// Copyright (c) The Bitcoin Core developers // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php. #ifndef BITCOIN_CLUSTER_LINEARIZE_H #define BITCOIN_CLUSTER_LINEARIZE_H #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include namespace cluster_linearize { /** Data type to represent cluster input. * * cluster[i].first is tx_i's fee and size. * cluster[i].second[j] is true iff tx_i spends one or more of tx_j's outputs. */ template using Cluster = std::vector>; /** Data type to represent transaction indices in clusters. */ using ClusterIndex = uint32_t; /** Data structure that holds a transaction graph's preprocessed data (fee, size, ancestors, * descendants). */ template class DepGraph { /** Information about a single transaction. */ struct Entry { /** Fee and size of transaction itself. */ FeeFrac feerate; /** All ancestors of the transaction (including itself). */ SetType ancestors; /** All descendants of the transaction (including itself). */ SetType descendants; /** Equality operator (primarily for for testing purposes). */ friend bool operator==(const Entry&, const Entry&) noexcept = default; /** Construct an empty entry. */ Entry() noexcept = default; /** Construct an entry with a given feerate, ancestor set, descendant set. */ Entry(const FeeFrac& f, const SetType& a, const SetType& d) noexcept : feerate(f), ancestors(a), descendants(d) {} }; /** Data for each transaction, in the same order as the Cluster it was constructed from. */ std::vector entries; public: /** Equality operator (primarily for testing purposes). */ friend bool operator==(const DepGraph&, const DepGraph&) noexcept = default; // Default constructors. DepGraph() noexcept = default; DepGraph(const DepGraph&) noexcept = default; DepGraph(DepGraph&&) noexcept = default; DepGraph& operator=(const DepGraph&) noexcept = default; DepGraph& operator=(DepGraph&&) noexcept = default; /** Construct a DepGraph object for ntx transactions, with no dependencies. * * Complexity: O(N) where N=ntx. **/ explicit DepGraph(ClusterIndex ntx) noexcept { Assume(ntx <= SetType::Size()); entries.resize(ntx); for (ClusterIndex i = 0; i < ntx; ++i) { entries[i].ancestors = SetType::Singleton(i); entries[i].descendants = SetType::Singleton(i); } } /** Construct a DepGraph object given a cluster. * * Complexity: O(N^2) where N=cluster.size(). */ explicit DepGraph(const Cluster& cluster) noexcept : entries(cluster.size()) { for (ClusterIndex i = 0; i < cluster.size(); ++i) { // Fill in fee and size. entries[i].feerate = cluster[i].first; // Fill in direct parents as ancestors. entries[i].ancestors = cluster[i].second; // Make sure transactions are ancestors of themselves. entries[i].ancestors.Set(i); } // Propagate ancestor information. for (ClusterIndex i = 0; i < entries.size(); ++i) { // At this point, entries[a].ancestors[b] is true iff b is an ancestor of a and there // is a path from a to b through the subgraph consisting of {a, b} union // {0, 1, ..., (i-1)}. SetType to_merge = entries[i].ancestors; for (ClusterIndex j = 0; j < entries.size(); ++j) { if (entries[j].ancestors[i]) { entries[j].ancestors |= to_merge; } } } // Fill in descendant information by transposing the ancestor information. for (ClusterIndex i = 0; i < entries.size(); ++i) { for (auto j : entries[i].ancestors) { entries[j].descendants.Set(i); } } } /** Get the number of transactions in the graph. Complexity: O(1). */ auto TxCount() const noexcept { return entries.size(); } /** Get the feerate of a given transaction i. Complexity: O(1). */ const FeeFrac& FeeRate(ClusterIndex i) const noexcept { return entries[i].feerate; } /** Get the ancestors of a given transaction i. Complexity: O(1). */ const SetType& Ancestors(ClusterIndex i) const noexcept { return entries[i].ancestors; } /** Get the descendants of a given transaction i. Complexity: O(1). */ const SetType& Descendants(ClusterIndex i) const noexcept { return entries[i].descendants; } /** Add a new unconnected transaction to this transaction graph (at the end), and return its * ClusterIndex. * * Complexity: O(1) (amortized, due to resizing of backing vector). */ ClusterIndex AddTransaction(const FeeFrac& feefrac) noexcept { Assume(TxCount() < SetType::Size()); ClusterIndex