logical timestamp indexing of block hashes

qa/rpc-tests/timestampindex.py

@@ -35,15 +35,25 @@ def setup_network(self):
         self.sync_all()
 
     def run_test(self):
-        print "Mining 5 blocks..."
-        blockhashes = self.nodes[0].generate(5)
-        low = self.nodes[0].getblock(blockhashes[0])["time"]
-        high = self.nodes[0].getblock(blockhashes[4])["time"]
+        print "Mining 25 blocks..."
+        blockhashes = self.nodes[0].generate(25)
+        time.sleep(3)
+        print "Mining 25 blocks..."
+        blockhashes.extend(self.nodes[0].generate(25))
+        time.sleep(3)
+        print "Mining 25 blocks..."
+        blockhashes.extend(self.nodes[0].generate(25))
         self.sync_all()
+        low = self.nodes[1].getblock(blockhashes[0])["time"]
+        high = low + 76
+
         print "Checking timestamp index..."
         hashes = self.nodes[1].getblockhashes(high, low)
-        assert_equal(len(hashes), 5)
-        assert_equal(sorted(blockhashes), sorted(hashes))
+
+        assert_equal(len(hashes), len(blockhashes))
+
+        assert_equal(hashes, blockhashes)
+
         print "Passed\n"
 
 

src/main.cpp

@@ -1451,12 +1451,12 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPool(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const CTransa
     return res;
 }
 
-bool GetTimestampIndex(const unsigned int &high, const unsigned int &low, std::vector<uint256> &hashes)
+bool GetTimestampIndex(const unsigned int &high, const unsigned int &low, const bool fActiveOnly, std::vector<std::pair<uint256, unsigned int> > &hashes)
 {
     if (!fTimestampIndex)
         return error("Timestamp index not enabled");
 
-    if (!pblocktree->ReadTimestampIndex(high, low, hashes))
+    if (!pblocktree->ReadTimestampIndex(high, low, fActiveOnly, hashes))
         return error("Unable to get hashes for timestamps");
 
     return true;
@@ -2648,10 +2648,27 @@ bool ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pin
         if (!pblocktree->UpdateSpentIndex(spentIndex))
             return AbortNode(state, "Failed to write transaction index");
 
-    if (fTimestampIndex)
-        if (!pblocktree->WriteTimestampIndex(CTimestampIndexKey(pindex->nTime, pindex->GetBlockHash())))
+    if (fTimestampIndex) {
+        unsigned int logicalTS = pindex->nTime;
+        unsigned int prevLogicalTS = 0;
+
+        // retrieve logical timestamp of the previous block
+        if (pindex->pprev)
+            if (!pblocktree->ReadTimestampBlockIndex(pindex->pprev->GetBlockHash(), prevLogicalTS))
+                LogPrintf("%s: Failed to read previous block's logical timestamp", __func__);
+
+        if (logicalTS <= prevLogicalTS) {
+            logicalTS = prevLogicalTS + 1;
+            LogPrintf("%s: Previous logical timestamp is newer Actual[%d] prevLogical[%d] Logical[%d]\n", __func__, pindex->nTime, prevLogicalTS, logicalTS);
+        }
+
+        if (!pblocktree->WriteTimestampIndex(CTimestampIndexKey(logicalTS, pindex->GetBlockHash())))
             return AbortNode(state, "Failed to write timestamp index");
 
+        if (!pblocktree->WriteTimestampBlockIndex(CTimestampBlockIndexKey(pindex->GetBlockHash()), CTimestampBlockIndexValue(logicalTS)))
+            return AbortNode(state, "Failed to write blockhash index");
+    }
+
     // add this block to the view's block chain
     view.SetBestBlock(pindex->GetBlockHash());
 

src/main.h

@@ -355,6 +355,65 @@ struct CTimestampIndexKey {
     }
 };
 
+struct CTimestampBlockIndexKey {
+    uint256 blockHash;
+
+    size_t GetSerializeSize(int nType, int nVersion) const {
+        return 32;
+    }
+
+    template<typename Stream>
+    void Serialize(Stream& s, int nType, int nVersion) const {
+        blockHash.Serialize(s, nType, nVersion);
+    }
+
+    template<typename Stream>
+    void Unserialize(Stream& s, int nType, int nVersion) {
+        blockHash.Unserialize(s, nType, nVersion);
+    }
+
+    CTimestampBlockIndexKey(uint256 hash) {
+        blockHash = hash;
+    }
+
+    CTimestampBlockIndexKey() {
+        SetNull();
+    }
+
+    void SetNull() {
+        blockHash.SetNull();
+    }
+};
+
+struct CTimestampBlockIndexValue {
+    unsigned int ltimestamp;
+    size_t GetSerializeSize(int nType, int nVersion) const {
+        return 4;
+    }
+
+    template<typename Stream>
+    void Serialize(Stream& s, int nType, int nVersion) const {
+        ser_writedata32be(s, ltimestamp);
+    }
+
+    template<typename Stream>
+    void Unserialize(Stream& s, int nType, int nVersion) {
+        ltimestamp = ser_readdata32be(s);
+    }
+
+    CTimestampBlockIndexValue (unsigned int time) {
+        ltimestamp = time;
+    }
+
+    CTimestampBlockIndexValue() {
+        SetNull();
+    }
+
+    void SetNull() {
+        ltimestamp = 0;
+    }
+};
+
 struct CAddressUnspentKey {
     unsigned int type;
     uint160 hashBytes;
@@ -697,7 +756,7 @@ class CScriptCheck
     ScriptError GetScriptError() const { return error; }
 };
 
