sigcache.cpp

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// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
// Copyright (c) 2009-2015 The Bitcoin Core developers
// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.

#include <script/sigcache.h>

#include <memusage.h>
#include <pubkey.h>
#include <random.h>
#include <uint256.h>
#include <util.h>

#include <cuckoocache.h>
#include <boost/thread.hpp>

namespace {
class CSignatureCache
{
private:
    uint256 nonce;
    typedef CuckooCache::cache<uint256, SignatureCacheHasher> map_type;
    map_type setValid;
    boost::shared_mutex cs_sigcache;

public:
    CSignatureCache()
    {
        GetRandBytes(nonce.begin(), 32);
    }

    void
    ComputeEntry(uint256& entry, const uint256 &hash, const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchSig, const CPubKey& pubkey)
    {
        CSHA256().Write(nonce.begin(), 32).Write(hash.begin(), 32).Write(&pubkey[0], pubkey.size()).Write(&vchSig[0], vchSig.size()).Finalize(entry.begin());
    }

    bool
    Get(const uint256& entry, const bool erase)
    {
        boost::shared_lock<boost::shared_mutex> lock(cs_sigcache);
        return setValid.contains(entry, erase);
    }

    void Set(uint256& entry)
    {
        boost::unique_lock<boost::shared_mutex> lock(cs_sigcache);
        setValid.insert(entry);
    }
    uint32_t setup_bytes(size_t n)
    {
        return setValid.setup_bytes(n);
    }
};

/* In previous versions of this code, signatureCache was a local static variable
 * in CachingTransactionSignatureChecker::VerifySignature.  We initialize
 * signatureCache outside of VerifySignature to avoid the atomic operation per
 * call overhead associated with local static variables even though
 * signatureCache could be made local to VerifySignature.
*/
static CSignatureCache signatureCache;
} // namespace

// To be called once in AppInitMain/BasicTestingSetup to initialize the
// signatureCache.
void InitSignatureCache()
{
    // nMaxCacheSize is unsigned. If -maxsigcachesize is set to zero,
    // setup_bytes creates the minimum possible cache (2 elements).
    size_t nMaxCacheSize = std::min(std::max((int64_t)0, gArgs.GetArg("-maxsigcachesize", DEFAULT_MAX_SIG_CACHE_SIZE) / 2), MAX_MAX_SIG_CACHE_SIZE) * ((size_t) 1 << 20);
    size_t nElems = signatureCache.setup_bytes(nMaxCacheSize);
    LogPrintf("Using %zu MiB out of %zu/2 requested for signature cache, able to store %zu elements\n",
            (nElems*sizeof(uint256)) >>20, (nMaxCacheSize*2)>>20, nElems);
}

bool CachingTransactionSignatureChecker::VerifySignature(const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchSig, const CPubKey& pubkey, const uint256& sighash) const
{
    uint256 entry;
    signatureCache.ComputeEntry(entry, sighash, vchSig, pubkey);
    if (signatureCache.Get(entry, !store))
        return true;
    if (!TransactionSignatureChecker::VerifySignature(vchSig, pubkey, sighash))
        return false;
    if (store)
        signatureCache.Set(entry);
    return true;
}