Update lightning-background-processor to ping every five seconds
[rust-lightning] / lightning-background-processor / src / lib.rs
index f5c914ed5dfe69d158b2d61289f58e64f3b4c5a5..5573b101ef7139bdb53ac6201d4b01c8b9cb07f5 100644 (file)
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ use std::ops::Deref;
 /// for unilateral chain closure fees are at risk.
 pub struct BackgroundProcessor {
        stop_thread: Arc<AtomicBool>,
-       /// May be used to retrieve and handle the error if `BackgroundProcessor`'s thread
-       /// exits due to an error while persisting.
-       pub thread_handle: JoinHandle<Result<(), std::io::Error>>,
+       thread_handle: Option<JoinHandle<Result<(), std::io::Error>>>,
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(test))]
@@ -51,6 +49,8 @@ const FRESHNESS_TIMER: u64 = 60;
 #[cfg(test)]
 const FRESHNESS_TIMER: u64 = 1;
 
+const PING_TIMER: u64 = 5;
+
 /// Trait which handles persisting a [`ChannelManager`] to disk.
 ///
 /// [`ChannelManager`]: lightning::ln::channelmanager::ChannelManager
@@ -84,21 +84,25 @@ ChannelManagerPersister<Signer, M, T, K, F, L> for Fun where
 }
 
 impl BackgroundProcessor {
-       /// Start a background thread that takes care of responsibilities enumerated in the top-level
-       /// documentation.
+       /// Start a background thread that takes care of responsibilities enumerated in the [top-level
+       /// documentation].
+       ///
+       /// The thread runs indefinitely unless the object is dropped, [`stop`] is called, or
+       /// `persist_manager` returns an error. In case of an error, the error is retrieved by calling
+       /// either [`join`] or [`stop`].
        ///
-       /// If `persist_manager` returns an error, then this thread will return said error (and
-       /// `start()` will need to be called again to restart the `BackgroundProcessor`). Users should
-       /// wait on [`thread_handle`]'s `join()` method to be able to tell if and when an error is
-       /// returned, or implement `persist_manager` such that an error is never returned to the
-       /// `BackgroundProcessor`
+       /// Typically, users should either implement [`ChannelManagerPersister`] to never return an
+       /// error or call [`join`] and handle any error that may arise. For the latter case, the
+       /// `BackgroundProcessor` must be restarted by calling `start` again after handling the error.
        ///
        /// `persist_manager` is responsible for writing out the [`ChannelManager`] to disk, and/or
        /// uploading to one or more backup services. See [`ChannelManager::write`] for writing out a
        /// [`ChannelManager`]. See [`FilesystemPersister::persist_manager`] for Rust-Lightning's
        /// provided implementation.
        ///
-       /// [`thread_handle`]: BackgroundProcessor::thread_handle
+       /// [top-level documentation]: Self
+       /// [`join`]: Self::join
+       /// [`stop`]: Self::stop
        /// [`ChannelManager`]: lightning::ln::channelmanager::ChannelManager
        /// [`ChannelManager::write`]: lightning::ln::channelmanager::ChannelManager#impl-Writeable
        /// [`FilesystemPersister::persist_manager`]: lightning_persister::FilesystemPersister::persist_manager
@@ -135,7 +139,8 @@ impl BackgroundProcessor {
                let stop_thread = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
                let stop_thread_clone = stop_thread.clone();
                let handle = thread::spawn(move || -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
-                       let mut current_time = Instant::now();
+                       let mut last_freshness_call = Instant::now();
+                       let mut last_ping_call = Instant::now();
                        loop {
                                peer_manager.process_events();
                                channel_manager.process_pending_events(&event_handler);
@@ -150,21 +155,65 @@ impl BackgroundProcessor {
                                        log_trace!(logger, "Terminating background processor.");
                                        return Ok(());
                                }
-                               if current_time.elapsed().as_secs() > FRESHNESS_TIMER {
-                                       log_trace!(logger, "Calling ChannelManager's and PeerManager's timer_tick_occurred");
+                               if last_freshness_call.elapsed().as_secs() > FRESHNESS_TIMER {
+                                       log_trace!(logger, "Calling ChannelManager's timer_tick_occurred");
                                        channel_manager.timer_tick_occurred();
+                                       last_freshness_call = Instant::now();
+                               }
+                               if last_ping_call.elapsed().as_secs() > PING_TIMER {
+                                       log_trace!(logger, "Calling PeerManager's timer_tick_occurred");
                                        peer_manager.timer_tick_occurred();
-                                       current_time = Instant::now();
+                                       last_ping_call = Instant::now();
                                }
                        }
                });
-               Self { stop_thread: stop_thread_clone, thread_handle: handle }
+               Self { stop_thread: stop_thread_clone, thread_handle: Some(handle) }
        }
 