-bool GetTimestampIndex(const unsigned int &high, const unsigned int &low, std::vector<uint256> &hashes);
+bool GetTimestampIndex(const unsigned int &high, const unsigned int &low, const bool fActiveOnly, std::vector<std::pair<uint256, unsigned int> > &hashes);
 bool GetSpentIndex(CSpentIndexKey &key, CSpentIndexValue &value);
 bool GetAddressIndex(uint160 addressHash, int type,
                      std::vector<std::pair<CAddressIndexKey, CAmount> > &addressIndex,

src/rpcblockchain.cpp

@@ -275,35 +275,75 @@ UniValue getrawmempool(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
     return mempoolToJSON(fVerbose);
 }
 
+
 UniValue getblockhashes(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
 {
-    if (fHelp || params.size() != 2)
+    if (fHelp || params.size() < 2)
         throw runtime_error(
             "getblockhashes timestamp\n"
             "\nReturns array of hashes of blocks within the timestamp range provided.\n"
             "\nArguments:\n"
             "1. high         (numeric, required) The newer block timestamp\n"
             "2. low          (numeric, required) The older block timestamp\n"
+            "3. options      (string, required) A json object\n"
+            "    {\n"
+            "      \"noOrphans\":true   (boolean) will only include blocks on the main chain\n"
+            "      \"logicalTimes\":true   (boolean) will include logical timestamps with hashes\n"
+            "    }\n"
             "\nResult:\n"
             "[\n"
             "  \"hash\"         (string) The block hash\n"
             "]\n"
+            "[\n"
+            "  {\n"
+            "    \"blockhash\": (string) The block hash\n"
+            "    \"logicalts\": (numeric) The logical timestamp\n"
+            "  }\n"
+            "]\n"
             "\nExamples:\n"
             + HelpExampleCli("getblockhashes", "1231614698 1231024505")
             + HelpExampleRpc("getblockhashes", "1231614698, 1231024505")
-        );
+            + HelpExampleCli("getblockhashes", "1231614698 1231024505 '{\"noOrphans\":false, \"logicalTimes\":true}'")
+            );
 
     unsigned int high = params[0].get_int();
     unsigned int low = params[1].get_int();
-    std::vector<uint256> blockHashes;
+    bool fActiveOnly = false;
+    bool fLogicalTS = false;
+
+    if (params.size() > 2) {
+        if (params[2].isObject()) {
+            UniValue noOrphans = find_value(params[2].get_obj(), "noOrphans");
+            UniValue returnLogical = find_value(params[2].get_obj(), "logicalTimes");
 
-    if (!GetTimestampIndex(high, low, blockHashes)) {
+            if (noOrphans.isBool())
+                fActiveOnly = noOrphans.get_bool();
+
+            if (returnLogical.isBool())
+                fLogicalTS = returnLogical.get_bool();
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::vector<std::pair<uint256, unsigned int> > blockHashes;
+
+    if (fActiveOnly)
+        LOCK(cs_main);
+
+    if (!GetTimestampIndex(high, low, fActiveOnly, blockHashes)) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "No information available for block hashes");
     }
 
     UniValue result(UniValue::VARR);
-    for (std::vector<uint256>::const_iterator it=blockHashes.begin(); it!=blockHashes.end(); it++) {
-        result.push_back(it->GetHex());
+
+    for (std::vector<std::pair<uint256, unsigned int> >::const_iterator it=blockHashes.begin(); it!=blockHashes.end(); it++) {
+        if (fLogicalTS) {
+            UniValue item(UniValue::VOBJ);
+            item.push_back(Pair("blockhash", it->first.GetHex()));
+            item.push_back(Pair("logicalts", (int)it->second));
+            result.push_back(item);
+        } else {
+            result.push_back(it->first.GetHex());
+        }
     }
 
     return result;

src/rpcclient.cpp

@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static const CRPCConvertParam vRPCConvertParams[] =
     { "setban", 3 },
     { "getblockhashes", 0 },
     { "getblockhashes", 1 },
+    { "getblockhashes", 2 },
     { "getspentinfo", 0},
     { "getaddresstxids", 0},
     { "getaddressbalance", 0},

src/txdb.cpp

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ static const char DB_TXINDEX = 't';
 static const char DB_ADDRESSINDEX = 'a';
 static const char DB_ADDRESSUNSPENTINDEX = 'u';
 static const char DB_TIMESTAMPINDEX = 's';
+static const char DB_BLOCKHASHINDEX = 'z';
 static const char DB_SPENTINDEX = 'p';
 static const char DB_BLOCK_INDEX = 'b';
 
