update ghc to 8.6.4, nixpkgs base to 20.09

- relaxes some version constraints as dirty update quickfix
- removes hie integration as that project is abandoned, todo: switch to
  haskell-languageserver instead

FediChord.asn1

@@ -6,20 +6,22 @@ Domain ::= VisibleString
 
 Partnum ::= INTEGER (0..150)
 
-Action ::= ENUMERATED {queryID, join, leave, stabilise, ping}
+Action ::= ENUMERATED {queryID, join, leave, stabilise, ping, queryLoad}
 
 Request ::= SEQUENCE {
 	action			Action,
 	requestID		INTEGER (0..4294967295),	-- arbitrarily restricting to an unsigned 32bit integer
+	receiverID		NodeID,
 	sender			NodeState,
 	part			Partnum,	-- part number of this message, starts at 1
 	finalPart		BOOLEAN,	-- flag indicating this `part` to be the last of this reuest
 	actionPayload	CHOICE {
 		queryIDRequestPayload		QueryIDRequestPayload,
 		joinRequestPayload			JoinRequestPayload,
-		leaveRequestPayload		LeaveRequestPayload,
-		stabiliseRequestPayload	StabiliseRequestPayload,
-		pingRequestPayload			PingRequestPayload
+		leaveRequestPayload			LeaveRequestPayload,
+		stabiliseRequestPayload		StabiliseRequestPayload,
+		pingRequestPayload			PingRequestPayload,
+		loadRequestPayload			LoadRequestPayload
 		}			OPTIONAL			-- just for symmetry reasons with response, requests without a payload have no meaning
 	}
 
@@ -34,11 +36,12 @@ Response ::= SEQUENCE {
 	finalPart		BOOLEAN,	-- flag indicating this `part` to be the last of this response
 	action			Action,
 	actionPayload	CHOICE {
-		queryIDResponsePayload	QueryIDResponsePayload,
-		joinResponsePayload		JoinResponsePayload,
+		queryIDResponsePayload		QueryIDResponsePayload,
+		joinResponsePayload			JoinResponsePayload,
 		leaveResponsePayload		LeaveResponsePayload,
 		stabiliseResponsePayload	StabiliseResponsePayload,
-		pingResponsePayload		PingResponsePayload
+		pingResponsePayload			PingResponsePayload,
+		loadResponsePayload			LoadResponsePayload
 		}			OPTIONAL			-- no payload when just ACKing a previous request
 	}
 
@@ -101,5 +104,15 @@ PingRequestPayload ::= NULL		-- do not include a node/ vserver ID, so that
 -- learning all active vserver IDs handled by the server at once
 PingResponsePayload ::= SEQUENCE OF NodeState
 
+LoadRequestPayload ::= SEQUENCE {
+	upperSegmentBound		NodeID
+	}
+
+LoadResponsePayload ::= SEQUENCE {
+	loadSum					REAL,
+	remainingLoadTarget		REAL,
+	totalCapacity			REAL,
+	lowerBound				NodeID
+	}
 
 END

Hash2Pub.cabal

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ category:            Network
 extra-source-files:  CHANGELOG.md
 
 common deps
-  build-depends:       base ^>=4.12.0.0, containers ^>=0.6.0.1, bytestring, utf8-string ^>=1.0.1.1, network ^>=2.8.0.1, time ^>=1.8.0.2, cmdargs ^>= 0.10, cryptonite ^>= 0.25, memory, async, stm, asn1-encoding, asn1-types, asn1-parse, publicsuffix, network-byte-order, safe, iproute, mtl, random, servant, servant-server, servant-client, warp, text, unordered-containers, hashable, unicode-transforms, http-client, http-types, unbounded-delays, dlist, formatting
+  build-depends:       base >=4, containers ^>=0.6.0.1, bytestring, utf8-string ^>=1.0.1.1, network ^>=3.1, time, cmdargs ^>= 0.10, cryptonite, memory, async, stm, asn1-encoding, asn1-types, asn1-parse, publicsuffix, network-byte-order, safe, iproute, mtl, random, servant, servant-server, servant-client, warp, text, unordered-containers, hashable, unicode-transforms, http-client, http-types, unbounded-delays, dlist, formatting
   ghc-options:         -Wall -Wpartial-fields -O2
 
 

app/Main.hs

@@ -18,38 +18,20 @@ main = do
     -- ToDo: parse and pass config
     -- probably use `tomland` for that
     (fConf, sConf) <- readConfig
-    -- TODO: first initialise 'RealNode', then the vservers
     -- ToDo: load persisted caches, bootstrapping nodes …
-    (serverSock, thisNode) <- fediChordInit fConf (runService sConf :: DHT d => d -> IO (PostService d))
-    -- currently no masking is necessary, as there is nothing to clean up
-    nodeCacheWriterThread <- forkIO $ nodeCacheWriter thisNode
-    -- try joining the DHT using one of the provided bootstrapping nodes
-    joinedState <- tryBootstrapJoining thisNode
-    either (\err -> do
-        -- handle unsuccessful join
-
-        putStrLn $ err <> " Error joining, start listening for incoming requests anyways"
-        print =<< readTVarIO thisNode
-        -- launch thread attempting to join on new cache entries
-        _ <- forkIO $ joinOnNewEntriesThread thisNode
-        wait =<< async (fediMainThreads serverSock thisNode)
-           )
-           (\joinedNS -> do
-        -- launch main eventloop with successfully joined state
-        putStrLn "successful join"
-        wait =<< async (fediMainThreads serverSock thisNode)
-           )
-        joinedState
-    pure ()
+    (fediThreads, thisNode) <- fediChordInit fConf (runService sConf :: DHT d => d -> IO (PostService d))
+    -- wait for all DHT threads to terminate, this keeps the main thread running
+    wait fediThreads
 
 
 readConfig :: IO (FediChordConf, ServiceConf)
 readConfig = do
-    confDomainString : ipString : portString : servicePortString : speedupString : remainingArgs <- getArgs
+    confDomainString : ipString : portString : servicePortString : speedupString : loadBalancingEnabled : remainingArgs <- getArgs
     -- allow starting the initial node without bootstrapping info to avoid
     -- waiting for timeout
     let
         speedup = read speedupString
+        statsEvalD = 120 * 10^6 `div` speedup
         confBootstrapNodes' = case remainingArgs of
             bootstrapHost : bootstrapPortString : _ ->
                 [(bootstrapHost, read bootstrapPortString)]
@@ -67,6 +49,11 @@ readConfig = do
           , confResponsePurgeAge = 60 / fromIntegral speedup
           , confRequestTimeout = 5 * 10^6 `div` speedup
           , confRequestRetries = 3
+          , confEnableKChoices = loadBalancingEnabled /= "off"
+          , confKChoicesOverload = 0.9
+          , confKChoicesUnderload = 0.1
+          , confKChoicesMaxVS = 8
+          , confKChoicesRebalanceInterval = round  (realToFrac statsEvalD * 1.1 :: Double)
           }
         sConf = ServiceConf
           { confSubscriptionExpiryTime = 24*3600 / fromIntegral speedup
@@ -74,7 +61,7 @@ readConfig = do
           , confServiceHost = confDomainString
           , confLogfilePath = "../simulationData/logs/" <> confDomainString <> ".log"
           , confSpeedupFactor = speedup
-          , confStatsEvalDelay = 120 * 10^6 `div` speedup
+          , confStatsEvalDelay = statsEvalD
           }
     pure (fConf, sConf)
 

default.nix

@@ -1,26 +1,18 @@
 {
-  compiler ? "ghc865",
-  withHIE ? false
+  compiler ? "ghc884"
 }:
 
 let
-  # pin all-hies for getting the language server
-  all-hies = fetchTarball {
-    url = "https://github.com/infinisil/all-hies/tarball/b8fb659620b99b4a393922abaa03a1695e2ca64d";
-    sha256 = "sha256:0br6wsqpfk1lzz90f7zw439w1ir2p54268qilw9l2pk6yz7ganfx";
-  };
   pkgs = import (
     builtins.fetchGit {
       name = "nixpkgs-pinned";
       url = https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/;
-      ref = "refs/heads/release-20.03";
-      rev = "de3780b937d2984f9b5e20d191f23be4f857b3aa";
+      ref = "refs/heads/release-20.09";
+      rev = "e065200fc90175a8f6e50e76ef10a48786126e1c";
     }) {
       # Pass no config for purity
           config = {};
-              overlays = [
-                      (import all-hies {}).overlay
-                          ];
+              overlays = [];
     };
   hp = pkgs.haskell.packages."${compiler}";
   src = pkgs.nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [] ./.;
@@ -38,7 +30,6 @@ in
         hlint
         stylish-haskell
         pkgs.python3Packages.asn1ate
-      ]
-      ++ (if withHIE then [ hie ] else []);
+      ];
   };
 }

