Add GET_HASHES_FAST rpc, use it in wallet

When m_refresh_from_block_height has been set, only hashes will be
retrieved up to that height, instead of full blocks. The same will
be done for "refresh <height>" when the specified height is beyond
the current local blockchain.

src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp

@@ -166,6 +166,25 @@ namespace cryptonote
     return true;
   }
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  bool core_rpc_server::on_get_hashes(const COMMAND_RPC_GET_HASHES_FAST::request& req, COMMAND_RPC_GET_HASHES_FAST::response& res)
+  {
+    CHECK_CORE_BUSY();
+    NOTIFY_RESPONSE_CHAIN_ENTRY::request resp;
+
+    resp.start_height = req.start_height;
+    if(!m_core.find_blockchain_supplement(req.block_ids, resp))
+    {
+      res.status = "Failed";
+      return false;
+    }
+    res.current_height = resp.total_height;
+    res.start_height = resp.start_height;
+    res.m_block_ids = std::move(resp.m_block_ids);
+
+    res.status = CORE_RPC_STATUS_OK;
+    return true;
+  }
+  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   bool core_rpc_server::on_get_random_outs(const COMMAND_RPC_GET_RANDOM_OUTPUTS_FOR_AMOUNTS::request& req, COMMAND_RPC_GET_RANDOM_OUTPUTS_FOR_AMOUNTS::response& res)
   {
     CHECK_CORE_BUSY();

src/rpc/core_rpc_server.h

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
     BEGIN_URI_MAP2()
       MAP_URI_AUTO_JON2("/getheight", on_get_height, COMMAND_RPC_GET_HEIGHT)
       MAP_URI_AUTO_BIN2("/getblocks.bin", on_get_blocks, COMMAND_RPC_GET_BLOCKS_FAST)
+      MAP_URI_AUTO_BIN2("/gethashes.bin", on_get_hashes, COMMAND_RPC_GET_HASHES_FAST)
       MAP_URI_AUTO_BIN2("/get_o_indexes.bin", on_get_indexes, COMMAND_RPC_GET_TX_GLOBAL_OUTPUTS_INDEXES)      
       MAP_URI_AUTO_BIN2("/getrandom_outs.bin", on_get_random_outs, COMMAND_RPC_GET_RANDOM_OUTPUTS_FOR_AMOUNTS)      
       MAP_URI_AUTO_JON2("/gettransactions", on_get_transactions, COMMAND_RPC_GET_TRANSACTIONS)
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
 
     bool on_get_height(const COMMAND_RPC_GET_HEIGHT::request& req, COMMAND_RPC_GET_HEIGHT::response& res);
     bool on_get_blocks(const COMMAND_RPC_GET_BLOCKS_FAST::request& req, COMMAND_RPC_GET_BLOCKS_FAST::response& res);
+    bool on_get_hashes(const COMMAND_RPC_GET_HASHES_FAST::request& req, COMMAND_RPC_GET_HASHES_FAST::response& res);
     bool on_get_transactions(const COMMAND_RPC_GET_TRANSACTIONS::request& req, COMMAND_RPC_GET_TRANSACTIONS::response& res);
     bool on_is_key_image_spent(const COMMAND_RPC_IS_KEY_IMAGE_SPENT::request& req, COMMAND_RPC_IS_KEY_IMAGE_SPENT::response& res);
     bool on_get_indexes(const COMMAND_RPC_GET_TX_GLOBAL_OUTPUTS_INDEXES::request& req, COMMAND_RPC_GET_TX_GLOBAL_OUTPUTS_INDEXES::response& res);

