RipplePathFind.cpp

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//==============================================================================
 
#include <ripple/app/ledger/LedgerMaster.h>
#include <ripple/app/paths/PathRequests.h>
#include <ripple/net/RPCErr.h>
#include <ripple/resource/Fees.h>
#include <ripple/rpc/Context.h>
#include <ripple/rpc/impl/LegacyPathFind.h>
#include <ripple/rpc/impl/RPCHelpers.h>
 
namespace ripple {
 
// This interface is deprecated.
Json::Value
doRipplePathFind(RPC::JsonContext& context)
{
    if (context.app.config().PATH_SEARCH_MAX == 0)
        return rpcError(rpcNOT_SUPPORTED);
 
    context.loadType = Resource::feeHighBurdenRPC;
 
    std::shared_ptr<ReadView const> lpLedger;
    Json::Value jvResult;
 
    if (!context.app.config().standalone() &&
        !context.params.isMember(jss::ledger) &&
        !context.params.isMember(jss::ledger_index) &&
        !context.params.isMember(jss::ledger_hash))
    {
        // No ledger specified, use pathfinding defaults
        // and dispatch to pathfinding engine
        if (context.app.getLedgerMaster().getValidatedLedgerAge() >
            RPC::Tuning::maxValidatedLedgerAge)
        {
            return rpcError(rpcNO_NETWORK);
        }
 
        PathRequest::pointer request;
        lpLedger = context.ledgerMaster.getClosedLedger();
 
        // It doesn't look like there's much odd happening here, but you should
        // be aware this code runs in a JobQueue::Coro, which is a coroutine.
        // And we may be flipping around between threads.  Here's an overview:
        //
        // 1. We're running doRipplePathFind() due to a call to
        //    ripple_path_find.  doRipplePathFind() is currently running
        //    inside of a JobQueue::Coro using a JobQueue thread.
        //
        // 2. doRipplePathFind's call to makeLegacyPathRequest() enqueues the
        //    path-finding request.  That request will (probably) run at some
        //    indeterminate future time on a (probably different) JobQueue
        //    thread.
        //
        // 3. As a continuation from that path-finding JobQueue thread, the
        //    coroutine we're currently running in (!) is posted to the
        //    JobQueue.  Because it is a continuation, that post won't
        //    happen until the path-finding request completes.
        //
        // 4. Once the continuation is enqueued, and we have reason to think
        //    the path-finding job is likely to run, then the coroutine we're
        //    running in yield()s.  That means it surrenders its thread in
        //    the JobQueue.  The coroutine is suspended, but ready to run,
        //    because it is kept resident by a shared_ptr in the
        //    path-finding continuation.
        //
        // 5. If all goes well then path-finding runs on a JobQueue thread
        //    and executes its continuation.  The continuation posts this
        //    same coroutine (!) to the JobQueue.
        //
        // 6. When the JobQueue calls this coroutine, this coroutine resumes
        //    from the line below the coro->yield() and returns the
        //    path-finding result.
        //
        // With so many moving parts, what could go wrong?
        //
        // Just in terms of the JobQueue refusing to add jobs at shutdown
        // there are two specific things that can go wrong.
        //
        // 1. The path-finding Job queued by makeLegacyPathRequest() might be
        //    rejected (because we're shutting down).
        //
        //    Fortunately this problem can be addressed by looking at the
        //    return value of makeLegacyPathRequest().  If
        //    makeLegacyPathRequest() cannot get a thread to run the path-find
        //    on, then it returns an empty request.
        //
        // 2. The path-finding job might run, but the Coro::post() might be
        //    rejected by the JobQueue (because we're shutting down).
        //
        //    We handle this case by resuming (not posting) the Coro.
        //    By resuming the Coro, we allow the Coro to run to completion
        //    on the current thread instead of requiring that it run on a
        //    new thread from the JobQueue.
        //
        // Both of these failure modes are hard to recreate in a unit test
        // because they are so dependent on inter-thread timing.  However
        // the failure modes can be observed by synchronously (inside the
        // rippled source code) shutting down the application.  The code to
        // do so looks like this:
        //
        //   context.app.signalStop();
        //   while (! context.app.getJobQueue().jobCounter().joined()) { }
        //
        // The first line starts the process of shutting down the app.
        // The second line waits until no more jobs can be added to the
        // JobQueue before letting the thread continue.
        //
        // May 2017
        jvResult = context.app.getPathRequests().makeLegacyPathRequest(
            request,
            [&context]() {
                // Copying the shared_ptr keeps the coroutine alive up
                // through the return.  Otherwise the storage under the
                // captured reference could evaporate when we return from
                // coroCopy->resume().  This is not strictly necessary, but
                // will make maintenance easier.
                std::shared_ptr<JobQueue::Coro> coroCopy{context.coro};
                if (!coroCopy->post())
                {
                    // The post() failed, so we won't get a thread to let
                    // the Coro finish.  We'll call Coro::resume() so the
                    // Coro can finish on our thread.  Otherwise the
                    // application will hang on shutdown.
                    coroCopy->resume();
                }
            },
            context.consumer,
            lpLedger,
            context.params);
        if (request)
        {
            context.coro->yield();
            jvResult = request->doStatus(context.params);
        }
 
        return jvResult;
    }
 
    // The caller specified a ledger
    jvResult = RPC::lookupLedger(lpLedger, context);
    if (!lpLedger)
        return jvResult;
 
    RPC::LegacyPathFind lpf(isUnlimited(context.role), context.app);
    if (!lpf.isOk())
        return rpcError(rpcTOO_BUSY);
 
    auto result = context.app.getPathRequests().doLegacyPathRequest(
        context.consumer, lpLedger, context.params);
 
    for (auto& fieldName : jvResult.getMemberNames())
        result[fieldName] = std::move(jvResult[fieldName]);
 
    return result;
}
 
}  // namespace ripple