github.com/EgonCoin/EgonChain@v1.10.16/p2p/msgrate/msgrate.go (about)

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    16  
    17  // Package msgrate allows estimating the throughput of peers for more balanced syncs.
    18  package msgrate
    19  
    20  import (
    21  	"errors"
    22  	"math"
    23  	"sort"
    24  	"sync"
    25  	"time"
    26  
    27  	"github.com/EgonCoin/EgonChain/log"
    28  )
    29  
    30  // measurementImpact is the impact a single measurement has on a peer's final
    31  // capacity value. A value closer to 0 reacts slower to sudden network changes,
    32  // but it is also more stable against temporary hiccups. 0.1 worked well for
    33  // most of Ethereum's existence, so might as well go with it.
    34  const measurementImpact = 0.1
    35  
    36  // capacityOverestimation is the ratio of items to over-estimate when retrieving
    37  // a peer's capacity to avoid locking into a lower value due to never attempting
    38  // to fetch more than some local stable value.
    39  const capacityOverestimation = 1.01
    40  
    41  // qosTuningPeers is the number of best peers to tune round trip times based on.
    42  // An Ethereum node doesn't need hundreds of connections to operate correctly,
    43  // so instead of lowering our download speed to the median of potentially many
    44  // bad nodes, we can target a smaller set of vey good nodes. At worse this will
    45  // result in less nodes to sync from, but that's still better than some hogging
    46  // the pipeline.
    47  const qosTuningPeers = 5
    48  
    49  // rttMinEstimate is the minimal round trip time to target requests for. Since
    50  // every request entails a 2 way latency + bandwidth + serving database lookups,
    51  // it should be generous enough to permit meaningful work to be done on top of
    52  // the transmission costs.
    53  const rttMinEstimate = 2 * time.Second
    54  
    55  // rttMaxEstimate is the maximal round trip time to target requests for. Although
    56  // the expectation is that a well connected node will never reach this, certain
    57  // special connectivity ones might experience significant delays (e.g. satellite
    58  // uplink with 3s RTT). This value should be low enough to forbid stalling the
    59  // pipeline too long, but large enough to cover the worst of the worst links.
    60  const rttMaxEstimate = 20 * time.Second
    61  
    62  // rttPushdownFactor is a multiplier to attempt forcing quicker requests than
    63  // what the message rate tracker estimates. The reason is that message rate
    64  // tracking adapts queries to the RTT, but multiple RTT values can be perfectly
    65  // valid, they just result in higher packet sizes. Since smaller packets almost
    66  // always result in stabler download streams, this factor hones in on the lowest
    67  // RTT from all the functional ones.
    68  const rttPushdownFactor = 0.9
    69  
    70  // rttMinConfidence is the minimum value the roundtrip confidence factor may drop
    71  // to. Since the target timeouts are based on how confident the tracker is in the
    72  // true roundtrip, it's important to not allow too huge fluctuations.
    73  const rttMinConfidence = 0.1
    74  
    75  // ttlScaling is the multiplier that converts the estimated roundtrip time to a
    76  // timeout cap for network requests. The expectation is that peers' response time
    77  // will fluctuate around the estimated roundtrip, but depending in their load at
    78  // request time, it might be higher than anticipated. This scaling factor ensures
    79  // that we allow remote connections some slack but at the same time do enforce a
    80  // behavior similar to our median peers.
    81  const ttlScaling = 3
    82  
    83  // ttlLimit is the maximum timeout allowance to prevent reaching crazy numbers
    84  // if some unforeseen network events shappen. As much as we try to hone in on
    85  // the most optimal values, it doesn't make any sense to go above a threshold,
    86  // even if everything is slow and screwy.
    87  const ttlLimit = time.Minute
    88  
    89  // tuningConfidenceCap is the number of active peers above which to stop detuning
    90  // the confidence number. The idea here is that once we hone in on the capacity
    91  // of a meaningful number of peers, adding one more should ot have a significant
    92  // impact on things, so just ron with the originals.
    93  const tuningConfidenceCap = 10
    94  
    95  // tuningImpact is the influence that a new tuning target has on the previously
    96  // cached value. This number is mostly just an out-of-the-blue heuristic that
    97  // prevents the estimates from jumping around. There's no particular reason for
    98  // the current value.
