Example #1
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func makeInst(slot uint64, proposal uint64, leader uint16,
	req *store.ChangeRequest) *coproto.Instruction {

	internalInst := new(coproto.Instruction)
	internalInst.Slot = new(uint64)
	internalInst.Proposal = new(uint64)
	internalInst.Leader = new(uint32)
	*internalInst.Slot = slot
	*internalInst.Proposal = proposal
	*internalInst.Leader = uint32(leader)

	internalInst.Request = makeIntChangeRequest(req)

	return internalInst
}
Example #2
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// Must be called from the processing goroutine, inside a transaction.
func addPromise(node uint16, msg *coproto.Promise) {
	receivedPromises[node] = msg

	// If we have promises from a majority of core nodes,
	// become leader.
	if len(receivedPromises) > len(config.CoreNodes())/2 {

		log.Print("core/consensus: became leader")

		stopLeaderTimeout()
		amLeader = true
		proposal, leader := store.Proposal()

		// Find a slot number above all those in promise messages,
		// and above our first unapplied.
		firstUnapplied := store.InstructionFirstUnapplied()
		limit := firstUnapplied
		for _, msg := range receivedPromises {
			for _, accepted := range msg.Accepted {
				if *accepted.Slot >= limit {
					limit = *accepted.Slot + 1
				}
			}
		}

		// Start our next slot after the limit.
		nextProposalSlot = limit

		// For all slots between this and our first unapplied,
		// submit a previously accepted instruction unless we
		// know an instruction was already chosen.
		// Fills these slots with proposals.
		// This is O(n^2) in the number of instructions between our
		// first unapplied and limit.
		// TODO: Improve worst-case complexity.
		start := store.InstructionStart()
		slots := store.InstructionSlots()
		for i := firstUnapplied; i < limit; i++ {

			// If we already have a chosen instruction, skip.
			rel := int(i - start)
			if len(slots[rel]) == 1 && slots[rel][0].IsChosen() {
				continue
			}

			// Find the previously accepted instruction
			// accepted with the highest proposal number.
			var bestInst *coproto.Instruction
			var bp uint64 // Best proposal
			var bl uint16 // Best leader

			for _, msg := range receivedPromises {
				for _, accepted := range msg.Accepted {
					if *accepted.Slot != i {
						continue
					}
					if bestInst == nil {
						bestInst = accepted
						bp = *accepted.Proposal
						bl = uint16(*accepted.Leader)
						continue
					}

					// TODO: This indent is just absurd.
					p := *accepted.Proposal
					l := uint16(*accepted.Leader)
					if store.CompareProposals(p, l,
						bp, bl) {
						bestInst = accepted
						bp = *accepted.Proposal
						bl = uint16(*accepted.Leader)
					}
				}
			}

			// If we didn't find an instruction, make an empty one.
			if bestInst == nil {
				empty := new(coproto.ChangeRequest)
				empty.RequestEntity = new(uint64)
				empty.RequestNode = new(uint32)
				*empty.RequestEntity = uint64(config.Id())
				*empty.RequestNode = uint32(config.Id())

				bestInst := new(coproto.Instruction)
				bestInst.Slot = new(uint64)
				*bestInst.Slot = i
				bestInst.Request = empty
			}

			// Add proposal timeout.
			req := makeExtChangeRequest(bestInst.Request)
			addProposalTimeout(i, req)

			// Send proposal.
			bestInst.Proposal = new(uint64)
			bestInst.Leader = new(uint32)
			*bestInst.Proposal = proposal
			*bestInst.Leader = uint32(leader)
			sendProposal(bestInst)
		}

		// Discard received promise messages.
		receivedPromises = nil

		// Make an instruction proposal for each waiting change.
		for _, req := range waitingRequests {
			slot := nextProposalSlot
			nextProposalSlot++

			addProposalTimeout(slot, req)

			inst := makeInst(slot, proposal, leader, req)

			sendProposal(inst)
		}

		// Clear waiting changes.
		waitingRequests = nil
	}
}