-       /// Stop `BackgroundProcessor`'s thread.
-       pub fn stop(self) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+       /// Join `BackgroundProcessor`'s thread, returning any error that occurred while persisting
+       /// [`ChannelManager`].
+       ///
+       /// # Panics
+       ///
+       /// This function panics if the background thread has panicked such as while persisting or
+       /// handling events.
+       ///
+       /// [`ChannelManager`]: lightning::ln::channelmanager::ChannelManager
+       pub fn join(mut self) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+               assert!(self.thread_handle.is_some());
+               self.join_thread()
+       }
+
+       /// Stop `BackgroundProcessor`'s thread, returning any error that occurred while persisting
+       /// [`ChannelManager`].
+       ///
+       /// # Panics
+       ///
+       /// This function panics if the background thread has panicked such as while persisting or
+       /// handling events.
+       ///
+       /// [`ChannelManager`]: lightning::ln::channelmanager::ChannelManager
+       pub fn stop(mut self) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+               assert!(self.thread_handle.is_some());
+               self.stop_and_join_thread()
+       }
+
+       fn stop_and_join_thread(&mut self) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
                self.stop_thread.store(true, Ordering::Release);
-               self.thread_handle.join().unwrap()
+               self.join_thread()
+       }
+
+       fn join_thread(&mut self) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+               match self.thread_handle.take() {
+                       Some(handle) => handle.join().unwrap(),
+                       None => Ok(()),
+               }
+       }
+}
+
+impl Drop for BackgroundProcessor {
+       fn drop(&mut self) {
+               self.stop_and_join_thread().unwrap();
        }
 }
 
@@ -398,8 +447,10 @@ mod tests {
                let bg_processor = BackgroundProcessor::start(persister, event_handler, nodes[0].chain_monitor.clone(), nodes[0].node.clone(), nodes[0].peer_manager.clone(), nodes[0].logger.clone());
                loop {
                        let log_entries = nodes[0].logger.lines.lock().unwrap();
-                       let desired_log = "Calling ChannelManager's and PeerManager's timer_tick_occurred".to_string();
-                       if log_entries.get(&("lightning_background_processor".to_string(), desired_log)).is_some() {
+                       let desired_log = "Calling ChannelManager's timer_tick_occurred".to_string();
+                       let second_desired_log = "Calling PeerManager's timer_tick_occurred".to_string();
+                       if log_entries.get(&("lightning_background_processor".to_string(), desired_log)).is_some() &&
+                                       log_entries.get(&("lightning_background_processor".to_string(), second_desired_log)).is_some() {
                                break
                        }
                }
@@ -416,7 +467,7 @@ mod tests {
                let persister = |_: &_| Err(std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, "test"));
                let event_handler = |_| {};
                let bg_processor = BackgroundProcessor::start(persister, event_handler, nodes[0].chain_monitor.clone(), nodes[0].node.clone(), nodes[0].peer_manager.clone(), nodes[0].logger.clone());
-               match bg_processor.stop() {
+               match bg_processor.join() {
                        Ok(_) => panic!("Expected error persisting manager"),
                        Err(e) => {
                                assert_eq!(e.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::Other);