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diff --git a/src/policy/fees.cpp b/src/policy/fees.cpp
index da33e4100f..bd169f875a 100644
--- a/src/policy/fees.cpp
+++ b/src/policy/fees.cpp
@@ -7,14 +7,121 @@
#include "policy/policy.h"
#include "amount.h"
+#include "clientversion.h"
#include "primitives/transaction.h"
#include "random.h"
#include "streams.h"
#include "txmempool.h"
#include "util.h"
-void TxConfirmStats::Initialize(std::vector<double>& defaultBuckets,
- unsigned int maxConfirms, double _decay)
+/**
+ * We will instantiate an instance of this class to track transactions that were
+ * included in a block. We will lump transactions into a bucket according to their
+ * approximate feerate and then track how long it took for those txs to be included in a block
+ *
+ * The tracking of unconfirmed (mempool) transactions is completely independent of the
+ * historical tracking of transactions that have been confirmed in a block.
+ */
+class TxConfirmStats
+{
+private:
+ //Define the buckets we will group transactions into
+ std::vector<double> buckets; // The upper-bound of the range for the bucket (inclusive)
+ std::map<double, unsigned int> bucketMap; // Map of bucket upper-bound to index into all vectors by bucket
+
+ // For each bucket X:
+ // Count the total # of txs in each bucket
+ // Track the historical moving average of this total over blocks
+ std::vector<double> txCtAvg;
+ // and calculate the total for the current block to update the moving average
+ std::vector<int> curBlockTxCt;
+
+ // Count the total # of txs confirmed within Y blocks in each bucket
+ // Track the historical moving average of theses totals over blocks
+ std::vector<std::vector<double> > confAvg; // confAvg[Y][X]
+ // and calculate the totals for the current block to update the moving averages
+ std::vector<std::vector<int> > curBlockConf; // curBlockConf[Y][X]
+
+ // Sum the total feerate of all tx's in each bucket
+ // Track the historical moving average of this total over blocks
+ std::vector<double> avg;
+ // and calculate the total for the current block to update the moving average
+ std::vector<double> curBlockVal;
+
+ // Combine the conf counts with tx counts to calculate the confirmation % for each Y,X
+ // Combine the total value with the tx counts to calculate the avg feerate per bucket
+
+ double decay;
+
+ // Mempool counts of outstanding transactions
+ // For each bucket X, track the number of transactions in the mempool
+ // that are unconfirmed for each possible confirmation value Y
+ std::vector<std::vector<int> > unconfTxs; //unconfTxs[Y][X]
+ // transactions still unconfirmed after MAX_CONFIRMS for each bucket
+ std::vector<int> oldUnconfTxs;
+
+public:
+ /**
+ * Create new TxConfirmStats. This is called by BlockPolicyEstimator's
+ * constructor with default values.
+ * @param defaultBuckets contains the upper limits for the bucket boundaries
+ * @param maxConfirms max number of confirms to track
+ * @param decay how much to decay the historical moving average per block
+ */
+ TxConfirmStats(const std::vector<double>& defaultBuckets, unsigned int maxConfirms, double decay);
+
+ /** Clear the state of the curBlock variables to start counting for the new block */
+ void ClearCurrent(unsigned int nBlockHeight);
+
+ /**
+ * Record a new transaction data point in the current block stats
+ * @param blocksToConfirm the number of blocks it took this transaction to confirm
+ * @param val the feerate of the transaction
+ * @warning blocksToConfirm is 1-based and has to be >= 1
+ */
+ void Record(int blocksToConfirm, double val);
+
+ /** Record a new transaction entering the mempool*/
+ unsigned int NewTx(unsigned int nBlockHeight, double val);
+
+ /** Remove a transaction from mempool tracking stats*/
+ void removeTx(unsigned int entryHeight, unsigned int nBestSeenHeight,
+ unsigned int bucketIndex);
+
+ /** Update our estimates by decaying our historical moving average and updating
+ with the data gathered from the current block */
+ void UpdateMovingAverages();
+
+ /**
+ * Calculate a feerate estimate. Find the lowest value bucket (or range of buckets
+ * to make sure we have enough data points) whose transactions still have sufficient likelihood
+ * of being confirmed within the target number of confirmations
+ * @param confTarget target number of confirmations
+ * @param sufficientTxVal required average number of transactions per block in a bucket range
+ * @param minSuccess the success probability we require
+ * @param requireGreater return the lowest feerate such that all higher values pass minSuccess OR
+ * return the highest feerate such that all lower values fail minSuccess
+ * @param nBlockHeight the current block height
+ */
+ double EstimateMedianVal(int confTarget, double sufficientTxVal,
+ double minSuccess, bool requireGreater, unsigned int nBlockHeight) const;
+
+ /** Return the max number of confirms we're tracking */
+ unsigned int GetMaxConfirms() const { return confAvg.size(); }
+
+ /** Write state of estimation data to a file*/
+ void Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Read saved state of estimation data from a file and replace all internal data structures and
+ * variables with this state.