src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h

@@ -89,6 +89,36 @@ namespace cryptonote
       END_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
     };
   };
+
+  struct COMMAND_RPC_GET_HASHES_FAST
+  {
+
+    struct request
+    {
+      std::list<crypto::hash> block_ids; //*first 10 blocks id goes sequential, next goes in pow(2,n) offset, like 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 and so on, and the last one is always genesis block */
+      uint64_t    start_height;
+      BEGIN_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
+        KV_SERIALIZE_CONTAINER_POD_AS_BLOB(block_ids)
+        KV_SERIALIZE(start_height)
+      END_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
+    };
+
+    struct response
+    {
+      std::list<crypto::hash> m_block_ids;
+      uint64_t    start_height;
+      uint64_t    current_height;
+      std::string status;
+
+      BEGIN_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
+        KV_SERIALIZE_CONTAINER_POD_AS_BLOB(m_block_ids)
+        KV_SERIALIZE(start_height)
+        KV_SERIALIZE(current_height)
+        KV_SERIALIZE(status)
+      END_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
+    };
+  };
+
   //-----------------------------------------------
   struct COMMAND_RPC_GET_TRANSACTIONS
   {

src/wallet/wallet2.cpp

@@ -578,6 +578,24 @@ void wallet2::pull_blocks(uint64_t start_height, uint64_t &blocks_start_height,
   blocks = res.blocks;
 }
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void wallet2::pull_hashes(uint64_t start_height, uint64_t &blocks_start_height, const std::list<crypto::hash> &short_chain_history, std::list<crypto::hash> &hashes)
+{
+  cryptonote::COMMAND_RPC_GET_HASHES_FAST::request req = AUTO_VAL_INIT(req);
+  cryptonote::COMMAND_RPC_GET_HASHES_FAST::response res = AUTO_VAL_INIT(res);
+  req.block_ids = short_chain_history;
+
+  req.start_height = start_height;
+  m_daemon_rpc_mutex.lock();
+  bool r = net_utils::invoke_http_bin_remote_command2(m_daemon_address + "/gethashes.bin", req, res, m_http_client, WALLET_RCP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT);
+  m_daemon_rpc_mutex.unlock();
+  THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(!r, error::no_connection_to_daemon, "gethashes.bin");
+  THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(res.status == CORE_RPC_STATUS_BUSY, error::daemon_busy, "gethashes.bin");
+  THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(res.status != CORE_RPC_STATUS_OK, error::get_hashes_error, res.status);
+
+  blocks_start_height = res.start_height;
+  hashes = res.m_block_ids;
+}
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void wallet2::process_blocks(uint64_t start_height, const std::list<cryptonote::block_complete_entry> &blocks, uint64_t& blocks_added)
 {
   size_t current_index = start_height;
@@ -771,6 +789,60 @@ void wallet2::check_pending_txes()
     }
   }
 }
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void wallet2::fast_refresh(uint64_t stop_height, uint64_t &blocks_start_height, std::list<crypto::hash> &short_chain_history)
+{
+  std::list<crypto::hash> hashes;
+  size_t current_index = m_blockchain.size();
+  while(current_index < stop_height)
+  {
+    pull_hashes(0, blocks_start_height, short_chain_history, hashes);
+    if (hashes.size() < 3)
+      return;
+    if (hashes.size() + current_index < stop_height) {
+      std::list<crypto::hash>::iterator right;
+      // drop early 3 off, skipping the genesis block
+      if (short_chain_history.size() > 3) {
+        right = short_chain_history.end();
+        std::advance(right,-1);
+        std::list<crypto::hash>::iterator left = right;
+        std::advance(left, -3);
+        short_chain_history.erase(left, right);
+      }
+      right = hashes.end();
+      // prepend 3 more
+      for (int i = 0; i<3; i++) {
+        right--;
+        short_chain_history.push_front(*right);
+      }
+    }
+    current_index = blocks_start_height;
+    BOOST_FOREACH(auto& bl_id, hashes)
+    {
+      if(current_index >= m_blockchain.size())
+      {
+        LOG_PRINT_L2( "Skipped block by height: " << current_index);
+        m_blockchain.push_back(bl_id);
+        ++m_local_bc_height;
+
+        if (0 != m_callback)
+        { // FIXME: this isn't right, but simplewallet just logs that we got a block.
+          cryptonote::block dummy;
+          m_callback->on_new_block(current_index, dummy);
+        }
+      }
+      else if(bl_id != m_blockchain[current_index])
+      {
+        //split detected here !!!
+        return;
+      }
+      ++current_index;
+      if (current_index >= stop_height)
+        return;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void wallet2::refresh(uint64_t start_height, uint64_t & blocks_fetched, bool& received_money)
 {
@@ -786,7 +858,22 @@ void wallet2::refresh(uint64_t start_height, uint64_t & blocks_fetched, bool& re
 