    99  const tuningImpact = 0.25
   100  
   101  // Tracker estimates the throughput capacity of a peer with regard to each data
   102  // type it can deliver. The goal is to dynamically adjust request sizes to max
   103  // out network throughput without overloading either the peer or th elocal node.
   104  //
   105  // By tracking in real time the latencies and bandiwdths peers exhibit for each
   106  // packet type, it's possible to prevent overloading by detecting a slowdown on
   107  // one type when another type is pushed too hard.
   108  //
   109  // Similarly, real time measurements also help avoid overloading the local net
   110  // connection if our peers would otherwise be capable to deliver more, but the
   111  // local link is saturated. In that case, the live measurements will force us
   112  // to reduce request sizes until the throughput gets stable.
   113  //
   114  // Lastly, message rate measurements allows us to detect if a peer is unsuaully
   115  // slow compared to other peers, in which case we can decide to keep it around
   116  // or free up the slot so someone closer.
   117  //
   118  // Since throughput tracking and estimation adapts dynamically to live network
   119  // conditions, it's fine to have multiple trackers locally track the same peer
   120  // in different subsystem. The throughput will simply be distributed across the
   121  // two trackers if both are highly active.
   122  type Tracker struct {
   123  	// capacity is the number of items retrievable per second of a given type.
   124  	// It is analogous to bandwidth, but we deliberately avoided using bytes
   125  	// as the unit, since serving nodes also spend a lot of time loading data
   126  	// from disk, which is linear in the number of items, but mostly constant
   127  	// in their sizes.
   128  	//
   129  	// Callers of course are free to use the item counter as a byte counter if
   130  	// or when their protocol of choise if capped by bytes instead of items.
   131  	// (eg. eth.getHeaders vs snap.getAccountRange).
   132  	capacity map[uint64]float64
   133  
   134  	// roundtrip is the latency a peer in general responds to data requests.
   135  	// This number is not used inside the tracker, but is exposed to compare
   136  	// peers to each other and filter out slow ones. Note however, it only
   137  	// makes sense to compare RTTs if the caller caters request sizes for
   138  	// each peer to target the same RTT. There's no need to make this number
   139  	// the real networking RTT, we just need a number to compare peers with.
   140  	roundtrip time.Duration
   141  
   142  	lock sync.RWMutex
   143  }
   144  
   145  // NewTracker creates a new message rate tracker for a specific peer. An initial
   146  // RTT is needed to avoid a peer getting marked as an outlier compared to others
   147  // right after joining. It's suggested to use the median rtt across all peers to
   148  // init a new peer tracker.
   149  func NewTracker(caps map[uint64]float64, rtt time.Duration) *Tracker {
   150  	if caps == nil {
   151  		caps = make(map[uint64]float64)
   152  	}
   153  	return &Tracker{
   154  		capacity:  caps,
   155  		roundtrip: rtt,
   156  	}
   157  }
   158  
   159  // Capacity calculates the number of items the peer is estimated to be able to
   160  // retrieve within the alloted time slot. The method will round up any division
   161  // errors and will add an additional overestimation ratio on top. The reason for
   162  // overshooting the capacity is because certain message types might not increase
   163  // the load proportionally to the requested items, so fetching a bit more might
   164  // still take the same RTT. By forcefully overshooting by a small amount, we can
   165  // avoid locking into a lower-that-real capacity.
   166  func (t *Tracker) Capacity(kind uint64, targetRTT time.Duration) int {
   167  	t.lock.RLock()
   168  	defer t.lock.RUnlock()
   169  
   170  	// Calculate the actual measured throughput
   171  	throughput := t.capacity[kind] * float64(targetRTT) / float64(time.Second)
   172  
   173  	// Return an overestimation to force the peer out of a stuck minima, adding
   174  	// +1 in case the item count is too low for the overestimator to dent
   175  	return roundCapacity(1 + capacityOverestimation*throughput)
   176  }
   177  
   178  // roundCapacity gives the integer value of a capacity.
   179  // The result fits int32, and is guaranteed to be positive.
