second to last block of the period, and
    // if we are computing for the first block of a period, then pindexPrev points to the last block of the previous period.
    // The parent of the genesis block is represented by nullptr.
    pindexPrev = pindexPrev->GetAncestor(pindexPrev->nHeight - ((pindexPrev->nHeight + 1) % nPeriod));

    const CBlockIndex* previousPeriodParent = pindexPrev->GetAncestor(pindexPrev->nHeight - nPeriod);

    while (previousPeriodParent != nullptr && GetStateFor(previousPeriodParent, params, cache) == initialState) {
        pindexPrev = previousPeriodParent;
        previousPeriodParent = pindexPrev->GetAncestor(pindexPrev->nHeight - nPeriod);
    }

    // Adjust the result because right now we point to the parent block.
    return pindexPrev->nHeight + 1;
}

namespace
{
class VersionBitsConditionChecker : public AbstractThresholdConditionChecker {
private:
    const Consensus::DeploymentPos id;

protected:
    int64_t BeginTime(const Consensus::Params& params) const override { return params.vDeployments[id].nStartTime; }
    int64_t EndTime(const Consensus::Params& params) const override { return params.vDeployments[id].nTimeout; }
    int MinActivationHeight(const Consensus::Params& params) const override { return params.vDeployments[id].min_activation_height; }
    int Period(const Consensus::Params& params) const override { return params.nMinerConfirmationWindow; }
    int Threshold(const Consensus::Params& params) const override { return params.nRuleChangeActivationThreshold; }

    bool Condition(const CBlockIndex* pindex, const Consensus::Params& params) const override
    {
        return (((pindex->nVersion & VERSIONBITS_TOP_MASK) == VERSIONBITS_TOP_BITS) && (pindex->nVersion & Mask(params)) != 0);
    }

public:
    explicit VersionBitsConditionChecker(Consensus::DeploymentPos id_) : id(id_) {}
    uint32_t Mask(const Consensus::Params& params) const { return ((uint32_t)1) << params.vDeployments[id].bit; }
};

} // namespace

ThresholdState VersionBitsState(const CBlockIndex* pindexPrev, const Consensus::Params& params, Consensus::DeploymentPos pos, VersionBitsCache& cache)
{
    return VersionBitsConditionChecker(pos).GetStateFor(pindexPrev, params, cache.caches[pos]);
}

BIP9Stats VersionBitsStatistics(const CBlockIndex* pindexPrev, const Consensus::Params& params, Consensus::DeploymentPos pos)
{
    return VersionBitsConditionChecker(pos).GetStateStatisticsFor(pindexPrev, params);
}

int VersionBitsStateSinceHeight(const CBlockIndex* pindexPrev, const Consensus::Params& params, Consensus::DeploymentPos pos, VersionBitsCache& cache)
{
    return VersionBitsConditionChecker(pos).GetStateSinceHeightFor(pindexPrev, params, cache.caches[pos]);
}

uint32_t VersionBitsMask(const Consensus::Params& params, Consensus::DeploymentPos pos)
{
    return VersionBitsConditionChecker(pos).Mask(params);
}

void VersionBitsCache::Clear()
{
    for (unsigned int d = 0; d < Consensus::MAX_VERSION_BITS_DEPLOYMENTS; d++) {
        caches[d].clear();
    }
}