shell.nix

@@ -1 +1 @@
-(import ./default.nix {withHIE = true;}).shell
+(import ./default.nix {}).shell

src/Hash2Pub/ASN1Coding.hs

@@ -184,6 +184,19 @@ encodePayload payload'@PingResponsePayload{} =
     Start Sequence
   : concatMap encodeNodeState (pingNodeStates payload')
   <> [End Sequence]
+encodePayload payload'@LoadRequestPayload{} =
+  [ Start Sequence
+  , IntVal . getNodeID $ loadSegmentUpperBound payload'
+  , End Sequence
+  ]
+encodePayload payload'@LoadResponsePayload{} =
+  [ Start Sequence
+  , Real $ loadSum payload'
+  , Real $ loadRemainingTarget payload'
+  , Real $ loadTotalCapacity payload'
+  , IntVal . getNodeID $ loadSegmentLowerBound payload'
+  , End Sequence
+  ]
 
 encodeNodeState :: NodeState a => a -> [ASN1]
 encodeNodeState ns = [
@@ -193,7 +206,7 @@ encodeNodeState ns = [
   , OctetString (ipAddrAsBS $ getIpAddr ns)
   , IntVal (toInteger . getDhtPort $ ns)
   , IntVal (toInteger . getServicePort $ ns)
-  , IntVal (getVServerID ns)
+  , IntVal (toInteger $ getVServerID ns)
   , End Sequence
                      ]
 
@@ -215,10 +228,11 @@ encodeQueryResult FORWARD{} = Enumerated 1
 encodeMessage :: FediChordMessage   -- ^ the 'FediChordMessage to be encoded
               -> [ASN1]
 encodeMessage
-    (Request requestID sender part isFinalPart action requestPayload) =
+    (Request requestID receiverID sender part isFinalPart action requestPayload) =
         Start Sequence
       : (Enumerated . fromIntegral . fromEnum $ action)
       : IntVal requestID
+      : (IntVal . getNodeID $ receiverID)
       : encodeNodeState sender
       <> [IntVal part
         , Boolean isFinalPart]
@@ -262,18 +276,20 @@ parseMessage = do
 parseRequest :: Action -> ParseASN1 FediChordMessage
 parseRequest action = do
     requestID <- parseInteger
+    receiverID' <- fromInteger <$> parseInteger
     sender <- parseNodeState
     part <- parseInteger
     isFinalPart <- parseBool
     hasPayload <- hasNext
     payload <- if not hasPayload then pure Nothing else Just <$> case action of
-                 QueryID   -> parseQueryIDRequest
-                 Join      -> parseJoinRequest
-                 Leave     -> parseLeaveRequest
-                 Stabilise -> parseStabiliseRequest
-                 Ping      -> parsePingRequest
+                 QueryID   -> parseQueryIDRequestPayload
+                 Join      -> parseJoinRequestPayload
+                 Leave     -> parseLeaveRequestPayload
+                 Stabilise -> parseStabiliseRequestPayload
+                 Ping      -> parsePingRequestPayload
+                 QueryLoad -> parseLoadRequestPayload
 
-    pure $ Request requestID sender part isFinalPart action payload
+    pure $ Request requestID receiverID' sender part isFinalPart action payload
 
 parseResponse :: Integer -> ParseASN1 FediChordMessage
 parseResponse requestID = do
@@ -283,11 +299,12 @@ parseResponse requestID = do
     action <- parseEnum :: ParseASN1 Action
     hasPayload <- hasNext
     payload <- if not hasPayload then pure Nothing else Just <$> case action of
-                 QueryID   -> parseQueryIDResponse
-                 Join      -> parseJoinResponse
-                 Leave     -> parseLeaveResponse
-                 Stabilise -> parseStabiliseResponse
-                 Ping      -> parsePingResponse
+                 QueryID   -> parseQueryIDResponsePayload
+                 Join      -> parseJoinResponsePayload
+                 Leave     -> parseLeaveResponsePayload
+                 Stabilise -> parseStabiliseResponsePayload
+                 Ping      -> parsePingResponsePayload
+                 QueryLoad -> parseLoadResponsePayload
 
     pure $ Response requestID senderID part isFinalPart action payload
 
@@ -305,6 +322,13 @@ parseInteger = do
         IntVal parsed -> pure parsed
         x -> throwParseError $ "Expected IntVal but got " <> show x
 
+parseReal :: ParseASN1 Double
+parseReal = do
+    i <- getNext
+    case i of
+      Real parsed -> pure parsed
+      x           -> throwParseError $ "Expected Real but got " <> show x
+
 parseEnum :: Enum a => ParseASN1 a
 parseEnum = do
     e <- getNext
@@ -346,7 +370,7 @@ parseNodeState = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
       , domain = domain'
       , dhtPort = dhtPort'
       , servicePort = servicePort'
-      , vServerID = vServer'
+      , vServerID = fromInteger vServer'
       , ipAddr = ip'
                      }
 
@@ -360,13 +384,13 @@ parseCacheEntry = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
 parseNodeCache :: ParseASN1 [RemoteCacheEntry]
 parseNodeCache = onNextContainer Sequence $ getMany parseCacheEntry
 
-parseJoinRequest :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
-parseJoinRequest = do
+parseJoinRequestPayload :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
+parseJoinRequestPayload = do
     parseNull
     pure JoinRequestPayload
 
-parseJoinResponse :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
-parseJoinResponse = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
+parseJoinResponsePayload :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
+parseJoinResponsePayload = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
     succ' <- onNextContainer Sequence (getMany parseNodeState)
     pred' <- onNextContainer Sequence (getMany parseNodeState)
     cache <- parseNodeCache
@@ -376,8 +400,8 @@ parseJoinResponse = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
       , joinCache = cache
                                  }
 
-parseQueryIDRequest :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
-parseQueryIDRequest = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
+parseQueryIDRequestPayload :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
+parseQueryIDRequestPayload = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
     targetID <- fromInteger <$> parseInteger
     lBestNodes <- parseInteger
     pure $ QueryIDRequestPayload {
@@ -385,8 +409,8 @@ parseQueryIDRequest = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
       , queryLBestNodes = lBestNodes
                                    }
 
-parseQueryIDResponse :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
-parseQueryIDResponse = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
+parseQueryIDResponsePayload :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
+parseQueryIDResponsePayload = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
     Enumerated resultType <- getNext
     result <- case resultType of
                   0 -> FOUND <$> parseNodeState
@@ -396,13 +420,13 @@ parseQueryIDResponse = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
         queryResult = result
                            }
 
-parseStabiliseRequest :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
-parseStabiliseRequest = do
+parseStabiliseRequestPayload :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
+parseStabiliseRequestPayload = do
     parseNull
     pure StabiliseRequestPayload
 
-parseStabiliseResponse :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
-parseStabiliseResponse = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
+parseStabiliseResponsePayload :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
+parseStabiliseResponsePayload = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
     succ' <- onNextContainer Sequence (getMany parseNodeState)
     pred' <- onNextContainer Sequence (getMany parseNodeState)
     pure $ StabiliseResponsePayload {
@@ -410,8 +434,8 @@ parseStabiliseResponse = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
       , stabilisePredecessors = pred'
                                       }
 
-parseLeaveRequest :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
-parseLeaveRequest = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
+parseLeaveRequestPayload :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
+parseLeaveRequestPayload = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
     succ' <- onNextContainer Sequence (getMany parseNodeState)
     pred' <- onNextContainer Sequence (getMany parseNodeState)
     doMigration <- parseBool
@@ -421,19 +445,40 @@ parseLeaveRequest = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
       , leaveDoMigration = doMigration
                                       }
 
-parseLeaveResponse :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
-parseLeaveResponse = do
+parseLeaveResponsePayload :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
+parseLeaveResponsePayload = do
     parseNull
     pure LeaveResponsePayload
 
-parsePingRequest :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
-parsePingRequest = do
+parsePingRequestPayload :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
+parsePingRequestPayload = do
     parseNull
     pure PingRequestPayload
 