   180  func roundCapacity(cap float64) int {
   181  	const maxInt32 = float64(1<<31 - 1)
   182  	return int(math.Min(maxInt32, math.Max(1, math.Ceil(cap))))
   183  }
   184  
   185  // Update modifies the peer's capacity values for a specific data type with a new
   186  // measurement. If the delivery is zero, the peer is assumed to have either timed
   187  // out or to not have the requested data, resulting in a slash to 0 capacity. This
   188  // avoids assigning the peer retrievals that it won't be able to honour.
   189  func (t *Tracker) Update(kind uint64, elapsed time.Duration, items int) {
   190  	t.lock.Lock()
   191  	defer t.lock.Unlock()
   192  
   193  	// If nothing was delivered (timeout / unavailable data), reduce throughput
   194  	// to minimum
   195  	if items == 0 {
   196  		t.capacity[kind] = 0
   197  		return
   198  	}
   199  	// Otherwise update the throughput with a new measurement
   200  	if elapsed <= 0 {
   201  		elapsed = 1 // +1 (ns) to ensure non-zero divisor
   202  	}
   203  	measured := float64(items) / (float64(elapsed) / float64(time.Second))
   204  
   205  	t.capacity[kind] = (1-measurementImpact)*(t.capacity[kind]) + measurementImpact*measured
   206  	t.roundtrip = time.Duration((1-measurementImpact)*float64(t.roundtrip) + measurementImpact*float64(elapsed))
   207  }
   208  
   209  // Trackers is a set of message rate trackers across a number of peers with the
   210  // goal of aggregating certain measurements across the entire set for outlier
   211  // filtering and newly joining initialization.
   212  type Trackers struct {
   213  	trackers map[string]*Tracker
   214  
   215  	// roundtrip is the current best guess as to what is a stable round trip time
   216  	// across the entire collection of connected peers. This is derived from the
   217  	// various trackers added, but is used as a cache to avoid recomputing on each
   218  	// network request. The value is updated once every RTT to avoid fluctuations
   219  	// caused by hiccups or peer events.
   220  	roundtrip time.Duration
   221  
   222  	// confidence represents the probability that the estimated roundtrip value
   223  	// is the real one across all our peers. The confidence value is used as an
   224  	// impact factor of new measurements on old estimates. As our connectivity
   225  	// stabilizes, this value gravitates towards 1, new measurements havinng
   226  	// almost no impact. If there's a large peer churn and few peers, then new
   227  	// measurements will impact it more. The confidence is increased with every
   228  	// packet and dropped with every new connection.
   229  	confidence float64
   230  
   231  	// tuned is the time instance the tracker recalculated its cached roundtrip
   232  	// value and confidence values. A cleaner way would be to have a heartbeat
   233  	// goroutine do it regularly, but that requires a lot of maintenance to just
   234  	// run every now and again.
   235  	tuned time.Time
   236  
   237  	// The fields below can be used to override certain default values. Their
   238  	// purpose is to allow quicker tests. Don't use them in production.
   239  	OverrideTTLLimit time.Duration
   240  
   241  	log  log.Logger
   242  	lock sync.RWMutex
   243  }
   244  
   245  // NewTrackers creates an empty set of trackers to be filled with peers.
   246  func NewTrackers(log log.Logger) *Trackers {
   247  	return &Trackers{
   248  		trackers:         make(map[string]*Tracker),
   249  		roundtrip:        rttMaxEstimate,
   250  		confidence:       1,
   251  		tuned:            time.Now(),
   252  		OverrideTTLLimit: ttlLimit,
   253  		log:              log,
   254  	}
   255  }
   256  
   257  // Track inserts a new tracker into the set.
   258  func (t *Trackers) Track(id string, tracker *Tracker) error {
   259  	t.lock.Lock()
   260  	defer t.lock.Unlock()
   261  
   262  	if _, ok := t.trackers[id]; ok {
   263  		return errors.New("already tracking")
   264  	}
   265  	t.trackers[id] = tracker
   266  	t.detune()
   267  
   268  	return nil
   269  }
   270  
   271  // Untrack stops tracking a previously added peer.
