Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/scaling' into scaling2

lib/check-signature.js

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+const Nacl = require('tweetnacl/nacl-fast');
+
+// XXX npm "os" and "child_process"
+
+// TODO if this process is using too much CPU, we can use "cluster" to add load balancing to this code
+
+console.log('New child process', process.pid);
+
+process.on('message', function (data) {
+    console.log('In process', process.pid)
+    console.log(+new Date(), "Message received by subprocess");
+    if (!data || !data.key || !data.msg || !data.txid) {
+        process.send({
+            error:'E_INVAL'
+        });
+        return;
+    }
+    const txid = data.txid;
+
+    const signedMsg = Nacl.util.decodeBase64(data.msg);
+    var validateKey;
+    try {
+        validateKey = Nacl.util.decodeBase64(data.key);
+    } catch (e) {
+        process.send({
+            txid: txid,
+            error:'E_BADKEY'
+        });
+        return;
+    }
+    // validate the message
+    const validated = Nacl.sign.open(signedMsg, validateKey);
+    if (!validated) {
+        process.send({
+            txid: txid,
+            error:'FAILED'
+        });
+        return;
+    }
+    console.log(+new Date(), "Verification done in the subprocess");
+    process.send({
+        txid: txid,
+        success: true
+    });
+});

lib/commands/core.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const Core = module.exports;
 const Util = require("../common-util");
 const escapeKeyCharacters = Util.escapeKeyCharacters;
+const { fork } = require('child_process');
 
 /*  Use Nacl for checking signatures of messages */
 const Nacl = require("tweetnacl/nacl-fast");

lib/hk-util.js

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ const nThen = require('nthen');
 const Util = require("./common-util");
 const MetaRPC = require("./commands/metadata");
 const Nacl = require('tweetnacl/nacl-fast');
+const { fork } = require('child_process');
+const numCPUs = require('os').cpus().length;
 
 const now = function () { return (new Date()).getTime(); };
 const ONE_DAY = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24; // one day in milliseconds
@@ -921,7 +923,36 @@ HK.onDirectMessage = function (Env, Server, seq, userId, json) {
     * adds timestamps to incoming messages
     * writes messages to the store
 */
+
+
+const onChecked = Util.mkEvent();
+// Create our workers
+const workers = [];
+for (let i = 0; i < numCPUs; i++) {
+    workers.push(fork('lib/check-signature.js'));
+}
+var nextWorker = 0;
+var initWorker = function (worker) {
+    worker.on('message', function (res) {
+        onChecked.fire(res);
+    });
+    // Spawn a new process in one ends
+    worker.on('exit', function () {
+        // XXX make sure it's dead?
+        var idx = workers.indexOf(worker);
+        if (idx !== -1) {
+            workers.splice(idx, 1);
+        }
+        // Spawn a new one
+        var w = fork('lib/check-signature.js');
+        workers.push(w);
+        initWorker(w);
+    });
+};
+workers.forEach(initWorker);
+
 HK.onChannelMessage = function (Env, Server, channel, msgStruct) {
+    console.log(+new Date(), "onChannelMessage");
     const Log = Env.Log;
 
     // TODO our usage of 'channel' here looks prone to errors
@@ -962,20 +993,38 @@ HK.onChannelMessage = function (Env, Server, channel, msgStruct) {
         let signedMsg = (isCp) ? msgStruct[4].replace(CHECKPOINT_PATTERN, '') : msgStruct[4];
         // convert the message from a base64 string into a Uint8Array
 
-        // FIXME this can fail and the client won't notice
+        const txid = Util.uid();
-        signedMsg = Nacl.util.decodeBase64(signedMsg);
+        const next = w();
-
+
-        // FIXME this can blow up
+        // Listen for messages
-        // TODO check that that won't cause any problems other than not being able to append...
+        const onCheck = function (res) {
-        const validateKey = Nacl.util.decodeBase64(metadata.validateKey);
+            if (!res) { return; }
-        // validate the message
+            if (res.txid !== txid) { return; }
-        const validated = Nacl.sign.open(signedMsg, validateKey);
+            // Wev'e received an answer, remove this handler
-        if (!validated) {
+            console.log(+new Date(), "Received verification response");
-            // don't go any further if the message fails validation
+            onChecked.unreg(onCheck);
-            w.abort();
+            if (res.error) {
-            Log.info("HK_SIGNED_MESSAGE_REJECTED", 'Channel '+channel.id);
+                // don't go any further if the message fails validation
-            return;
+                if (res.error === 'FAILED') {
-        }
+                    // Signature doesn't match the public key
+                    Log.info("HK_SIGNED_MESSAGE_REJECTED", 'Channel '+channel.id);
+                }
+                w.abort();
+                return;
+            }
+            // Success, continue to next block
+            next();
+        };
+        onChecked.reg(onCheck);
+
+        console.log(+new Date(), "Send verification request");
+        // Send the request
+        workers[nextWorker].send({
+            txid: txid,
+            msg: signedMsg,
+            key: metadata.validateKey
+        });
+        if (++nextWorker > numCPUs) { nextWorker = 0; }
     }).nThen(function () {
         // do checkpoint stuff...
 
@@ -1002,7 +1051,9 @@ HK.onChannelMessage = function (Env, Server, channel, msgStruct) {
         msgStruct.push(now());
 
         // storeMessage
+        console.log(+new Date(), "Storing message");
         storeMessage(Env, channel, JSON.stringify(msgStruct), isCp, getHash(msgStruct[4], Log));
+        console.log(+new Date(), "Message stored");
     });
 };