periodically purge lookup cache of expired entries

closes #24

app/Main.hs

@@ -51,4 +51,5 @@ readConfig = do
       , confBootstrapNodes = [(bootstrapHost, read bootstrapPortString)]
       --, confStabiliseInterval = 60
       , confBootstrapSamplingInterval = 180
+      , confMaxLookupCacheAge = 300
                            }

src/Hash2Pub/FediChord.hs

@@ -535,7 +535,8 @@ sendThread sock sendQ = forever $ do
 -- | Sets up and manages the main server threads of FediChord
 fediMainThreads :: Socket -> LocalNodeStateSTM -> IO ()
 fediMainThreads sock nsSTM = do
-    (\x -> putStrLn $ "launching threads, ns: " <> show x) =<< readTVarIO nsSTM
+    ns <- readTVarIO nsSTM
+    putStrLn $ "launching threads, ns: " <> show ns
     sendQ <- newTQueueIO
     recvQ <- newTQueueIO
     -- concurrently launch all handler threads, if one of them throws an exception
@@ -545,9 +546,10 @@ fediMainThreads sock nsSTM = do
         concurrently_ (stabiliseThread nsSTM) $
             concurrently_ (nodeCacheVerifyThread nsSTM) $
                 concurrently_ (convergenceSampleThread nsSTM) $
-                    concurrently_
-                        (sendThread sock sendQ)
-                        (recvThread sock recvQ)
+                    concurrently_ (lookupCacheCleanup $ parentRealNode ns) $
+                        concurrently_
+                            (sendThread sock sendQ)
+                            (recvThread sock recvQ)
 
 
 -- defining this here as, for now, the RequestMap is only used by fediMessageHandler.
@@ -637,3 +639,65 @@ fediMessageHandler sendQ recvQ nsSTM = do
             aMsg
 
         pure ()
+
+
+-- ==== interface to service layer ====
+
+
+-- | Returns the hostname and port of the host responsible for a key.
+-- Information is provided from a cache, only on a cache miss a new DHT lookup
+-- is triggered.
+getKeyResponsibility :: RealNodeSTM -> NodeID -> IO (Maybe (String, PortNumber))
+getKeyResponsibility nodeSTM lookupKey = do
+    node <- readTVarIO nodeSTM
+    cache <- readTVarIO $ lookupCacheSTM node
+    now <- getPOSIXTime
+    let cacheResult = Map.lookup lookupKey cache
+    case cacheResult of
+      Just (CacheEntry _ connInfo ts)
+        | now - ts < confMaxLookupCacheAge (nodeConfig node) -> pure (Just connInfo)
+        | otherwise -> updateLookupCache_ nodeSTM lookupKey
+      Nothing -> updateLookupCache_ nodeSTM lookupKey
+
+
+-- | Triggers a new DHT lookup for a key, updates the lookup cache and returns the
+-- new entry.
+-- If no vserver is active in the DHT, 'Nothing' is returned.
+updateLookupCache_ :: RealNodeSTM -> NodeID -> IO (Maybe (String, PortNumber))
+updateLookupCache_ nodeSTM lookupKey = do
+    (node, lookupSource) <- atomically $ do
+        node <- readTVar nodeSTM
+        let firstVs = headMay (vservers node)
+        lookupSource <- case firstVs of
+                          Nothing -> pure Nothing
+                          Just vs -> Just <$> readTVar vs
+        pure (node, lookupSource)
+    maybe (do
+        -- if no local node available, delete cache entry and return Nothing
+        atomically $ modifyTVar' (lookupCacheSTM node) $ Map.delete lookupKey
+        pure Nothing
+          )
+          (\n -> do
+        -- start a lookup from the node, update the cache with the lookup result and return it
+        newResponsible <- requestQueryID n lookupKey
+        let newEntry = (getDomain newResponsible, getServicePort newResponsible)
+        now <- getPOSIXTime
+        -- atomic update against lost updates
+        atomically $ modifyTVar' (lookupCacheSTM node) $
+            Map.insert lookupKey (CacheEntry False newEntry now)
+        pure $ Just newEntry
+           ) lookupSource
+
+
+-- | Periodically clean the lookup cache from expired entries.
+lookupCacheCleanup :: RealNodeSTM -> IO ()
+lookupCacheCleanup nodeSTM = do
+    node <- readTVarIO nodeSTM
+    forever $ do
+        now <- getPOSIXTime
+        atomically $ modifyTVar' (lookupCacheSTM node) (
+            Map.filter (\(CacheEntry _ _ ts) ->
+                now - ts < confMaxLookupCacheAge (nodeConfig node)
+                       )
+                                                       )
+        threadDelay $ round (confMaxLookupCacheAge $ nodeConfig node) * (10^5)

src/Hash2Pub/FediChordTypes.hs

@@ -607,6 +607,8 @@ data FediChordConf = FediChordConf
     -- ^ list of potential bootstrapping nodes
     , confBootstrapSamplingInterval :: Int
     -- ^ pause between sampling the own ID through bootstrap nodes, in seconds
+    , confMaxLookupCacheAge :: POSIXTime
+    -- ^ maximum age of lookup cache entries in seconds
     }
     deriving (Show, Eq)