+ */
+ void Read(CAutoFile& filein);
+};
+
+
+TxConfirmStats::TxConfirmStats(const std::vector<double>& defaultBuckets,
+ unsigned int maxConfirms, double _decay)
{
decay = _decay;
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < defaultBuckets.size(); i++) {
@@ -77,7 +184,7 @@ void TxConfirmStats::UpdateMovingAverages()
// returns -1 on error conditions
double TxConfirmStats::EstimateMedianVal(int confTarget, double sufficientTxVal,
double successBreakPoint, bool requireGreater,
- unsigned int nBlockHeight)
+ unsigned int nBlockHeight) const
{
// Counters for a bucket (or range of buckets)
double nConf = 0; // Number of tx's confirmed within the confTarget
@@ -165,7 +272,7 @@ double TxConfirmStats::EstimateMedianVal(int confTarget, double sufficientTxVal,
}
}
- LogPrint("estimatefee", "%3d: For conf success %s %4.2f need feerate %s: %12.5g from buckets %8g - %8g Cur Bucket stats %6.2f%% %8.1f/(%.1f+%d mempool)\n",
+ LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "%3d: For conf success %s %4.2f need feerate %s: %12.5g from buckets %8g - %8g Cur Bucket stats %6.2f%% %8.1f/(%.1f+%d mempool)\n",
confTarget, requireGreater ? ">" : "<", successBreakPoint,
requireGreater ? ">" : "<", median, buckets[minBucket], buckets[maxBucket],
100 * nConf / (totalNum + extraNum), nConf, totalNum, extraNum);
@@ -173,7 +280,7 @@ double TxConfirmStats::EstimateMedianVal(int confTarget, double sufficientTxVal,
return median;
}
-void TxConfirmStats::Write(CAutoFile& fileout)
+void TxConfirmStats::Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const
{
fileout << decay;
fileout << buckets;
@@ -241,7 +348,7 @@ void TxConfirmStats::Read(CAutoFile& filein)
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < buckets.size(); i++)
bucketMap[buckets[i]] = i;
- LogPrint("estimatefee", "Reading estimates: %u buckets counting confirms up to %u blocks\n",
+ LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Reading estimates: %u buckets counting confirms up to %u blocks\n",
numBuckets, maxConfirms);
}
@@ -260,24 +367,26 @@ void TxConfirmStats::removeTx(unsigned int entryHeight, unsigned int nBestSeenHe
if (nBestSeenHeight == 0) // the BlockPolicyEstimator hasn't seen any blocks yet
blocksAgo = 0;
if (blocksAgo < 0) {
- LogPrint("estimatefee", "Blockpolicy error, blocks ago is negative for mempool tx\n");
+ LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error, blocks ago is negative for mempool tx\n");
return; //This can't happen because we call this with our best seen height, no entries can have higher
}
if (blocksAgo >= (int)unconfTxs.size()) {
- if (oldUnconfTxs[bucketindex] > 0)
+ if (oldUnconfTxs[bucketindex] > 0) {
oldUnconfTxs[bucketindex]--;
- else
- LogPrint("estimatefee", "Blockpolicy error, mempool tx removed from >25 blocks,bucketIndex=%u already\n",
+ } else {
+ LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error, mempool tx removed from >25 blocks,bucketIndex=%u already\n",
bucketindex);
+ }
}
else {
unsigned int blockIndex = entryHeight % unconfTxs.size();
- if (unconfTxs[blockIndex][bucketindex] > 0)
+ if (unconfTxs[blockIndex][bucketindex] > 0) {
unconfTxs[blockIndex][bucketindex]--;
- else
- LogPrint("estimatefee", "Blockpolicy error, mempool tx removed from blockIndex=%u,bucketIndex=%u already\n",
+ } else {
+ LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error, mempool tx removed from blockIndex=%u,bucketIndex=%u already\n",
blockIndex, bucketindex);
+ }
}
}
@@ -288,9 +397,10 @@ void TxConfirmStats::removeTx(unsigned int entryHeight, unsigned int nBestSeenHe
// of no harm to try to remove them again.
bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::removeTx(uint256 hash)
{
+ LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
std::map<uint256, TxStatsInfo>::iterator pos = mapMemPoolTxs.find(hash);
if (pos != mapMemPoolTxs.end()) {
- feeStats.removeTx(pos->second.blockHeight, nBestSeenHeight, pos->second.bucketIndex);
+ feeStats->removeTx(pos->second.blockHeight, nBestSeenHeight, pos->second.bucketIndex);
mapMemPoolTxs.erase(hash);
return true;
} else {
@@ -308,15 +418,21 @@ CBlockPolicyEstimator::CBlockPolicyEstimator()
vfeelist.push_back(bucketBoundary);
}
vfeelist.push_back(INF_FEERATE);
- feeStats.Initialize(vfeelist, MAX_BLOCK_CONFIRMS, DEFAULT_DECAY);
+ feeStats = new TxConfirmStats(vfeelist, MAX_BLOCK_CONFIRMS, DEFAULT_DECAY);
+}
+
+CBlockPolicyEstimator::~CBlockPolicyEstimator()
+{
+ delete feeStats;
}
void CBlockPolicyEstimator::processTransaction(const CTxMemPoolEntry& entry, bool validFeeEstimate)
{
+ LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
unsigned int txHeight = entry.GetHeight();
uint256 hash = entry.GetTx().GetHash();
if (mapMemPoolTxs.count(hash)) {
- LogPrint("estimatefee", "Blockpolicy error mempool tx %s already being tracked\n",
+ LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error mempool tx %s already being tracked\n",
hash.ToString().c_str());
return;
}
@@ -341,7 +457,7 @@ void CBlockPolicyEstimator::processTransaction(const CTxMemPoolEntry& entry, boo
CFeeRate feeRate(entry.GetFee(), entry.GetTxSize());
mapMemPoolTxs[hash].blockHeight = txHeight;
- mapMemPoolTxs[hash].bucketIndex = feeStats.NewTx(txHeight, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
+ mapMemPoolTxs[hash].bucketIndex = feeStats->NewTx(txHeight, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
}
bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::processBlockTx(unsigned int nBlockHeight, const CTxMemPoolEntry* entry)
@@ -358,20 +474,21 @@ bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::processBlockTx(unsigned int nBlockHeight, const CTxM
if (blocksToConfirm <= 0) {
// This can't happen because we don't process transactions from a block with a height
// lower than our greatest seen height
- LogPrint("estimatefee", "Blockpolicy error Transaction had negative blocksToConfirm\n");
+ LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error Transaction had negative blocksToConfirm\n");
return false;
}
// Feerates are stored and reported as BTC-per-kb:
CFeeRate feeRate(entry->GetFee(), entry->GetTxSize());
- feeStats.Record(blocksToConfirm, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
+ feeStats->Record(blocksToConfirm, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
return true;
}
void CBlockPolicyEstimator::processBlock(unsigned int nBlockHeight,
std::vector<const CTxMemPoolEntry*>& entries)
{
+ LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
if (nBlockHeight <= nBestSeenHeight) {
// Ignore side chains and re-orgs; assuming they are random
// they don't affect the estimate.