   272  func (t *Trackers) Untrack(id string) error {
   273  	t.lock.Lock()
   274  	defer t.lock.Unlock()
   275  
   276  	if _, ok := t.trackers[id]; !ok {
   277  		return errors.New("not tracking")
   278  	}
   279  	delete(t.trackers, id)
   280  	return nil
   281  }
   282  
   283  // MedianRoundTrip returns the median RTT across all known trackers. The purpose
   284  // of the median RTT is to initialize a new peer with sane statistics that it will
   285  // hopefully outperform. If it seriously underperforms, there's a risk of dropping
   286  // the peer, but that is ok as we're aiming for a strong median.
   287  func (t *Trackers) MedianRoundTrip() time.Duration {
   288  	t.lock.RLock()
   289  	defer t.lock.RUnlock()
   290  
   291  	return t.medianRoundTrip()
   292  }
   293  
   294  // medianRoundTrip is the internal lockless version of MedianRoundTrip to be used
   295  // by the QoS tuner.
   296  func (t *Trackers) medianRoundTrip() time.Duration {
   297  	// Gather all the currently measured round trip times
   298  	rtts := make([]float64, 0, len(t.trackers))
   299  	for _, tt := range t.trackers {
   300  		tt.lock.RLock()
   301  		rtts = append(rtts, float64(tt.roundtrip))
   302  		tt.lock.RUnlock()
   303  	}
   304  	sort.Float64s(rtts)
   305  
   306  	median := rttMaxEstimate
   307  	if qosTuningPeers <= len(rtts) {
   308  		median = time.Duration(rtts[qosTuningPeers/2]) // Median of our best few peers
   309  	} else if len(rtts) > 0 {
   310  		median = time.Duration(rtts[len(rtts)/2]) // Median of all out connected peers
   311  	}
   312  	// Restrict the RTT into some QoS defaults, irrelevant of true RTT
   313  	if median < rttMinEstimate {
   314  		median = rttMinEstimate
   315  	}
   316  	if median > rttMaxEstimate {
   317  		median = rttMaxEstimate
   318  	}
   319  	return median
   320  }
   321  
   322  // MeanCapacities returns the capacities averaged across all the added trackers.
   323  // The purpos of the mean capacities are to initialize a new peer with some sane
   324  // starting values that it will hopefully outperform. If the mean overshoots, the
   325  // peer will be cut back to minimal capacity and given another chance.
   326  func (t *Trackers) MeanCapacities() map[uint64]float64 {
   327  	t.lock.RLock()
   328  	defer t.lock.RUnlock()
   329  
   330  	return t.meanCapacities()
   331  }
   332  
   333  // meanCapacities is the internal lockless version of MeanCapacities used for
   334  // debug logging.
   335  func (t *Trackers) meanCapacities() map[uint64]float64 {
   336  	capacities := make(map[uint64]float64)
   337  	for _, tt := range t.trackers {
   338  		tt.lock.RLock()
   339  		for key, val := range tt.capacity {
   340  			capacities[key] += val
   341  		}
   342  		tt.lock.RUnlock()
   343  	}
   344  	for key, val := range capacities {
   345  		capacities[key] = val / float64(len(t.trackers))
   346  	}
   347  	return capacities
   348  }
   349  
   350  // TargetRoundTrip returns the current target round trip time for a request to
   351  // complete in.The returned RTT is slightly under the estimated RTT. The reason
   352  // is that message rate estimation is a 2 dimensional problem which is solvable
   353  // for any RTT. The goal is to gravitate towards smaller RTTs instead of large
   354  // messages, to result in a stabler download stream.
   355  func (t *Trackers) TargetRoundTrip() time.Duration {
   356  	// Recalculate the internal caches if it's been a while
   357  	t.tune()
   358  
   359  	// Caches surely recent, return target roundtrip
   360  	t.lock.RLock()
   361  	defer t.lock.RUnlock()
   362  
   363  	return time.Duration(float64(t.roundtrip) * rttPushdownFactor)
   364  }
   365  
   366  // TargetTimeout returns the timeout allowance for a single request to finish
   367  // under. The timeout is proportional to the roundtrip, but also takes into
   368  // consideration the tracker's confidence in said roundtrip and scales it
   369  // accordingly. The final value is capped to avoid runaway requests.