new_idx = TxCount(); entries.emplace_back(feefrac, SetType::Singleton(new_idx), SetType::Singleton(new_idx)); return new_idx; } /** Modify this transaction graph, adding a dependency between a specified parent and child. * * Complexity: O(N) where N=TxCount(). **/ void AddDependency(ClusterIndex parent, ClusterIndex child) noexcept { // Bail out if dependency is already implied. if (entries[child].ancestors[parent]) return; // To each ancestor of the parent, add as descendants the descendants of the child. const auto& chl_des = entries[child].descendants; for (auto anc_of_par : Ancestors(parent)) { entries[anc_of_par].descendants |= chl_des; } // To each descendant of the child, add as ancestors the ancestors of the parent. const auto& par_anc = entries[parent].ancestors; for (auto dec_of_chl : Descendants(child)) { entries[dec_of_chl].ancestors |= par_anc; } } /** Compute the aggregate feerate of a set of nodes in this graph. * * Complexity: O(N) where N=elems.Count(). **/ FeeFrac FeeRate(const SetType& elems) const noexcept { FeeFrac ret; for (auto pos : elems) ret += entries[pos].feerate; return ret; } /** Append the entries of select to list in a topologically valid order. * * Complexity: O(select.Count() * log(select.Count())). */ void AppendTopo(std::vector& list, const SetType& select) const noexcept { ClusterIndex old_len = list.size(); for (auto i : select) list.push_back(i); std::sort(list.begin() + old_len, list.end(), [&](ClusterIndex a, ClusterIndex b) noexcept { const auto a_anc_count = entries[a].ancestors.Count(); const auto b_anc_count = entries[b].ancestors.Count(); if (a_anc_count != b_anc_count) return a_anc_count < b_anc_count; return a < b; }); } }; /** A set of transactions together with their aggregate feerate. */ template struct SetInfo { /** The transactions in the set. */ SetType transactions; /** Their combined fee and size. */ FeeFrac feerate; /** Construct a SetInfo for the empty set. */ SetInfo() noexcept = default; /** Construct a SetInfo for a specified set and feerate. */ SetInfo(const SetType& txn, const FeeFrac& fr) noexcept : transactions(txn), feerate(fr) {} /** Construct a SetInfo for a given transaction in a depgraph. */ explicit SetInfo(const DepGraph& depgraph, ClusterIndex pos) noexcept : transactions(SetType::Singleton(pos)), feerate(depgraph.FeeRate(pos)) {} /** Construct a SetInfo for a set of transactions in a depgraph. */ explicit SetInfo(const DepGraph& depgraph, const SetType& txn) noexcept : transactions(txn), feerate(depgraph.FeeRate(txn)) {} /** Add the transactions of other to this SetInfo (no overlap allowed). */ SetInfo& operator|=(const SetInfo& other) noexcept { Assume(!transactions.Overlaps(other.transactions)); transactions |= other.transactions; feerate += other.feerate; return *this; } /** Construct a new SetInfo equal to this, with more transactions added (which may overlap * with the existing transactions in the SetInfo). */ [[nodiscard]] SetInfo Add(const DepGraph& depgraph, const SetType& txn) const noexcept { return {transactions | txn, feerate + depgraph.FeeRate(txn - transactions)}; } /** Swap two SetInfo objects. */ friend void swap(SetInfo& a, SetInfo& b) noexcept { swap(a.transactions, b.transactions); swap(a.feerate, b.feerate); } /** Permit equality testing. */ friend bool operator==(const SetInfo&, const SetInfo&) noexcept = default; }; /** Compute the feerates of the chunks of linearization. */ template std::vector ChunkLinearization(const DepGraph& depgraph, Span linearization) noexcept { std::vector ret; for (ClusterIndex i : linearization) { /** The new chunk to be added, initially a singleton. */ auto new_chunk = depgraph.FeeRate(i); // As long as the new chunk has a higher feerate than the last chunk so far, absorb it. while (!ret.empty() && new_chunk >> ret.back()) { new_chunk += ret.back(); ret.pop_back(); } // Actually move that new chunk into the chunking. ret.push_back(std::move(new_chunk)); } return ret; } /** Data structure encapsulating the chunking of a linearization, permitting removal of subsets. */ template class LinearizationChunking { /** The depgraph this linearization is for. */ const DepGraph& m_depgraph; /** The