-parsePingResponse :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
-parsePingResponse = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
+parsePingResponsePayload :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
+parsePingResponsePayload = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
     handledNodes <- getMany parseNodeState
     pure $ PingResponsePayload {
         pingNodeStates = handledNodes
                                  }
+
+parseLoadRequestPayload :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
+parseLoadRequestPayload = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
+    loadUpperBound' <- fromInteger <$> parseInteger
+    pure LoadRequestPayload
+        { loadSegmentUpperBound = loadUpperBound'
+        }
+
+parseLoadResponsePayload :: ParseASN1 ActionPayload
+parseLoadResponsePayload = onNextContainer Sequence $ do
+    loadSum' <- parseReal
+    loadRemainingTarget' <- parseReal
+    loadTotalCapacity' <- parseReal
+    loadSegmentLowerBound' <- fromInteger <$> parseInteger
+    pure LoadResponsePayload
+        { loadSum = loadSum'
+        , loadRemainingTarget = loadRemainingTarget'
+        , loadTotalCapacity = loadTotalCapacity'
+        , loadSegmentLowerBound = loadSegmentLowerBound'
+        }
+

src/Hash2Pub/DHTProtocol.hs

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ module Hash2Pub.DHTProtocol
     , Action(..)
     , ActionPayload(..)
     , FediChordMessage(..)
+    , mkRequest
     , maximumParts
     , sendQueryIdMessages
     , requestQueryID
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ module Hash2Pub.DHTProtocol
     , requestLeave
     , requestPing
     , requestStabilise
+    , requestQueryLoad
     , lookupMessage
     , sendRequestTo
     , queryIdLookupLoop
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ module Hash2Pub.DHTProtocol
     , isPossibleSuccessor
     , isPossiblePredecessor
     , isInOwnResponsibilitySlice
-    , isJoined
+    , vsIsJoined
     , closestCachePredecessors
     )
         where
@@ -49,7 +51,8 @@ import           Control.Concurrent.STM.TQueue
 import           Control.Concurrent.STM.TVar
 import           Control.Exception
 import           Control.Monad                  (foldM, forM, forM_, void, when)
-import           Control.Monad.Except           (MonadError (..), runExceptT)
+import           Control.Monad.Except           (MonadError (..), liftEither,
+                                                 runExceptT)
 import           Control.Monad.IO.Class         (MonadIO (..))
 import qualified Data.ByteString                as BS
 import           Data.Either                    (rights)
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ import           Data.Maybe                     (fromJust, fromMaybe, isJust,
                                                  isNothing, mapMaybe, maybe)
 import qualified Data.Set                       as Set
 import           Data.Time.Clock.POSIX
+import           Data.Word                      (Word8)
 import           Network.Socket                 hiding (recv, recvFrom, send,
                                                  sendTo)
 import           Network.Socket.ByteString
@@ -74,23 +78,27 @@ import           Hash2Pub.ASN1Coding
 import           Hash2Pub.FediChordTypes        (CacheEntry (..),
                                                  CacheEntry (..),
                                                  FediChordConf (..),
-                                                 HasKeyID (..),
+                                                 HasKeyID (..), LoadStats (..),
                                                  LocalNodeState (..),
                                                  LocalNodeStateSTM, NodeCache,
                                                  NodeID, NodeState (..),
                                                  RealNode (..), RealNodeSTM,
                                                  RemoteNodeState (..),
                                                  RingEntry (..), RingMap (..),
+                                                 SegmentLoadStats (..),
                                                  Service (..), addRMapEntry,
                                                  addRMapEntryWith,
                                                  cacheGetNodeStateUnvalidated,
                                                  cacheLookup, cacheLookupPred,
                                                  cacheLookupSucc, genNodeID,
-                                                 getKeyID, localCompare,
+                                                 getKeyID, hasValidNodeId,
+                                                 loadSliceSum, localCompare,
                                                  rMapFromList, rMapLookupPred,
                                                  rMapLookupSucc,
+                                                 remainingLoadTarget,
                                                  setPredecessors, setSuccessors)
 import           Hash2Pub.ProtocolTypes
+import           Hash2Pub.RingMap
 
 import           Debug.Trace                    (trace)
 
@@ -103,7 +111,7 @@ queryLocalCache ownState nCache lBestNodes targetID
     -- as target ID falls between own ID and first predecessor, it is handled by this node
     -- This only makes sense if the node is part of the DHT by having joined.
     -- A default answer to nodes querying an unjoined node is provided by 'respondQueryID'.
-      | isJoined ownState && targetID `isInOwnResponsibilitySlice` ownState = FOUND . toRemoteNodeState $ ownState
+      | vsIsJoined ownState && targetID `isInOwnResponsibilitySlice` ownState = FOUND . toRemoteNodeState $ ownState
     -- my interpretation: the "l best next hops" are the l-1 closest preceding nodes and
     -- the closest succeeding node (like with the p initiated parallel queries
       | otherwise = FORWARD $ closestSuccessor `Set.union` closestCachePredecessors (lBestNodes-1) targetID nCache
@@ -227,8 +235,8 @@ markCacheEntryAsVerified timestamp nid = RingMap . Map.adjust adjustFunc nid . g
 
 -- | uses the successor and predecessor list of a node as an indicator for whether a
 -- node has properly joined the DHT
-isJoined :: LocalNodeState s -> Bool
-isJoined ns = not . all null $ [successors ns, predecessors ns]
+vsIsJoined :: LocalNodeState s -> Bool
+vsIsJoined ns = not . all null $ [successors ns, predecessors ns]
 
 -- | the size limit to be used when serialising messages for sending
 sendMessageSize :: Num i => i
@@ -237,27 +245,37 @@ sendMessageSize = 1200
 -- ====== message send and receive operations ======
 
 -- encode the response to a request that just signals successful receipt
-ackRequest :: NodeID -> FediChordMessage -> Map.Map Integer BS.ByteString
-ackRequest ownID req@Request{} = serialiseMessage sendMessageSize $ Response {
+ackRequest :: FediChordMessage -> Map.Map Integer BS.ByteString
+ackRequest req@Request{} = serialiseMessage sendMessageSize $ Response {
     requestID = requestID req
-  , senderID = ownID
+  , senderID = receiverID req
   , part = part req
   , isFinalPart = False
   , action = action req
   , payload = Nothing
                                                                              }
-ackRequest _ _ = Map.empty
+ackRequest _ = Map.empty
+
+
+-- | extract the first payload from a received message set
+extractFirstPayload :: Set.Set FediChordMessage -> Maybe ActionPayload
+extractFirstPayload msgSet = foldr' (\msg plAcc ->
+    if isNothing plAcc && isJust (payload msg)
+       then payload msg
+       else plAcc
+                                 ) Nothing msgSet
 
 
 -- | Dispatch incoming requests to the dedicated handling and response function, and enqueue
 -- the response to be sent.
 handleIncomingRequest :: Service s (RealNodeSTM s)
-                      => LocalNodeStateSTM s                     -- ^ the handling node
+                      => Word8                              -- ^ maximum number of vservers, because of decision to @dropSpoofedIDs@ in here and not already in @fediMessageHandler@
+                      -> LocalNodeStateSTM s                     -- ^ the handling node
                       -> TQueue (BS.ByteString, SockAddr)   -- ^ send queue
                       -> Set.Set FediChordMessage           -- ^ all parts of the request to handle
                       -> SockAddr                           -- ^ source address of the request
                       -> IO ()
-handleIncomingRequest nsSTM sendQ msgSet sourceAddr = do
+handleIncomingRequest vsLimit nsSTM sendQ msgSet sourceAddr = do
     ns <- readTVarIO nsSTM
     -- add nodestate to cache
     now <- getPOSIXTime
@@ -265,19 +283,20 @@ handleIncomingRequest nsSTM sendQ msgSet sourceAddr = do
       Nothing -> pure ()
       Just aPart -> do
         let (SockAddrInet6 _ _ sourceIP _) = sourceAddr
-        queueAddEntries (Identity $ RemoteCacheEntry (sender aPart) now) ns
+        queueAddEntries (Identity $ RemoteCacheEntry (sender aPart) now) (cacheWriteQueue ns)
         -- distinguish on whether and how to respond. If responding, pass message to response generating function and write responses to send queue
         maybe (pure ()) (
             mapM_ (\resp -> atomically $ writeTQueue sendQ (resp, sourceAddr))
                         )
             =<< (case action aPart of
                 Ping -> Just <$> respondPing nsSTM msgSet
-                Join -> dropSpoofedIDs sourceIP nsSTM msgSet respondJoin
+                Join -> dropSpoofedIDs vsLimit sourceIP nsSTM msgSet respondJoin
                 -- ToDo: figure out what happens if not joined
                 QueryID -> Just <$> respondQueryID nsSTM msgSet
                 -- only when joined
-                Leave -> if isJoined ns then dropSpoofedIDs sourceIP nsSTM msgSet respondLeave else pure Nothing
-                Stabilise -> if isJoined ns then dropSpoofedIDs sourceIP nsSTM msgSet respondStabilise else pure Nothing
+                Leave -> if vsIsJoined ns then dropSpoofedIDs vsLimit sourceIP nsSTM msgSet respondLeave else pure Nothing
+                Stabilise -> if vsIsJoined ns then dropSpoofedIDs vsLimit sourceIP nsSTM msgSet respondStabilise else pure Nothing
+                QueryLoad -> if vsIsJoined ns then Just <$> respondQueryLoad nsSTM msgSet else pure Nothing
             )
       -- for single part request, response starts with part number 1. For multipart requests, response starts with part number n+1.
 
