Add a few notes about deserializing stale ChannelManagers

[rust-lightning] / lightning / src / ln / channelmanager.rs

diff --git a/lightning/src/ln/channelmanager.rs b/lightning/src/ln/channelmanager.rs
index d3e520f7409a0aee5f8a5b40e4e8d469039fcda1..893cb4b32fd8dc4f7814ccfb64557e9f28f1576a 100644 (file)
--- a/lightning/src/ln/channelmanager.rs
+++ b/lightning/src/ln/channelmanager.rs
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ const ERR: () = "You need at least 32 bit pointers (well, usize, but we'll assum
 /// issues such as overly long function definitions. Note that the ChannelManager can take any
 /// type that implements KeysInterface for its keys manager, but this type alias chooses the
 /// concrete type of the KeysManager.
-pub type SimpleArcChannelManager<M, T, F, L> = Arc<ChannelManager<InMemorySigner, Arc<M>, Arc<T>, Arc<KeysManager>, Arc<F>, Arc<L>>>;
+pub type SimpleArcChannelManager<M, T, F, L> = ChannelManager<InMemorySigner, Arc<M>, Arc<T>, Arc<KeysManager>, Arc<F>, Arc<L>>;
 
 /// SimpleRefChannelManager is a type alias for a ChannelManager reference, and is the reference
 /// counterpart to the SimpleArcChannelManager type alias. Use this type by default when you don't
@@ -3934,6 +3934,13 @@ impl<Signer: Sign, M: Deref, T: Deref, K: Deref, F: Deref, L: Deref> Writeable f
 /// 4) Reconnect blocks on your ChannelMonitors.
 /// 5) Move the ChannelMonitors into your local chain::Watch.
 /// 6) Disconnect/connect blocks on the ChannelManager.
+///
+/// Note that because some channels may be closed during deserialization, it is critical that you
+/// always deserialize only the latest version of a ChannelManager and ChannelMonitors available to
+/// you. If you deserialize an old ChannelManager (during which force-closure transactions may be
+/// broadcast), and then later deserialize a newer version of the same ChannelManager (which will
+/// not force-close the same channels but consider them live), you may end up revoking a state for
+/// which you've already broadcasted the transaction.
 pub struct ChannelManagerReadArgs<'a, Signer: 'a + Sign, M: Deref, T: Deref, K: Deref, F: Deref, L: Deref>
        where M::Target: chain::Watch<Signer>,
         T::Target: BroadcasterInterface,