linearization we started from. */ Span m_linearization; /** Chunk sets and their feerates, of what remains of the linearization. */ std::vector> m_chunks; /** Which transactions remain in the linearization. */ SetType m_todo; /** Fill the m_chunks variable. */ void BuildChunks() noexcept { // Caller must clear m_chunks. Assume(m_chunks.empty()); // Iterate over the entries in m_linearization. This is effectively the same // algorithm as ChunkLinearization, but supports skipping parts of the linearization and // keeps track of the sets themselves instead of just their feerates. for (auto idx : m_linearization) { if (!m_todo[idx]) continue; // Start with an initial chunk containing just element idx. SetInfo add(m_depgraph, idx); // Absorb existing final chunks into add while they have lower feerate. while (!m_chunks.empty() && add.feerate >> m_chunks.back().feerate) { add |= m_chunks.back(); m_chunks.pop_back(); } // Remember new chunk. m_chunks.push_back(std::move(add)); } } public: /** Initialize a LinearizationSubset object for a given length of linearization. */ explicit LinearizationChunking(const DepGraph& depgraph LIFETIMEBOUND, Span lin LIFETIMEBOUND) noexcept : m_depgraph(depgraph), m_linearization(lin) { // Mark everything in lin as todo still. for (auto i : m_linearization) m_todo.Set(i); // Compute the initial chunking. m_chunks.reserve(depgraph.TxCount()); BuildChunks(); } /** Determine how many chunks remain in the linearization. */ ClusterIndex NumChunksLeft() const noexcept { return m_chunks.size(); } /** Access a chunk. Chunk 0 is the highest-feerate prefix of what remains. */ const SetInfo& GetChunk(ClusterIndex n) const noexcept { Assume(n < m_chunks.size()); return m_chunks[n]; } /** Remove some subset of transactions from the linearization. */ void MarkDone(SetType subset) noexcept { Assume(subset.Any()); Assume(subset.IsSubsetOf(m_todo)); m_todo -= subset; // Rechunk what remains of m_linearization. m_chunks.clear(); BuildChunks(); } /** Find the shortest intersection between subset and the prefixes of remaining chunks * of the linearization that has a feerate not below subset's. * * This is a crucial operation in guaranteeing improvements to linearizations. If subset has * a feerate not below GetChunk(0)'s, then moving Intersect(subset) to the front of (what * remains of) the linearization is guaranteed not to make it worse at any point. * * See https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/introduction-to-cluster-linearization/1032 for background. */ SetInfo Intersect(const SetInfo& subset) const noexcept { Assume(subset.transactions.IsSubsetOf(m_todo)); SetInfo accumulator; // Iterate over all chunks of the remaining linearization. for (ClusterIndex i = 0; i < NumChunksLeft(); ++i) { // Find what (if any) intersection the chunk has with subset. const SetType to_add = GetChunk(i).transactions & subset.transactions; if (to_add.Any()) { // If adding that to accumulator makes us hit all of subset, we are done as no // shorter intersection with higher/equal feerate exists. accumulator.transactions |= to_add; if (accumulator.transactions == subset.transactions) break; // Otherwise update the accumulator feerate. accumulator.feerate += m_depgraph.FeeRate(to_add); // If that does result in something better, or something with the same feerate but // smaller, return that. Even if a longer, higher-feerate intersection exists, it // does not hurt to return the shorter one (the remainder of the longer intersection // will generally be found in the next call to Intersect, but even if not, it is not // required for the improvement guarantee this function makes). if (!