@@ -287,19 +306,18 @@ handleIncomingRequest nsSTM sendQ msgSet sourceAddr = do
       -- | Filter out requests with spoofed node IDs by recomputing the ID using
       -- the sender IP.
       -- For valid (non-spoofed) sender IDs, the passed responder function is invoked.
-      dropSpoofedIDs :: HostAddress6        -- msg source address
+      dropSpoofedIDs :: Word8       -- ^ maximum number of vservers per node
+                     -> HostAddress6        -- ^ msg source address
                      -> LocalNodeStateSTM s
-                     -> Set.Set FediChordMessage    -- message parts of the request
-                     -> (LocalNodeStateSTM s -> Set.Set FediChordMessage -> IO (Map.Map Integer BS.ByteString))     -- reponder function to be invoked for valid requests
+                     -> Set.Set FediChordMessage    -- ^ message parts of the request
+                     -> (LocalNodeStateSTM s -> Set.Set FediChordMessage -> IO (Map.Map Integer BS.ByteString))     -- ^ reponder function to be invoked for valid requests
                      -> IO (Maybe (Map.Map Integer BS.ByteString))
-      dropSpoofedIDs addr nsSTM' msgSet' responder =
+      dropSpoofedIDs limVs addr nsSTM' msgSet' responder =
           let
             aRequestPart = Set.elemAt 0 msgSet
             senderNs = sender aRequestPart
-            givenSenderID = getNid senderNs
-            recomputedID = genNodeID addr (getDomain senderNs) (fromInteger $ getVServerID senderNs)
           in
-          if recomputedID == givenSenderID
+          if hasValidNodeId limVs senderNs addr
              then Just <$> responder nsSTM' msgSet'
              else pure Nothing
 
@@ -317,19 +335,15 @@ respondQueryID nsSTM msgSet = do
     let
         aRequestPart = Set.elemAt 0 msgSet
         senderID = getNid . sender $ aRequestPart
-        senderPayload = foldr' (\msg plAcc ->
-            if isNothing plAcc && isJust (payload msg)
-               then payload msg
-               else plAcc
-                               ) Nothing msgSet
-    -- return only empty message serialisation if no payload was included in parts
+        senderPayload = extractFirstPayload msgSet
+        -- return only empty message serialisation if no payload was included in parts
     maybe (pure Map.empty) (\senderPayload' -> do
         responseMsg <- atomically $ do
             nsSnap <- readTVar nsSTM
             cache <- readTVar $ nodeCacheSTM nsSnap
             let
                 responsePayload = QueryIDResponsePayload {
-                    queryResult = if isJoined nsSnap
+                    queryResult = if vsIsJoined nsSnap
                                      then queryLocalCache nsSnap cache (fromIntegral $ queryLBestNodes senderPayload') (queryTargetID senderPayload')
                                      -- if not joined yet, attract responsibility for
                                      -- all keys to make bootstrapping possible
@@ -422,6 +436,47 @@ respondPing nsSTM msgSet = do
                                 }
     pure $ serialiseMessage sendMessageSize pingResponse
 
+respondQueryLoad :: Service s (RealNodeSTM s) => LocalNodeStateSTM s -> Set.Set FediChordMessage -> IO (Map.Map Integer BS.ByteString)
+respondQueryLoad nsSTM msgSet = do
+    nsSnap <- readTVarIO nsSTM
+    -- this message cannot be split reasonably, so just
+    -- consider the first payload
+    let
+        aRequestPart = Set.elemAt 0 msgSet
+        senderPayload = extractFirstPayload msgSet
+    responsePl <- maybe (pure Nothing) (\pl ->
+        case pl of
+          LoadRequestPayload{} -> do
+            parentNode <- readTVarIO (parentRealNode nsSnap)
+            let
+                serv = nodeService parentNode
+                conf = nodeConfig parentNode
+            lStats <- getServiceLoadStats serv
+            let
+                directSucc = getNid . head . predecessors $ nsSnap
+                handledTagSum = loadSliceSum lStats directSucc (loadSegmentUpperBound pl)
+            pure $ Just LoadResponsePayload
+                { loadSum = handledTagSum
+                , loadRemainingTarget = remainingLoadTarget conf lStats
+                , loadTotalCapacity = totalCapacity lStats
+                , loadSegmentLowerBound = directSucc
+                }
+          _ -> pure Nothing
+                           )
+                           senderPayload
+
+    pure $ maybe
+        Map.empty
+        (\pl -> serialiseMessage sendMessageSize $ Response
+            { requestID = requestID aRequestPart
+            , senderID = getNid nsSnap
+            , part = if Set.size msgSet == 1 then 1 else fromIntegral $ Set.size msgSet + 1
+            , isFinalPart = False
+            , action = QueryLoad
+            , payload = Just pl
+            }
+        ) responsePl
+
 
 respondJoin :: Service s (RealNodeSTM s) => LocalNodeStateSTM s -> Set.Set FediChordMessage -> IO (Map.Map Integer BS.ByteString)
 respondJoin nsSTM msgSet = do
@@ -434,7 +489,7 @@ respondJoin nsSTM msgSet = do
             senderNS = sender aRequestPart
             -- if not joined yet, attract responsibility for
             -- all keys to make bootstrapping possible
-            responsibilityLookup = if isJoined nsSnap then queryLocalCache nsSnap cache 1 (getNid senderNS) else FOUND (toRemoteNodeState nsSnap)
+            responsibilityLookup = if vsIsJoined nsSnap then queryLocalCache nsSnap cache 1 (getNid senderNS) else FOUND (toRemoteNodeState nsSnap)
             thisNodeResponsible (FOUND _)   = True
             thisNodeResponsible (FORWARD _) = False
         -- check whether the joining node falls into our responsibility
@@ -481,6 +536,21 @@ respondJoin nsSTM msgSet = do
 
 -- ....... request sending .......
 
+-- | defautl constructor for request messages, fills standard values like
+-- part number to avoid code repition
+mkRequest :: LocalNodeState s -> NodeID -> Action -> Maybe ActionPayload -> (Integer -> FediChordMessage)
+mkRequest ns targetID action pl rid = Request
+    { requestID = rid
+    , receiverID = targetID
+    , sender = toRemoteNodeState ns
+    -- part number and final flag can be changed by ASN1 encoder to make packet
+    -- fit the MTU restrictions
+    , part = 1
+    , isFinalPart = True
+    , action = action
+    , payload = pl
+    }
+
 -- | send a join request and return the joined 'LocalNodeState' including neighbours
 requestJoin :: (NodeState a, Service s (RealNodeSTM s)) => a             -- ^ currently responsible node to be contacted
             -> LocalNodeStateSTM s               -- ^ joining NodeState
@@ -492,7 +562,7 @@ requestJoin toJoinOn ownStateSTM = do
     let srcAddr = confIP nodeConf
     bracket (mkSendSocket srcAddr (getDomain toJoinOn) (getDhtPort toJoinOn)) close (\sock -> do
         -- extract own state for getting request information
-        responses <- sendRequestTo (confRequestTimeout nodeConf) (confRequestRetries nodeConf) (\rid -> Request rid (toRemoteNodeState ownState) 1 True Join (Just JoinRequestPayload)) sock
+        responses <- sendRequestTo (confRequestTimeout nodeConf) (confRequestRetries nodeConf) (mkRequest ownState (getNid toJoinOn) Join (Just JoinRequestPayload)) sock
         (cacheInsertQ, joinedState) <- atomically $ do
             stateSnap <- readTVar ownStateSTM
             let
@@ -523,7 +593,7 @@ requestJoin toJoinOn ownStateSTM = do
             writeTVar ownStateSTM newState
             pure (cacheInsertQ, newState)
         -- execute the cache insertions
-        mapM_ (\f -> f joinedState) cacheInsertQ
+        mapM_ (\f -> f (cacheWriteQueue joinedState)) cacheInsertQ
         if responses == Set.empty
                   then pure . Left $ "join error: got no response from " <> show (getNid toJoinOn)
            else do
@@ -581,14 +651,14 @@ sendQueryIdMessages :: (Integral i)
                     -> Maybe i                       -- ^ optionally provide an explicit @l@ parameter of number of nodes to be returned
                    -> [RemoteNodeState]             -- ^ nodes to query
                    -> IO QueryResponse -- ^ accumulated response
-sendQueryIdMessages targetID ns lParam targets = do
+sendQueryIdMessages lookupID ns lParam targets = do
 
