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prysm/sharding/collator.go
Raul Jordan a9afdd90ef propose collation called on geteligibleproposer
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package sharding
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/abi/bind"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
"math/big"
)
// subscribeBlockHeaders checks incoming block headers and determines if
// we are an eligible proposer for collations. Then, it finds the pending tx's
// from the running geth node and sorts them by descending order of gas price,
// eliminates those that ask for too much gas, and routes them over
// to the VMC to create a collation
func subscribeBlockHeaders(c *Client) error {
headerChan := make(chan *types.Header, 16)
_, err := c.client.SubscribeNewHead(context.Background(), headerChan)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("unable to subscribe to incoming headers. %v", err)
}
log.Info("listening for new headers...")
for {
select {
case head := <-headerChan:
// Query the current state to see if we are an eligible proposer
log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("received new header %v", head.Number.String()))
// TODO: Only run this code on certain periods?
err := watchShards(c, head)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("unable to watch shards. %v", err)
}
}
}
}
// watchShards checks if we are an eligible proposer for collation for
// the available shards in the VMC. The function calls getEligibleProposer from
// the VMC and proposes a collation if conditions are met
func watchShards(c *Client, head *types.Header) error {
accounts := c.keystore.Accounts()
if len(accounts) == 0 {
return fmt.Errorf("no accounts found")
}
if err := c.unlockAccount(accounts[0]); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("cannot unlock account. %v", err)
}
log.Info(fmt.Sprint("watching shards..."))
s := 0
for s < shardCount {
// Checks if we are an eligible proposer according to the VMC
ops := bind.CallOpts{}
period := head.Number.Div(head.Number, big.NewInt(int64(periodLength)))
addr, err := c.vmc.VMCCaller.GetEligibleProposer(&ops, big.NewInt(int64(s)), period)
// If output is non-empty and the addr == coinbase
if err == nil && addr == accounts[0].Address {
log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("selected as collator on shard %d", s))
err := proposeCollation(s)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("could not propose collation. %v", err)
}
}
s++
}
return nil
}
// proposeCollation interacts with the VMC directly to add a collation header
func proposeCollation(shardID int) error {
// TODO: Adds a collation header to the VMC with the following fields:
// [
// shard_id: uint256,
// expected_period_number: uint256,
// period_start_prevhash: bytes32,
// parent_hash: bytes32,
// transactions_root: bytes32,
// coinbase: address,
// state_root: bytes32,
// receipts_root: bytes32,
// number: uint256,
// sig: bytes
// ]
//
// Before calling this, we would need to have access to the state of
// the period_start_prevhash. Refer to the comments in:
// https://github.com/ethereum/py-evm/issues/258#issuecomment-359879350
//
// This function will call FetchCandidateHead() of the VMC to obtain
// more necessary information.
//
// This functions will fetch the transactions in the txpool and and apply
// them to finish up the collation. It will then need to broadcast the
// collation to the main chain using JSON-RPC.
log.Info(fmt.Sprint("propose collation called"))
return nil
}