(accumulator.feerate << subset.feerate)) return accumulator; } } return subset; } }; /** Class encapsulating the state needed to find the best remaining ancestor set. * * It is initialized for an entire DepGraph, and parts of the graph can be dropped by calling * MarkDone. * * As long as any part of the graph remains, FindCandidateSet() can be called which will return a * SetInfo with the highest-feerate ancestor set that remains (an ancestor set is a single * transaction together with all its remaining ancestors). */ template class AncestorCandidateFinder { /** Internal dependency graph. */ const DepGraph& m_depgraph; /** Which transaction are left to include. */ SetType m_todo; /** Precomputed ancestor-set feerates (only kept up-to-date for indices in m_todo). */ std::vector m_ancestor_set_feerates; public: /** Construct an AncestorCandidateFinder for a given cluster. * * Complexity: O(N^2) where N=depgraph.TxCount(). */ AncestorCandidateFinder(const DepGraph& depgraph LIFETIMEBOUND) noexcept : m_depgraph(depgraph), m_todo{SetType::Fill(depgraph.TxCount())}, m_ancestor_set_feerates(depgraph.TxCount()) { // Precompute ancestor-set feerates. for (ClusterIndex i = 0; i < depgraph.TxCount(); ++i) { /** The remaining ancestors for transaction i. */ SetType anc_to_add = m_depgraph.Ancestors(i); FeeFrac anc_feerate; // Reuse accumulated feerate from first ancestor, if usable. Assume(anc_to_add.Any()); ClusterIndex first = anc_to_add.First(); if (first < i) { anc_feerate = m_ancestor_set_feerates[first]; Assume(!anc_feerate.IsEmpty()); anc_to_add -= m_depgraph.Ancestors(first); } // Add in other ancestors (which necessarily include i itself). Assume(anc_to_add[i]); anc_feerate += m_depgraph.FeeRate(anc_to_add); // Store the result. m_ancestor_set_feerates[i] = anc_feerate; } } /** Remove a set of transactions from the set of to-be-linearized ones. * * The same transaction may not be MarkDone()'d twice. * * Complexity: O(N*M) where N=depgraph.TxCount(), M=select.Count(). */ void MarkDone(SetType select) noexcept { Assume(select.Any()); Assume(select.IsSubsetOf(m_todo)); m_todo -= select; for (auto i : select) { auto feerate = m_depgraph.FeeRate(i); for (auto j : m_depgraph.Descendants(i) & m_todo) { m_ancestor_set_feerates[j] -= feerate; } } } /** Check whether any unlinearized transactions remain. */ bool AllDone() const noexcept { return m_todo.None(); } /** Find the best (highest-feerate, smallest among those in case of a tie) ancestor set * among the remaining transactions. Requires !AllDone(). * * Complexity: O(N) where N=depgraph.TxCount(); */ SetInfo FindCandidateSet() const noexcept { Assume(!AllDone()); std::optional best; for (auto i : m_todo) { if (best.has_value()) { Assume(!m_ancestor_set_feerates[i].IsEmpty()); if (!(m_ancestor_set_feerates[i] > m_ancestor_set_feerates[*best])) continue; } best = i; } Assume(best.has_value()); return {m_depgraph.Ancestors(*best) & m_todo, m_ancestor_set_feerates[*best]}; } }; /** Class encapsulating the state needed to perform search for good candidate sets. * * It is initialized for an entire DepGraph, and parts of the graph can be dropped by calling * MarkDone(). * * As long as any part of the graph remains, FindCandidateSet() can be called to perform a search * over the set of topologically-valid subsets of that remainder, with a limit on how many * combinations are tried. */ template class SearchCandidateFinder { /** Internal RNG. */ InsecureRandomContext m_rng; /** Internal dependency graph for the cluster. */ const DepGraph& m_depgraph; /** Which transactions are left to do (sorted indices). */ SetType m_todo; public: /** Construct a candidate finder for a graph. * * @param[in] depgraph Dependency graph for the to-be-linearized cluster. * @param[in] rng_seed A random seed to control the search order. * * Complexity: O(1). */ SearchCandidateFinder(const DepGraph& depgraph LIFETIMEBOUND, uint64_t rng_seed) noexcept : m_rng(rng_seed), m_depgraph(depgraph), m_todo(SetType::Fill(depgraph.TxCount())) {} /** Check whether any unlinearized transactions remain. */ bool AllDone() const noexcept { return m_todo.None(); } /** Find a high-feerate topologically-valid subset of what remains of the cluster. * Requires !AllDone(). * * @param[in] max_iterations The maximum number of optimization steps that will be performed. * @param[in] best A set/feerate pair with an already-known good candidate. This may * be empty. * @return A pair of: * - The best (highest feerate, smallest size as tiebreaker) * topologically valid subset (and its feerate) that was * encountered during search. It will be at least as good as the * best passed in (if not empty). * - The number of optimization steps that were performed. This will * be <= max_iterations. If strictly < max_iterations, the * returned subset is optimal. * * Complexity: O(N * min(max_iterations, 2^N)) where N=depgraph.TxCount(). */ std::pair, uint64_t> FindCandidateSet(uint64_t max_iterations, SetInfo best) noexcept { Assume(!AllDone()); /** Type for work queue items. */ struct WorkItem { /** Set of transactions definitely included (and its feerate). This must be a subset * of m_todo, and be topologically valid (includes all in-m_todo ancestors of * itself). */ SetInfo inc; /** Set of undecided transactions. This must be a subset of m_todo, and have no overlap * with inc. The set (inc | und) must be topologically valid. */ SetType und; /** Construct a new work item. */ WorkItem(SetInfo&& i, SetType&& u) noexcept : inc(std::move(i)), und(std::move(u)) {} /** Swap two WorkItems. */ void Swap(WorkItem& other) noexcept { swap(inc, other.inc); swap(und, other.und); } }; /** The queue of work items. */ VecDeque queue; queue.reserve(std::max(256, 2 * m_todo.Count())); // Create an initial entry with m_todo as undecided. Also use it as best if not provided, // so that during the work processing loop below, and during the add_fn/split_fn calls, we // do not need to deal with the best=empty case. if (best.feerate.IsEmpty()) best = SetInfo(m_depgraph, m_todo); queue.emplace_back(SetInfo{}, SetType{m_todo}); /** Local copy of the iteration limit. */ uint64_t iterations_left = max_iterations; /** Internal function to add an item to the queue of elements to explore if there are any * transactions left to split on, and to update best. * * - inc: the "inc" value for the new work item (must be topological). * - und: the "und" value for the new work item ((inc | und) must be topological). */ auto add_fn = [&](SetInfo inc, SetType und) noexcept { if (!inc.feerate.IsEmpty()) { // If inc's feerate is better than best's, remember it as our new best. if (inc.feerate > best.feerate) { best = inc; } } else { Assume(inc.transactions.None()); } // Make sure there are undecided transactions left to split on. if (und.None()) return; // Actually construct a new work item on the queue. Due to the switch to DFS when queue // space runs out (see below), we know that no reallocation of the queue should ever // occur. Assume(queue.size() < queue.capacity()); queue.emplace_back(std::move(inc), std::move(und)); }; /** Internal process function. It takes an existing work item, and splits it in two: one * with a particular transaction (and its ancestors) included, and one with that * transaction (and its descendants) excluded. */ auto split_fn = [&](WorkItem&& elem) noexcept { // Any queue element must have undecided transactions left, otherwise there is nothing // to explore anymore. Assume(elem.und.Any()); // The included and undecided set are all subsets of m_todo. Assume(elem.inc.transactions.IsSubsetOf(m_todo) && elem.und.IsSubsetOf(m_todo)); // Included transactions cannot be undecided. Assume(!elem.inc.transactions.Overlaps(elem.und)); // Pick the first undecided transaction as the one to split on. const ClusterIndex split = elem.und.First(); // Add a work item corresponding to exclusion of the split transaction. const auto& desc = m_depgraph.Descendants(split); add_fn(/*inc=*/elem.inc, /*und=*/elem.und - desc); // Add a work item corresponding to inclusion of the split transaction. const auto anc = m_depgraph.Ancestors(split) & m_todo; add_fn(/*inc=*/elem.inc.Add(m_depgraph, anc), /*und=*/elem.und - anc); // Account for the performed split. --iterations_left; }; // Work processing loop. // // New work items are always added at the back of the queue, but items to process use a // hybrid approach where they can be taken from the front or the back. // // Depth-first search (DFS) corresponds to always taking from the back of the queue. This // is very memory-efficient (linear in the number of transactions). Breadth-first search // (BFS) corresponds to always taking from the front, which potentially uses more memory // (up to exponential in the transaction count), but seems to work better in practice. // // The approach here combines the two: use BFS (plus random swapping) until the queue grows // too large, at which point we temporarily switch to DFS until the size shrinks again. while (!queue.empty()) { // Randomly swap the first two items to randomize the search order. if (queue.size() > 1 && m_rng.randbool()) { queue[0].Swap(queue[1]); } // Processing the first queue item, and then using DFS for everything it gives rise to, // may increase the queue size by the number of undecided elements in there, minus 1 // for the first queue item being removed. Thus, only when that pushes the queue over // its capacity can we not process from the front (BFS), and should we use DFS. while (queue.size() - 1 + queue.front().und.Count() > queue.capacity()) { if (!iterations_left) break; auto elem = queue.back(); queue.pop_back(); split_fn(std::move(elem)); } // Process one entry from the front of the queue (BFS exploration) if (!iterations_left) break; auto elem = queue.front(); queue.pop_front(); split_fn(std::move(elem)); } // Return the found best set and the number of iterations performed. return {std::move(best), max_iterations - iterations_left}; } /** Remove a subset of transactions from the cluster being linearized. * * Complexity: O(N) where N=done.Count(). */ void MarkDone(const SetType& done) noexcept { Assume(done.Any()); Assume(done.IsSubsetOf(m_todo)); m_todo -= done; } }; /** Find or improve a linearization for a cluster. * * @param[in] depgraph Dependency graph of the cluster to be linearized. * @param[in] max_iterations Upper bound on the number of optimization steps that will be done. * @param[in] rng_seed A random number seed to control search order. This prevents peers * from predicting exactly which clusters would be hard for us to * linearize. * @param[in] old_linearization An existing linearization for the cluster (which must be * topologically valid), or empty. * @return A pair of: * - The resulting linearization. It is guaranteed to be at least as * good (in the feerate diagram sense) as old_linearization. * - A boolean indicating whether the result is guaranteed to be * optimal. * * Complexity: O(N * min(max_iterations + N, 2^N)) where N=depgraph.TxCount(). */ template std::pair, bool> Linearize(const DepGraph& depgraph, uint64_t max_iterations, uint64_t rng_seed, Span old_linearization = {}) noexcept { Assume(old_linearization.empty() || old_linearization.size() == depgraph.TxCount()); if (depgraph.TxCount() == 0) return {{}, true}; uint64_t iterations_left = max_iterations; std::vector linearization; AncestorCandidateFinder anc_finder(depgraph); SearchCandidateFinder src_finder(depgraph, rng_seed); linearization.reserve(depgraph.TxCount()); bool optimal = true; /** Chunking of what remains of the old linearization. */ LinearizationChunking old_chunking(depgraph, old_linearization); while (true) { // Find the highest-feerate prefix of the remainder of old_linearization. SetInfo best_prefix; if (old_chunking.NumChunksLeft()) best_prefix = old_chunking.GetChunk(0); // Then initialize best to be either the best remaining ancestor set, or the first chunk. auto best = anc_finder.FindCandidateSet(); if (!best_prefix.feerate.IsEmpty() && best_prefix.feerate >= best.feerate) best = best_prefix; // Invoke bounded search to update best, with up to half of our remaining iterations as // limit. uint64_t max_iterations_now = (iterations_left + 1) / 2; uint64_t iterations_done_now = 0; std::tie(best, iterations_done_now) = src_finder.FindCandidateSet(max_iterations_now, best); iterations_left -= iterations_done_now; if (iterations_done_now == max_iterations_now) { optimal = false; // If the search result is not (guaranteed to be) optimal, run intersections to make // sure we don't pick something that makes us unable to reach further diagram points // of the old linearization. if (old_chunking.NumChunksLeft() > 0) { best = old_chunking.Intersect(best); } } // Add to output in topological order. depgraph.AppendTopo(linearization, best.transactions); // Update state to reflect best is no longer to be linearized. anc_finder.MarkDone(best.transactions); if (anc_finder.AllDone()) break; src_finder.MarkDone(best.transactions); if (old_chunking.NumChunksLeft() > 0) { old_chunking.MarkDone(best.transactions); } } return {std::move(linearization), optimal}; } } // namespace cluster_linearize #endif // BITCOIN_CLUSTER_LINEARIZE_H