   // pull the first set of blocks
   get_short_chain_history(short_chain_history);
+  if (start_height > m_blockchain.size() || m_refresh_from_block_height > m_blockchain.size()) {
+    if (!start_height)
+      start_height = m_refresh_from_block_height;
+    // we can shortcut by only pulling hashes up to the start_height
+    fast_refresh(start_height, blocks_start_height, short_chain_history);
+    // regenerate the history now that we've got a full set of hashes
+    short_chain_history.clear();
+    get_short_chain_history(short_chain_history);
+    start_height = 0;
+    // and then fall through to regular refresh processing
+  }
+
   pull_blocks(start_height, blocks_start_height, short_chain_history, blocks);
+  // always reset start_height to 0 to force short_chain_ history to be used on
+  // subsequent pulls in this refresh.
+  start_height = 0;
 
   m_run.store(true, std::memory_order_relaxed);
   while(m_run.load(std::memory_order_relaxed))

src/wallet/wallet2.h

@@ -387,6 +387,8 @@ namespace tools
     bool is_transfer_unlocked(const transfer_details& td) const;
     bool clear();
     void pull_blocks(uint64_t start_height, uint64_t& blocks_start_height, const std::list<crypto::hash> &short_chain_history, std::list<cryptonote::block_complete_entry> &blocks);
+    void pull_hashes(uint64_t start_height, uint64_t& blocks_start_height, const std::list<crypto::hash> &short_chain_history, std::list<crypto::hash> &hashes);
+    void fast_refresh(uint64_t stop_height, uint64_t &blocks_start_height, std::list<crypto::hash> &short_chain_history);
     void pull_next_blocks(uint64_t start_height, uint64_t &blocks_start_height, std::list<crypto::hash> &short_chain_history, const std::list<cryptonote::block_complete_entry> &prev_blocks, std::list<cryptonote::block_complete_entry> &blocks, bool &error);
     void process_blocks(uint64_t start_height, const std::list<cryptonote::block_complete_entry> &blocks, uint64_t& blocks_added);
     uint64_t select_transfers(uint64_t needed_money, std::vector<size_t> unused_transfers_indices, std::list<transfer_container::iterator>& selected_transfers, bool trusted_daemon);

src/wallet/wallet_errors.h

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ namespace tools
     //         acc_outs_lookup_error
     //         block_parse_error
     //         get_blocks_error
+    //         get_hashes_error
     //         get_out_indexes_error
     //         tx_parse_error
     //         get_tx_pool_error
@@ -107,12 +108,14 @@ namespace tools
     //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     const char* const failed_rpc_request_messages[] = {
       "failed to get blocks",
+      "failed to get hashes",
       "failed to get out indices",
       "failed to get random outs"
     };
     enum failed_rpc_request_message_indices
     {
       get_blocks_error_message_index,
+      get_hashes_error_message_index,
       get_out_indices_error_message_index,
       get_random_outs_error_message_index
     };
@@ -291,6 +294,8 @@ namespace tools
     //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     typedef failed_rpc_request<refresh_error, get_blocks_error_message_index> get_blocks_error;
     //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    typedef failed_rpc_request<refresh_error, get_hashes_error_message_index> get_hashes_error;
+    //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     typedef failed_rpc_request<refresh_error, get_out_indices_error_message_index> get_out_indices_error;
     //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     struct tx_parse_error : public refresh_error