           -- create connected sockets to all query targets and use them for request handling
 
           nodeConf <- nodeConfig <$> readTVarIO (parentRealNode ns)
           let srcAddr = confIP nodeConf
           queryThreads <- mapM (\resultNode -> async $ bracket (mkSendSocket srcAddr (getDomain resultNode) (getDhtPort resultNode)) close (
-              sendRequestTo (confRequestTimeout nodeConf) (confRequestRetries nodeConf) (lookupMessage targetID ns Nothing)
+              sendRequestTo (confRequestTimeout nodeConf) (confRequestRetries nodeConf) (lookupMessage lookupID ns Nothing (getNid resultNode))
                                                                                                                                    )) targets
           -- ToDo: process results immediately instead of waiting for the last one to finish, see https://stackoverflow.com/a/38815224/9198613
           -- ToDo: exception handling, maybe log them
@@ -605,7 +675,7 @@ sendQueryIdMessages targetID ns lParam targets = do
                              _ -> Set.empty
 
             -- forward entries to global cache
-            queueAddEntries entrySet ns
+            queueAddEntries entrySet (cacheWriteQueue ns)
             -- return accumulated QueryResult
             pure $ case acc of
               -- once a FOUND as been encountered, return this as a result
@@ -621,13 +691,14 @@ sendQueryIdMessages targetID ns lParam targets = do
 
 -- | Create a QueryID message to be supplied to 'sendRequestTo'
 lookupMessage :: Integral i
-              => NodeID         -- ^ target ID
+              => NodeID         -- ^ lookup ID to be looked up
               -> LocalNodeState s -- ^ sender node state
               -> Maybe i        -- ^ optionally provide a different l parameter
+              -> NodeID         -- ^ target ID of message destination
               ->  (Integer -> FediChordMessage)
-lookupMessage targetID ns lParam = \rID -> Request rID (toRemoteNodeState ns) 1 True QueryID (Just $ pl ns targetID)
+lookupMessage lookupID ns lParam targetID = mkRequest ns targetID QueryID (Just $ pl ns lookupID)
   where
-    pl ns' targetID' = QueryIDRequestPayload { queryTargetID = targetID', queryLBestNodes = maybe (fromIntegral $ lNumBestNodes ns) fromIntegral lParam }
+      pl ns' lookupID' = QueryIDRequestPayload { queryTargetID = lookupID', queryLBestNodes = maybe (fromIntegral $ lNumBestNodes ns') fromIntegral lParam }
 
 
 -- | Send a stabilise request to provided 'RemoteNode' and, if successful,
@@ -638,16 +709,7 @@ requestStabilise :: LocalNodeState s      -- ^ sending node
 requestStabilise ns neighbour = do
     nodeConf <- nodeConfig <$> readTVarIO (parentRealNode ns)
     let srcAddr = confIP nodeConf
-    responses <- bracket (mkSendSocket srcAddr (getDomain neighbour) (getDhtPort neighbour)) close (fmap Right . sendRequestTo (confRequestTimeout nodeConf) (confRequestRetries nodeConf) (\rid ->
-        Request {
-            requestID = rid
-          , sender = toRemoteNodeState ns
-          , part = 1
-          , isFinalPart = False
-          , action = Stabilise
-          , payload = Just StabiliseRequestPayload
-                }
-                         )
+    responses <- bracket (mkSendSocket srcAddr (getDomain neighbour) (getDhtPort neighbour)) close (fmap Right . sendRequestTo (confRequestTimeout nodeConf) (confRequestRetries nodeConf) (mkRequest ns (getNid neighbour) Stabilise (Just StabiliseRequestPayload))
                                                                                            ) `catch`  (\e -> pure . Left $ displayException (e :: IOException))
     either
         -- forward IO error messages
@@ -660,7 +722,7 @@ requestStabilise ns neighbour = do
                                                       )
                                                       ([],[]) respSet
             -- update successfully responded neighbour in cache
-            maybe (pure ()) (\p -> queueUpdateVerifieds (Identity $ senderID p) ns) $ headMay (Set.elems respSet)
+            maybe (pure ()) (\p -> queueUpdateVerifieds (Identity $ senderID p) (cacheWriteQueue ns)) $ headMay (Set.elems respSet)
             pure $ if null responsePreds && null responseSuccs
                       then Left "no neighbours returned"
                       else Right (responsePreds, responseSuccs)
@@ -682,17 +744,12 @@ requestLeave ns doMigration target = do
       , leavePredecessors = predecessors ns
       , leaveDoMigration = doMigration
                                            }
-    responses <- bracket (mkSendSocket srcAddr (getDomain target) (getDhtPort target)) close (fmap Right . sendRequestTo (confRequestTimeout nodeConf) (confRequestRetries nodeConf) (\rid ->
-        Request {
-            requestID = rid
-          , sender = toRemoteNodeState ns
-          , part = 1
-          , isFinalPart = False
-          , action = Leave
-          , payload = Just leavePayload
-                }
-                         )
-                                                                                           ) `catch`  (\e -> pure . Left $ displayException (e :: IOException))
+    responses <- bracket
+        (mkSendSocket srcAddr (getDomain target) (getDhtPort target))
+        close
+        (fmap Right
+        . sendRequestTo (confRequestTimeout nodeConf) (confRequestRetries nodeConf) (mkRequest ns (getNid target) Leave (Just leavePayload))
+        ) `catch`  (\e -> pure . Left $ displayException (e :: IOException))
     either
         -- forward IO error messages
         (pure . Left)
@@ -708,16 +765,7 @@ requestPing ns target = do
     let srcAddr = confIP nodeConf
     responses <- bracket (mkSendSocket srcAddr (getDomain target) (getDhtPort target)) close
         (\sock -> do
-            resp <- sendRequestTo (confRequestTimeout nodeConf) (confRequestRetries nodeConf) (\rid ->
-                Request {
-                    requestID = rid
-                  , sender = toRemoteNodeState ns
-                  , part = 1
-                  , isFinalPart = False
-                  , action = Ping
-                  , payload = Just PingRequestPayload
-                        }
-                             ) sock
+            resp <- sendRequestTo (confRequestTimeout nodeConf) (confRequestRetries nodeConf) (mkRequest ns (getNid target) Ping (Just PingRequestPayload)) sock
             (SockAddrInet6 _ _ peerAddr _) <- getPeerName sock
             pure $ Right (peerAddr, resp)
                                                                                                ) `catch`  (\e -> pure . Left $ displayException (e :: IOException))
@@ -733,10 +781,9 @@ requestPing ns target = do
             -- recompute ID for each received node and mark as verified in cache
             now <- getPOSIXTime
             forM_ responseVss (\vs ->
-                let recomputedID = genNodeID peerAddr (getDomain vs) (fromInteger $ getVServerID vs)
-                 in if recomputedID == getNid vs
-                       then atomically $ writeTQueue (cacheWriteQueue ns) $ addNodeAsVerifiedPure now vs
-                       else pure ()
+                if hasValidNodeId (confKChoicesMaxVS nodeConf) vs peerAddr
+                   then atomically $ writeTQueue (cacheWriteQueue ns) $ addNodeAsVerifiedPure now vs
+                   else pure ()
                               )
             pure $ if null responseVss
                       then Left "no active vServer IDs returned, ignoring node"
@@ -744,6 +791,37 @@ requestPing ns target = do
         ) responses
 
 
+-- still need a particular vserver as LocalNodeState, because requests need a sender
+requestQueryLoad :: (MonadError String m, MonadIO m)
+                 => LocalNodeState s    -- ^ the local source vserver for the request
+                 -> NodeID              -- ^ upper bound of the segment queried, lower bound is set automatically by the queried node
+                 -> RemoteNodeState     -- ^ target node to query
+                 -> m SegmentLoadStats
+requestQueryLoad ns upperIdBound target = do
+    nodeConf <- nodeConfig <$> liftIO (readTVarIO $ parentRealNode ns)
+    let
+        srcAddr = confIP nodeConf
+        loadReqPl = LoadRequestPayload
+            { loadSegmentUpperBound = upperIdBound
+            }
+    responses <- liftIO $ bracket (mkSendSocket srcAddr (getDomain target) (getDhtPort target)) close
+        (fmap Right . sendRequestTo (confRequestTimeout nodeConf) (confRequestRetries nodeConf) (mkRequest ns (getNid target) QueryLoad (Just loadReqPl))
+        ) `catch`  (\e -> pure . Left $ displayException (e :: IOException))
+    responseMsgSet <- liftEither responses
+    -- throws an error if an exception happened
+    loadResPl <- maybe (throwError "no load response payload found") pure
+        (extractFirstPayload responseMsgSet)
+    pure SegmentLoadStats
+        { segmentLowerKeyBound = loadSegmentLowerBound loadResPl
+        , segmentUpperKeyBound = upperIdBound
+        , segmentLoad = loadSum loadResPl
+        , segmentOwnerRemainingLoadTarget = loadRemainingTarget loadResPl
+        , segmentOwnerCapacity = loadTotalCapacity loadResPl
+        , segmentCurrentOwner = target
+        }
+
+
+
 -- | Generic function for sending a request over a connected socket and collecting the response.
 -- Serialises the message and tries to deliver its parts for a number of attempts within a specified timeout.
 sendRequestTo :: Int                    -- ^ timeout in milliseconds
@@ -800,24 +878,24 @@ sendRequestTo timeoutMillis numAttempts msgIncomplete sock = do
 
