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Author SHA1 Message Date
Olaoluwa Osuntokun
e0ef63e4e0
routing: findRoute now returns a slice of selected hops in reverse order
This commit modifies the findRoute function to decouple the
validation+creation of a route, from the path finding algorithm itself.
When we say “route”, we mean the full payment route complete with
time-lock and fee information. When we say “path” we simple mean an
ordered set of channel edges from one node to another target node.

With this commit we can now perform path finding independent of route
creation which will be needed in the up coming refactor to implement a
new modified k-shortest paths algorithm.
2017-03-21 12:20:28 -07:00
Olaoluwa Osuntokun
c6c56173a8
routing: modify findRoute to accept starting node as a paramter
This commit slightly modified findRoute to accept the node which should
be used as the starting point in our path finding algorithm. With this
change, as we move to a k-shortest paths algorithm this modification
will be needed as all of our path finding attempts won’t always
originate from a the same starting point.
2017-03-21 12:20:25 -07:00
Olaoluwa Osuntokun
b6199f27da
routing: replace linear vertex scan with distanceHeap usage
In this commit we now utilize the node distance heap that was added in
a prior commit into our core path finding logic. With this new data
structure, we no longer linearly scan the distance of all vertexes from
the source node when deciding which one to greedily explore.

Instead, we now start with the source added to our distance heap, then
new vertexes are progressively added to our heap as their edges are
explored. With this change, we move the computational complexity of our
path finding algorithm closer to the theoretical limit.
2017-03-21 12:20:23 -07:00
Olaoluwa Osuntokun
20aba8060f
routing: add sufficient link capacity to our relaxation condition
This commit modifies our modified version of Dijkstra's to include
sufficient link capacity within the algorithm’s relaxation condition.
With this change, we’ll now avoid exploring the graph in the direction
of a link that has insufficient capacity, allowing us to terminate path
finding more quickly.
2017-03-21 12:20:21 -07:00
Olaoluwa Osuntokun
606b23df43
routing: introduce a heap to keep track of closest nodes during pathfinding
This commit introduces a new heap struct that will be used to keep
track of the next closest node to the source during path finding within
our modified Dijkstra's algorithm.
2017-03-21 12:20:18 -07:00
Olaoluwa Osuntokun
7bdf02bc9e
routing: modify path finding routines use new EdgeInfo/EdgePolicy
This commit modifies the path finding routines to properly use the new
channel edge related API exposed by the database. Additionally, a new
type `ChannelHop` has been introduced which couples an edges routing
policy with the capacity and origin chain of the channel.
2017-03-08 14:25:05 -08:00
Christopher Jämthagen
4200d8a7e0 routing: check route length after edges for route is collected
This fixes the bug reproduced in #114. The prevHop map in newRoute may
include many more edges than what is used to produce the final route, and
thus the check prior to building the route could result with incorrect
errors being reported. We move this check to after the number of edges
to be used for the route is deduced.
2017-02-02 00:24:16 -08:00
Trevin Hofmann
40c7bac3aa multi: fix a variety of typos throughout the repo 2017-01-17 17:02:56 -08:00
Olaoluwa Osuntokun
0c7fcb1755
routing: fix nil pointer panic when node has no outgoing channels 2017-01-17 13:07:05 -08:00
Olaoluwa Osuntokun
ec0c7c5989
routing: fix panic in inner loop of path finding
This commit seems to fix a sporadic error within the integration tests
which would at times cause a panic when a payment as initiated.

This issue was with the way were deleting from the middle of the slice
of unvisited nodes within the graph. Assigning the last element to the
middle would at times cause a panic the last element may be nil. To fix
this, we now manually copy every item over by one, preserving the order
of the slice, and possibly fixing the panic once and for all.
2017-01-07 21:22:23 -08:00
Olaoluwa Osuntokun
e327ffe954
routing: rewrite package to conform to BOLT07 and factor in fees+timelocks
This commit overhauls the routing package significantly to simplify the
code, conform to the rest of the coding style within the package, and
observe the new authenticated gossiping scheme outlined in BOLT07.

As a major step towards a more realistic path finding algorithm, fees
are properly calculated and observed during path finding. If a path has
sufficient capacity _before_ fees are applied, but afterwards the
finalized route would exceed the capacity of a single link, the route
is marked as invalid.

Currently a naive weighting algorithm is used which only factors in the
time-lock delta at each hop, thereby optimizing for the lowest time
lock. Fee calculation also isn’t finalized since we aren’t yet using
milli-satoshi throughout the daemon. The final TODO item within the PR
is to properly perform a multi-path search and rank the results based
on a summation heuristic rather than just return the first (out of
many) route found.

On the server side, once nodes are initially connected to the daemon,
our routing table will be synced with the peer’s using a naive “just
send everything scheme” to hold us over until I spec out some a
efficient graph reconciliation protocol. Additionally, the routing
table is now pruned by the channel router itself once new blocks arrive
rather than depending on peers to tell us when a channel flaps or is
closed.

Finally, the validation of peer announcements aren’t yet fully
implemented as they’ll be implemented within the pending discovery
package that was blocking on the completion of this package. Most off
the routing message processing will be moved out of this package and
into the discovery package where full validation will be carried out.
2016-12-27 16:44:22 -08:00
Olaoluwa Osuntokun
ddc1eb4c8a
lnwallet: correct comment for logging object 2016-12-27 16:43:07 -08:00