   370  func (t *Trackers) TargetTimeout() time.Duration {
   371  	// Recalculate the internal caches if it's been a while
   372  	t.tune()
   373  
   374  	// Caches surely recent, return target timeout
   375  	t.lock.RLock()
   376  	defer t.lock.RUnlock()
   377  
   378  	return t.targetTimeout()
   379  }
   380  
   381  // targetTimeout is the internal lockless version of TargetTimeout to be used
   382  // during QoS tuning.
   383  func (t *Trackers) targetTimeout() time.Duration {
   384  	timeout := time.Duration(ttlScaling * float64(t.roundtrip) / t.confidence)
   385  	if timeout > t.OverrideTTLLimit {
   386  		timeout = t.OverrideTTLLimit
   387  	}
   388  	return timeout
   389  }
   390  
   391  // tune gathers the individual tracker statistics and updates the estimated
   392  // request round trip time.
   393  func (t *Trackers) tune() {
   394  	// Tune may be called concurrently all over the place, but we only want to
   395  	// periodically update and even then only once. First check if it was updated
   396  	// recently and abort if so.
   397  	t.lock.RLock()
   398  	dirty := time.Since(t.tuned) > t.roundtrip
   399  	t.lock.RUnlock()
   400  	if !dirty {
   401  		return
   402  	}
   403  	// If an update is needed, obtain a write lock but make sure we don't update
   404  	// it on all concurrent threads one by one.
   405  	t.lock.Lock()
   406  	defer t.lock.Unlock()
   407  
   408  	if dirty := time.Since(t.tuned) > t.roundtrip; !dirty {
   409  		return // A concurrent request beat us to the tuning
   410  	}
   411  	// First thread reaching the tuning point, update the estimates and return
   412  	t.roundtrip = time.Duration((1-tuningImpact)*float64(t.roundtrip) + tuningImpact*float64(t.medianRoundTrip()))
   413  	t.confidence = t.confidence + (1-t.confidence)/2
   414  
   415  	t.tuned = time.Now()
   416  	t.log.Debug("Recalculated msgrate QoS values", "rtt", t.roundtrip, "confidence", t.confidence, "ttl", t.targetTimeout(), "next", t.tuned.Add(t.roundtrip))
   417  	t.log.Trace("Debug dump of mean capacities", "caps", log.Lazy{Fn: t.meanCapacities})
   418  }
   419  
   420  // detune reduces the tracker's confidence in order to make fresh measurements
   421  // have a larger impact on the estimates. It is meant to be used during new peer
   422  // connections so they can have a proper impact on the estimates.
   423  func (t *Trackers) detune() {
   424  	// If we have a single peer, confidence is always 1
   425  	if len(t.trackers) == 1 {
   426  		t.confidence = 1
   427  		return
   428  	}
   429  	// If we have a ton of peers, don't drop the confidence since there's enough
   430  	// remaining to retain the same throughput
   431  	if len(t.trackers) >= tuningConfidenceCap {
   432  		return
   433  	}
   434  	// Otherwise drop the confidence factor
   435  	peers := float64(len(t.trackers))
   436  
   437  	t.confidence = t.confidence * (peers - 1) / peers
   438  	if t.confidence < rttMinConfidence {
   439  		t.confidence = rttMinConfidence
   440  	}
   441  	t.log.Debug("Relaxed msgrate QoS values", "rtt", t.roundtrip, "confidence", t.confidence, "ttl", t.targetTimeout())
   442  }
   443  
   444  // Capacity is a helper function to access a specific tracker without having to
   445  // track it explicitly outside.
   446  func (t *Trackers) Capacity(id string, kind uint64, targetRTT time.Duration) int {
   447  	t.lock.RLock()
   448  	defer t.lock.RUnlock()
   449  
   450  	tracker := t.trackers[id]
   451  	if tracker == nil {
   452  		return 1 // Unregister race, don't return 0, it's a dangerous number
   453  	}
   454  	return tracker.Capacity(kind, targetRTT)
   455  }
   456  
   457  // Update is a helper function to access a specific tracker without having to
   458  // track it explicitly outside.
   459  func (t *Trackers) Update(id string, kind uint64, elapsed time.Duration, items int) {
   460  	t.lock.RLock()
   461  	defer t.lock.RUnlock()
   462  
   463  	if tracker := t.trackers[id]; tracker != nil {
   464  		tracker.Update(kind, elapsed, items)
   465  	}
   466  }