 -- | enqueue a list of RemoteCacheEntries to be added to the global NodeCache
 queueAddEntries :: Foldable c => c RemoteCacheEntry
-                -> LocalNodeState s
+                -> TQueue (NodeCache -> NodeCache)
                 -> IO ()
-queueAddEntries entries ns = do
+queueAddEntries entries cacheQ = do
     now <- getPOSIXTime
-    forM_ entries $ \entry -> atomically $ writeTQueue (cacheWriteQueue ns)  $ addCacheEntryPure now entry
+    forM_ entries $ \entry -> atomically $ writeTQueue cacheQ  $ addCacheEntryPure now entry
 
 
 -- | enque a list of node IDs to be deleted from the global NodeCache
 queueDeleteEntries :: Foldable c
                    => c NodeID
-                   -> LocalNodeState s
+                   -> TQueue (NodeCache -> NodeCache)
                    -> IO ()
-queueDeleteEntries ids ns = forM_ ids $ atomically . writeTQueue (cacheWriteQueue ns) . deleteCacheEntry
+queueDeleteEntries ids cacheQ = forM_ ids $ atomically . writeTQueue cacheQ . deleteCacheEntry
 
 
 -- | enque a single node ID to be deleted from the global NodeCache
 queueDeleteEntry :: NodeID
-                 -> LocalNodeState s
+                 -> TQueue (NodeCache -> NodeCache)
                  -> IO ()
 queueDeleteEntry toDelete = queueDeleteEntries $ Identity toDelete
 
@@ -826,11 +904,11 @@ queueDeleteEntry toDelete = queueDeleteEntries $ Identity toDelete
 -- global 'NodeCache'.
 queueUpdateVerifieds :: Foldable c
                      => c NodeID
-                     -> LocalNodeState s
+                     -> TQueue (NodeCache -> NodeCache)
                      -> IO ()
-queueUpdateVerifieds nIds ns = do
+queueUpdateVerifieds nIds cacheQ = do
     now <- getPOSIXTime
-    forM_ nIds $ \nid' -> atomically $ writeTQueue (cacheWriteQueue ns) $
+    forM_ nIds $ \nid' -> atomically $ writeTQueue cacheQ $
         markCacheEntryAsVerified (Just now) nid'
 
 -- | retry an IO action at most *i* times until it delivers a result

src/Hash2Pub/FediChordTypes.hs

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings          #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes                 #-}
 
-module Hash2Pub.FediChordTypes (
-    NodeID -- abstract, but newtype constructors cannot be hidden
+module Hash2Pub.FediChordTypes
+  ( NodeID -- abstract, but newtype constructors cannot be hidden
   , idBits
   , getNodeID
   , toNodeID
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ module Hash2Pub.FediChordTypes (
   , RemoteNodeState (..)
   , RealNode (..)
   , RealNodeSTM
+  , VSMap
+  , LoadStats (..)
+  , emptyLoadStats
+  , remainingLoadTarget
+  , loadSliceSum
+  , addVserver
+  , SegmentLoadStats (..)
   , setSuccessors
   , setPredecessors
   , NodeCache
@@ -51,6 +58,7 @@ module Hash2Pub.FediChordTypes (
   , localCompare
   , genNodeID
   , genNodeIDBS
+  , hasValidNodeId
   , genKeyID
   , genKeyIDBS
   , byteStringToUInteger
@@ -60,12 +68,14 @@ module Hash2Pub.FediChordTypes (
   , DHT(..)
   , Service(..)
   , ServiceConf(..)
-                           ) where
+  ) where
 
 import           Control.Exception
 import           Data.Foldable                 (foldr')
 import           Data.Function                 (on)
 import qualified Data.Hashable                 as Hashable
+import           Data.HashMap.Strict           (HashMap)
+import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict           as HMap
 import           Data.List                     (delete, nub, sortBy)
 import qualified Data.Map.Strict               as Map
 import           Data.Maybe                    (fromJust, fromMaybe, isJust,
@@ -148,17 +158,27 @@ a `localCompare` b
 -- Also contains shared data and config values.
 -- TODO: more data structures for k-choices bookkeeping
 data RealNode s = RealNode
-    { vservers       :: [LocalNodeStateSTM s]
-    -- ^ references to all active versers
-    , nodeConfig     :: FediChordConf
+    { vservers              :: VSMap s
+    -- ^ map of all active VServer node IDs to their node state
+    , nodeConfig            :: FediChordConf
     -- ^ holds the initial configuration read at program start
-    , bootstrapNodes :: [(String, PortNumber)]
+    , bootstrapNodes        :: [(String, PortNumber)]
     -- ^ nodes to be used as bootstrapping points, new ones learned during operation
-    , lookupCacheSTM :: TVar LookupCache
+    , lookupCacheSTM        :: TVar LookupCache
     -- ^ a global cache of looked up keys and their associated nodes
-    , nodeService    :: s (RealNodeSTM s)
+    , globalNodeCacheSTM    :: TVar NodeCache
+    -- ^ EpiChord node cache with expiry times for nodes.
+    , globalCacheWriteQueue :: TQueue (NodeCache -> NodeCache)
+    -- ^ cache updates are not written directly to the  'globalNodeCacheSTM'
+    , nodeService           :: s (RealNodeSTM s)
     }
 
+-- | insert a new vserver mapping into a node
+addVserver :: (NodeID, LocalNodeStateSTM s) -> RealNode s -> RealNode s
+addVserver (key, nstate) node = node
+    { vservers = addRMapEntry key nstate (vservers node) }
+
+type VSMap s = RingMap NodeID (LocalNodeStateSTM s)
 type RealNodeSTM s = TVar (RealNode s)
 
 -- | represents a node and all its important state
@@ -172,7 +192,7 @@ data RemoteNodeState = RemoteNodeState
     -- ^ port of the DHT itself
     , servicePort :: PortNumber
     -- ^ port of the service provided on top of the DHT
-    , vServerID   :: Integer
+    , vServerID   :: Word8
     -- ^ ID of this vserver
     }
     deriving (Show, Eq)
@@ -185,9 +205,9 @@ data LocalNodeState s = LocalNodeState
     { nodeState           :: RemoteNodeState
     -- ^ represents common data present both in remote and local node representations
     , nodeCacheSTM        :: TVar NodeCache
-    -- ^ EpiChord node cache with expiry times for nodes
+    -- ^ reference to the 'globalNodeCacheSTM'
     , cacheWriteQueue     :: TQueue (NodeCache -> NodeCache)
-    -- ^ cache updates are not written directly to the  'nodeCache' but queued and
+    -- ^ reference to the 'globalCacheWriteQueue
     , successors          :: [RemoteNodeState] -- could be a set instead as these are ordered as well
     -- ^ successor nodes in ascending order by distance
     , predecessors        :: [RemoteNodeState]
@@ -217,14 +237,14 @@ class NodeState a where
     getIpAddr :: a -> HostAddress6
     getDhtPort :: a -> PortNumber
     getServicePort :: a -> PortNumber
-    getVServerID :: a -> Integer
+    getVServerID :: a -> Word8
     -- setters for common properties
     setNid :: NodeID -> a -> a
     setDomain :: String -> a -> a
     setIpAddr :: HostAddress6 -> a -> a
     setDhtPort :: PortNumber -> a -> a
     setServicePort :: PortNumber -> a -> a
-    setVServerID :: Integer -> a -> a
+    setVServerID :: Word8 -> a -> a
     toRemoteNodeState :: a -> RemoteNodeState
 
 instance NodeState RemoteNodeState where
@@ -373,6 +393,11 @@ genNodeID :: HostAddress6       -- ^a node's IPv6 address
             -> NodeID           -- ^the generated @NodeID@
 genNodeID ip nodeDomain vs = NodeID . byteStringToUInteger $ genNodeIDBS ip nodeDomain vs
 