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ bool CBlockTreeDB::WriteTimestampIndex(const CTimestampIndexKey &timestampIndex)
     return WriteBatch(batch);
 }
 
-bool CBlockTreeDB::ReadTimestampIndex(const unsigned int &high, const unsigned int &low, std::vector<uint256> &hashes) {
+bool CBlockTreeDB::ReadTimestampIndex(const unsigned int &high, const unsigned int &low, const bool fActiveOnly, std::vector<std::pair<uint256, unsigned int> > &hashes) {
 
     boost::scoped_ptr<CDBIterator> pcursor(NewIterator());
 
@@ -284,8 +285,15 @@ bool CBlockTreeDB::ReadTimestampIndex(const unsigned int &high, const unsigned i
     while (pcursor->Valid()) {
         boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
         std::pair<char, CTimestampIndexKey> key;
-        if (pcursor->GetKey(key) && key.first == DB_TIMESTAMPINDEX && key.second.timestamp <= high) {
-            hashes.push_back(key.second.blockHash);
+        if (pcursor->GetKey(key) && key.first == DB_TIMESTAMPINDEX && key.second.timestamp < high) {
+            if (fActiveOnly) {
+                if (blockOnchainActive(key.second.blockHash)) {
+                    hashes.push_back(std::make_pair(key.second.blockHash, key.second.timestamp));
+                }
+            } else {
+                hashes.push_back(std::make_pair(key.second.blockHash, key.second.timestamp));
+            }
+
             pcursor->Next();
         } else {
             break;
@@ -295,6 +303,22 @@ bool CBlockTreeDB::ReadTimestampIndex(const unsigned int &high, const unsigned i
     return true;
 }
 
+bool CBlockTreeDB::WriteTimestampBlockIndex(const CTimestampBlockIndexKey &blockhashIndex, const CTimestampBlockIndexValue &logicalts) {
+    CDBBatch batch(&GetObfuscateKey());
+    batch.Write(make_pair(DB_BLOCKHASHINDEX, blockhashIndex), logicalts);
+    return WriteBatch(batch);
+}
+
+bool CBlockTreeDB::ReadTimestampBlockIndex(const uint256 &hash, unsigned int &ltimestamp) {
+
+    CTimestampBlockIndexValue(lts);
+    if (!Read(std::make_pair(DB_BLOCKHASHINDEX, hash), lts))
+	return false;
+
+    ltimestamp = lts.ltimestamp;
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool CBlockTreeDB::WriteFlag(const std::string &name, bool fValue) {
     return Write(std::make_pair(DB_FLAG, name), fValue ? '1' : '0');
 }
@@ -307,6 +331,16 @@ bool CBlockTreeDB::ReadFlag(const std::string &name, bool &fValue) {
     return true;
 }
 
+bool CBlockTreeDB::blockOnchainActive(const uint256 &hash) {
+    CBlockIndex* pblockindex = mapBlockIndex[hash];
+
+    if (!chainActive.Contains(pblockindex)) {
+	return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool CBlockTreeDB::LoadBlockIndexGuts()
 {
     boost::scoped_ptr<CDBIterator> pcursor(NewIterator());

src/txdb.h

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ struct CAddressIndexIteratorKey;
 struct CAddressIndexIteratorHeightKey;
 struct CTimestampIndexKey;
 struct CTimestampIndexIteratorKey;
+struct CTimestampBlockIndexKey;
+struct CTimestampBlockIndexValue;
 struct CSpentIndexKey;
 struct CSpentIndexValue;
 class uint256;
@@ -77,10 +79,13 @@ class CBlockTreeDB : public CDBWrapper
                           std::vector<std::pair<CAddressIndexKey, CAmount> > &addressIndex,
                           int start = 0, int end = 0);
     bool WriteTimestampIndex(const CTimestampIndexKey &timestampIndex);
-    bool ReadTimestampIndex(const unsigned int &high, const unsigned int &low, std::vector<uint256> &vect);
+    bool ReadTimestampIndex(const unsigned int &high, const unsigned int &low, const bool fActiveOnly, std::vector<std::pair<uint256, unsigned int> > &vect);
+    bool WriteTimestampBlockIndex(const CTimestampBlockIndexKey &blockhashIndex, const CTimestampBlockIndexValue &logicalts);
+    bool ReadTimestampBlockIndex(const uint256 &hash, unsigned int &logicalTS);
     bool WriteFlag(const std::string &name, bool fValue);
     bool ReadFlag(const std::string &name, bool &fValue);
     bool LoadBlockIndexGuts();
+    bool blockOnchainActive(const uint256 &hash);
 };
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_TXDB_H