@@ -387,7 +504,7 @@ void CBlockPolicyEstimator::processBlock(unsigned int nBlockHeight,
nBestSeenHeight = nBlockHeight;
// Clear the current block state and update unconfirmed circular buffer
- feeStats.ClearCurrent(nBlockHeight);
+ feeStats->ClearCurrent(nBlockHeight);
unsigned int countedTxs = 0;
// Repopulate the current block states
@@ -397,23 +514,24 @@ void CBlockPolicyEstimator::processBlock(unsigned int nBlockHeight,
}
// Update all exponential averages with the current block state
- feeStats.UpdateMovingAverages();
+ feeStats->UpdateMovingAverages();
- LogPrint("estimatefee", "Blockpolicy after updating estimates for %u of %u txs in block, since last block %u of %u tracked, new mempool map size %u\n",
+ LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy after updating estimates for %u of %u txs in block, since last block %u of %u tracked, new mempool map size %u\n",
countedTxs, entries.size(), trackedTxs, trackedTxs + untrackedTxs, mapMemPoolTxs.size());
trackedTxs = 0;
untrackedTxs = 0;
}
-CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateFee(int confTarget)
+CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateFee(int confTarget) const
{
+ LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
// Return failure if trying to analyze a target we're not tracking
// It's not possible to get reasonable estimates for confTarget of 1
- if (confTarget <= 1 || (unsigned int)confTarget > feeStats.GetMaxConfirms())
+ if (confTarget <= 1 || (unsigned int)confTarget > feeStats->GetMaxConfirms())
return CFeeRate(0);
- double median = feeStats.EstimateMedianVal(confTarget, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, MIN_SUCCESS_PCT, true, nBestSeenHeight);
+ double median = feeStats->EstimateMedianVal(confTarget, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, MIN_SUCCESS_PCT, true, nBestSeenHeight);
if (median < 0)
return CFeeRate(0);
@@ -421,22 +539,28 @@ CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateFee(int confTarget)
return CFeeRate(median);
}
-CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateSmartFee(int confTarget, int *answerFoundAtTarget, const CTxMemPool& pool)
+CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateSmartFee(int confTarget, int *answerFoundAtTarget, const CTxMemPool& pool) const
{
if (answerFoundAtTarget)
*answerFoundAtTarget = confTarget;
- // Return failure if trying to analyze a target we're not tracking
- if (confTarget <= 0 || (unsigned int)confTarget > feeStats.GetMaxConfirms())
- return CFeeRate(0);
-
- // It's not possible to get reasonable estimates for confTarget of 1
- if (confTarget == 1)
- confTarget = 2;
double median = -1;
- while (median < 0 && (unsigned int)confTarget <= feeStats.GetMaxConfirms()) {
- median = feeStats.EstimateMedianVal(confTarget++, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, MIN_SUCCESS_PCT, true, nBestSeenHeight);
- }
+
+ {
+ LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
+
+ // Return failure if trying to analyze a target we're not tracking
+ if (confTarget <= 0 || (unsigned int)confTarget > feeStats->GetMaxConfirms())
+ return CFeeRate(0);
+
+ // It's not possible to get reasonable estimates for confTarget of 1
+ if (confTarget == 1)
+ confTarget = 2;
+
+ while (median < 0 && (unsigned int)confTarget <= feeStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
+ median = feeStats->EstimateMedianVal(confTarget++, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, MIN_SUCCESS_PCT, true, nBestSeenHeight);
+ }
+ } // Must unlock cs_feeEstimator before taking mempool locks
if (answerFoundAtTarget)
*answerFoundAtTarget = confTarget - 1;
@@ -452,19 +576,40 @@ CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateSmartFee(int confTarget, int *answerFoun
return CFeeRate(median);
}
-void CBlockPolicyEstimator::Write(CAutoFile& fileout)
+bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const
{
- fileout << nBestSeenHeight;
- feeStats.Write(fileout);
+ try {
+ LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
+ fileout << 139900; // version required to read: 0.13.99 or later
+ fileout << CLIENT_VERSION; // version that wrote the file
+ fileout << nBestSeenHeight;
+ feeStats->Write(fileout);
+ }
+ catch (const std::exception&) {
+ LogPrintf("CBlockPolicyEstimator::Write(): unable to write policy estimator data (non-fatal)\n");
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
}
-void CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(CAutoFile& filein, int nFileVersion)
+bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(CAutoFile& filein)
{
- int nFileBestSeenHeight;
- filein >> nFileBestSeenHeight;
- feeStats.Read(filein);
- nBestSeenHeight = nFileBestSeenHeight;
- // if nVersionThatWrote < 139900 then another TxConfirmStats (for priority) follows but can be ignored.
+ try {
+ LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
+ int nVersionRequired, nVersionThatWrote, nFileBestSeenHeight;
+ filein >> nVersionRequired >> nVersionThatWrote;
+ if (nVersionRequired > CLIENT_VERSION)
+ return error("CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(): up-version (%d) fee estimate file", nVersionRequired);
+ filein >> nFileBestSeenHeight;
+ feeStats->Read(filein);
+ nBestSeenHeight = nFileBestSeenHeight;
+ // if nVersionThatWrote < 139900 then another TxConfirmStats (for priority) follows but can be ignored.
+ }
+ catch (const std::exception&) {
+ LogPrintf("CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(): unable to read policy estimator data (non-fatal)\n");
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
}
FeeFilterRounder::FeeFilterRounder(const CFeeRate& minIncrementalFee)