+
+hasValidNodeId :: Word8 -> RemoteNodeState -> HostAddress6 -> Bool
+hasValidNodeId numVs rns addr = getVServerID rns < numVs && getNid rns == genNodeID addr (getDomain rns) (getVServerID rns)
+
+
 -- | generates a 256 bit long key identifier, represented as ByteString, for looking up its data on the DHT
 genKeyIDBS :: String            -- ^the key string
            -> BS.ByteString     -- ^the key ID represented as a @ByteString@
@@ -427,9 +452,70 @@ data FediChordConf = FediChordConf
     -- ^ how long to wait until response has arrived, in milliseconds
     , confRequestRetries            :: Int
     -- ^ how often re-sending a timed-out request can be retried
+    , confEnableKChoices            :: Bool
+    -- ^ whether to enable k-choices load balancing
+    , confKChoicesOverload          :: Double
+    -- ^ fraction of capacity above which a node considers itself overloaded
+    , confKChoicesUnderload         :: Double
+    -- ^ fraction of capacity below which a node considers itself underloaded
+    , confKChoicesMaxVS             :: Word8
+    -- ^ upper limit of vserver index κ
+    , confKChoicesRebalanceInterval :: Int
+    -- ^ interval between vserver rebalance attempts
     }
     deriving (Show, Eq)
 
+-- ====== k-choices load balancing types ======
+
+data LoadStats = LoadStats
+    { loadPerTag         :: RingMap NodeID Double
+    -- ^ map of loads for each handled tag
+    , totalCapacity      :: Double
+    -- ^ total designated capacity of the service
+    , compensatedLoadSum :: Double
+    -- ^ effective load reevant for load balancing after compensating for
+    }
+    deriving (Show, Eq)
+
+-- | calculates the mismatch from the target load by taking into account the
+-- underload and overload limits
+remainingLoadTarget :: FediChordConf -> LoadStats -> Double
+remainingLoadTarget conf lstats = targetLoad - compensatedLoadSum lstats
+    where
+        targetLoad = totalCapacity lstats * (confKChoicesUnderload conf + confKChoicesOverload conf) / 2
+
+
+-- | calculates the sum of tag load in a contiguous slice between to keys
+loadSliceSum :: LoadStats
+             -> NodeID  -- ^ lower segment bound
+             -> NodeID  -- ^ upper segment bound
+             -> Double  -- ^ sum of all tag loads within that segment
+loadSliceSum stats from to = sum . takeRMapSuccessorsFromTo from to $ loadPerTag stats
+
+
+data SegmentLoadStats = SegmentLoadStats
+    { segmentLowerKeyBound            :: NodeID
+    -- ^ segment start key
+    , segmentUpperKeyBound            :: NodeID
+    -- ^ segment end key
+    , segmentLoad                     :: Double
+    -- ^ sum of load of all keys in the segment
+    , segmentOwnerRemainingLoadTarget :: Double
+    -- ^ remaining load target of the current segment handler:
+    , segmentOwnerCapacity            :: Double
+    -- ^ total capacity of the current segment handler node, used for normalisation
+    , segmentCurrentOwner             :: RemoteNodeState
+    -- ^ the current owner of the segment that needs to be joined on
+    }
+
+-- TODO: figure out a better way of initialising
+emptyLoadStats :: LoadStats
+emptyLoadStats = LoadStats
+    { loadPerTag = emptyRMap
+    , totalCapacity = 0
+    , compensatedLoadSum = 0
+    }
+
 -- ====== Service Types ============
 
 class Service s d where
@@ -445,6 +531,7 @@ class Service s d where
                 -> IO (Either String ())    -- ^ success or failure
     -- | Wait for an incoming migration from a given node to succeed, may block forever
     waitForMigrationFrom :: s d -> NodeID -> IO ()
+    getServiceLoadStats :: s d -> IO LoadStats
 
 instance Hashable.Hashable NodeID where
     hashWithSalt salt = Hashable.hashWithSalt salt . getNodeID

src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import qualified Data.DList                as D
 import           Data.Either               (lefts, rights)
 import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict       as HMap
 import qualified Data.HashSet              as HSet
-import           Data.Maybe                (fromJust, isJust)
+import           Data.Maybe                (fromJust, fromMaybe, isJust)
 import           Data.String               (fromString)
 import           Data.Text.Lazy            (Text)
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy            as Txt
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ data PostService d = PostService
     , migrationsInProgress :: TVar (HMap.HashMap NodeID (MVar ()))
     , httpMan              :: HTTP.Manager
     , statsQueue           :: TQueue StatsEvent
-    , loadStats            :: TVar RelayStats
-    -- ^ current load stats, replaced periodically
+    , relayStats           :: TVar RelayStats
+    -- ^ current relay stats, replaced periodically
+    , loadStats            :: TVar LoadStats
+    -- ^ current load values of the relay, replaced periodically and used by
     , logFileHandle        :: Handle
     }
     deriving (Typeable)
@@ -96,7 +98,8 @@ instance DHT d => Service PostService d where
         migrationsInProgress' <- newTVarIO HMap.empty
         httpMan' <- HTTP.newManager HTTP.defaultManagerSettings
         statsQueue' <- newTQueueIO
-        loadStats' <- newTVarIO emptyStats
+        relayStats' <- newTVarIO emptyStats
+        loadStats' <- newTVarIO emptyLoadStats
         loggingFile <- openFile (confLogfilePath conf) WriteMode
         hSetBuffering loggingFile LineBuffering
         let
@@ -112,6 +115,7 @@ instance DHT d => Service PostService d where
               , migrationsInProgress = migrationsInProgress'
               , httpMan = httpMan'
               , statsQueue = statsQueue'
+              , relayStats = relayStats'
               , loadStats = loadStats'
               , logFileHandle = loggingFile
               }
@@ -153,6 +157,12 @@ instance DHT d => Service PostService d where
         -- block until migration finished
         takeMVar migrationSynchroniser
 
+    getServiceLoadStats = getLoadStats
+
+
+getLoadStats :: PostService d -> IO LoadStats
+getLoadStats serv = readTVarIO $ loadStats serv
+
 
 -- | return a WAI application
 postServiceApplication :: DHT d => PostService d -> Application
@@ -835,7 +845,12 @@ evaluateStatsThread serv statsAcc = getPOSIXTime >>= loop
           -- persistently store in a TVar so it can be retrieved later by the DHT
           let timePassed = (now - previousTs) * fromIntegral (confSpeedupFactor $ serviceConf serv)
               rateStats = evaluateStats timePassed summedStats
-          atomically $ writeTVar (loadStats serv) rateStats
+          currentSubscribers <- readTVarIO $ subscribers serv
+          -- translate the rate statistics to load values
+          loads <- evaluateLoadStats rateStats currentSubscribers
+          atomically $
+              writeTVar (relayStats serv) rateStats
+              >> writeTVar (loadStats serv) loads
           -- and now what? write a log to file
           -- format: total relayReceiveRates;total relayDeliveryRates;postFetchRate;postPublishRate; subscriberSum
           -- later: current (reported) load, target load
@@ -859,6 +874,33 @@ evaluateStatsThread serv statsAcc = getPOSIXTime >>= loop
                 0 tagMap
 
 
+-- | calculate load values from rate statistics
+evaluateLoadStats :: RelayStats -> RelayTags -> IO LoadStats
+evaluateLoadStats currentStats currentSubscribers = do
+    -- load caused by each tag: incomingPostRate * ( 1 + subscribers)
+    -- calculate remaining load target: post publish rate * 2.5 - sum loadPerTag - postFetchRate
+    let
+        totalCapacity' = 2.5 * postPublishRate currentStats
+    (loadSum, loadPerTag') <- foldM (\(loadSum, loadPerTag') (key, (subscriberMapSTM, _, _)) -> do
+        numSubscribers <- HMap.size <$> readTVarIO subscriberMapSTM
+        let
+            thisTagRate = fromMaybe 0 $ rMapLookup key (relayReceiveRates currentStats)
+            thisTagLoad = thisTagRate * (1 + fromIntegral numSubscribers)
+        pure (loadSum + thisTagLoad, addRMapEntry key thisTagLoad loadPerTag')
+        )
+        (0, emptyRMap)
+        $ rMapToListWithKeys currentSubscribers
+    let remainingLoadTarget' = totalCapacity' - loadSum - postFetchRate currentStats
+    pure LoadStats
+        { loadPerTag = loadPerTag'
+        , totalCapacity = totalCapacity'
+        -- load caused by post fetches cannot be influenced by re-balancing nodes,
+        -- but still reduces the totally available capacity
+        , compensatedLoadSum = loadSum + postFetchRate currentStats
+        }
+
+
+
 -- | Evaluate the accumulated statistic events: Currently mostly calculates the event
 -- rates by dividing through the collection time frame
 evaluateStats :: POSIXTime -> RelayStats -> RelayStats

src/Hash2Pub/ProtocolTypes.hs

@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ data Action = QueryID
     | Leave
     | Stabilise
     | Ping
+    | QueryLoad
     deriving (Show, Eq, Enum)
 
 data FediChordMessage = Request
     { requestID   :: Integer
+    , receiverID  :: NodeID
     , sender      :: RemoteNodeState
     , part        :: Integer
     , isFinalPart :: Bool
@@ -57,6 +59,10 @@ data ActionPayload = QueryIDRequestPayload
     }
     | StabiliseRequestPayload
     | PingRequestPayload
+    | LoadRequestPayload
+    { loadSegmentUpperBound :: NodeID
+    -- ^ upper bound of segment interested in,
+    }
     | QueryIDResponsePayload
     { queryResult :: QueryResponse
     }
@@ -73,6 +79,12 @@ data ActionPayload = QueryIDRequestPayload
     | PingResponsePayload
     { pingNodeStates :: [RemoteNodeState]
     }
+    | LoadResponsePayload
+    { loadSum               :: Double
+    , loadRemainingTarget   :: Double
+    , loadTotalCapacity     :: Double
+    , loadSegmentLowerBound :: NodeID
+    }
     deriving (Show, Eq)
 
 -- | global limit of parts per message used when (de)serialising messages.

src/Hash2Pub/RingMap.hs

@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ instance (Bounded k, Ord k) => Foldable (RingMap k) where
           traversingFL acc (ProxyEntry _ Nothing) = acc
           traversingFL acc (ProxyEntry _ (Just entry)) = traversingFL acc entry
 
+instance (Bounded k, Ord k) => Traversable (RingMap k) where
+    traverse f = fmap RingMap . traverse traversingF . getRingMap
+      where
+          traversingF (KeyEntry entry) = KeyEntry <$> f entry
+          traversingF (ProxyEntry to Nothing) = pure $ ProxyEntry to Nothing
+          traversingF (ProxyEntry to (Just entry)) = ProxyEntry to . Just <$> traversingF entry
+
 
 -- | entry of a 'RingMap' that holds a value and can also
 -- wrap around the lookup direction at the edges of the name space.
@@ -106,6 +113,23 @@ rMapSize rmap = fromIntegral $ Map.size innerMap - oneIfEntry rmap minBound - on
       | isNothing (rMapLookup nid rmap') = 1
       | otherwise = 0
 
+
+-- | whether the RingMap is empty (except for empty proxy entries)
+nullRMap :: (Num k, Bounded k, Ord k)
+         => RingMap k a
+         -> Bool
+-- basic idea: look for a predecessor starting from the upper Map bound,
+-- Nothing indicates no entry being found
+nullRMap = isNothing . rMapLookupPred maxBound
+
+
+-- | O(logn( Is the key a member of the RingMap?
+memberRMap :: (Bounded k, Ord k)
+           => k
+           -> RingMap k a
+           -> Bool
+memberRMap key = isJust . rMapLookup key
+
 -- | a wrapper around lookup functions, making the lookup redirectable by a @ProxyEntry@
 -- to simulate a modular ring
 lookupWrapper :: (Bounded k, Ord k, Num k)
@@ -198,12 +222,28 @@ deleteRMapEntry nid = RingMap . Map.update modifier nid . getRingMap
     modifier (ProxyEntry idPointer _) = Just (ProxyEntry idPointer Nothing)
     modifier KeyEntry {}              = Nothing
 
+-- TODO: rename this to elems
 rMapToList :: (Bounded k, Ord k) => RingMap k a -> [a]
 rMapToList = mapMaybe extractRingEntry . Map.elems . getRingMap
 
+-- TODO: rename this to toList
+rMapToListWithKeys :: (Bounded k, Ord k) => RingMap k a -> [(k, a)]
+rMapToListWithKeys = Map.foldrWithKey (\k v acc ->
+    maybe acc (\val -> (k, val):acc) $ extractRingEntry v
+                                      )
+                                      []
+                                      . getRingMap
+
 rMapFromList :: (Bounded k, Ord k) => [(k, a)] -> RingMap k a
 rMapFromList = setRMapEntries
 
+
+-- | this just merges the underlying 'Map.Map' s and does not check whether the
+-- ProxyEntry pointers are consistent, so better only create unions of
+-- equal-pointered RingMaps
+unionRMap :: (Bounded k, Ord k) => RingMap k a -> RingMap k a -> RingMap k a
+unionRMap a b = RingMap $ Map.union (getRingMap a) (getRingMap b)
+
 -- | takes up to i entries from a 'RingMap' by calling a getter function on a
 -- *startAt* value and after that on the previously returned value.
 -- Stops once i entries have been taken or an entry has been encountered twice

test/FediChordSpec.hs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import           Control.Concurrent.STM.TVar
 import           Control.Exception
 import           Data.ASN1.Parse             (runParseASN1)
 import qualified Data.ByteString             as BS
+import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict         as HMap
 import qualified Data.Map.Strict             as Map
 import           Data.Maybe                  (fromJust, isJust)
 import qualified Data.Set                    as Set
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import           Hash2Pub.ASN1Coding
 import           Hash2Pub.DHTProtocol
 import           Hash2Pub.FediChord
 import           Hash2Pub.FediChordTypes
+import           Hash2Pub.RingMap
 
 spec :: Spec
 spec = do
@@ -221,14 +223,16 @@ spec = do
                   , exampleNodeState {nid = fromInteger (-5)}
                                  ]
                                               }
-            requestTemplate = Request {
-                requestID = 2342
-              , sender = exampleNodeState
-              , part = 1
-              , isFinalPart = True
-              , action = undefined
-              , payload = undefined
-                                      }
+            qLoadReqPayload = LoadRequestPayload
+                { loadSegmentUpperBound = 1025
+                }
+            qLoadResPayload = LoadResponsePayload
+                { loadSum = 3.141
+                , loadRemainingTarget = -1.337
+                , loadTotalCapacity = 2.21
+                , loadSegmentLowerBound = 12
+                }
+
             responseTemplate = Response {
                 requestID = 2342
               , senderID = nid exampleNodeState
@@ -237,7 +241,7 @@ spec = do
               , action = undefined
               , payload = undefined
                                       }
-            requestWith a pa = requestTemplate {action = a, payload = Just pa}
+            requestWith senderNode a pa = mkRequest senderNode 4545 a (Just pa) 2342
             responseWith a pa = responseTemplate {action = a, payload = Just pa}
 
             encodeDecodeAndCheck msg = runParseASN1 parseMessage (encodeMessage msg) `shouldBe` pure msg
@@ -248,17 +252,20 @@ spec = do
                                                                        }
 
         it "messages are encoded and decoded correctly from and to ASN1" $ do
-            encodeDecodeAndCheck $ requestWith QueryID qidReqPayload
-            encodeDecodeAndCheck $ requestWith Join jReqPayload
-            encodeDecodeAndCheck $ requestWith Leave lReqPayload
-            encodeDecodeAndCheck $ requestWith Stabilise stabReqPayload
-            encodeDecodeAndCheck $ requestWith Ping pingReqPayload
+            localNS <- exampleLocalNode
+            encodeDecodeAndCheck $ requestWith localNS QueryID qidReqPayload
+            encodeDecodeAndCheck $ requestWith localNS Join jReqPayload
+            encodeDecodeAndCheck $ requestWith localNS Leave lReqPayload
+            encodeDecodeAndCheck $ requestWith localNS Stabilise stabReqPayload
+            encodeDecodeAndCheck $ requestWith localNS Ping pingReqPayload
+            encodeDecodeAndCheck $ requestWith localNS QueryLoad qLoadReqPayload
             encodeDecodeAndCheck $ responseWith QueryID qidResPayload1
             encodeDecodeAndCheck $ responseWith QueryID qidResPayload2
             encodeDecodeAndCheck $ responseWith Join jResPayload
             encodeDecodeAndCheck $ responseWith Leave lResPayload
             encodeDecodeAndCheck $ responseWith Stabilise stabResPayload
             encodeDecodeAndCheck $ responseWith Ping pingResPayload
+            encodeDecodeAndCheck $ responseWith QueryLoad qLoadResPayload
         it "messages are encoded and decoded to ASN.1 DER properly" $
             deserialiseMessage (fromJust $ Map.lookup 1 (serialiseMessage 652  $ responseWith Ping pingResPayload)) `shouldBe` Right (responseWith Ping pingResPayload)
         it "messages too large for a single packet can (often) be split into multiple parts" $ do
@@ -297,13 +304,13 @@ exampleNodeState = RemoteNodeState {
 
 exampleLocalNode :: IO (LocalNodeState MockService)
 exampleLocalNode = do
-    realNode <- newTVarIO $ RealNode {
-            vservers = []
+    realNodeSTM <- newTVarIO $ RealNode {
+            vservers = emptyRMap
           , nodeConfig = exampleFediConf
           , bootstrapNodes = confBootstrapNodes exampleFediConf
           , nodeService = MockService
                                                         }
-    nodeStateInit realNode
+    nodeStateInit realNodeSTM 0
 
 
 exampleFediConf :: FediChordConf