swarm/pss: forwarding function refactoring

swarm/pss/pss.go

@@ -886,68 +886,71 @@ func (p *Pss) send(to []byte, topic Topic, msg []byte, asymmetric bool, key []by
 	return nil
 }
 
+// tries to send a message, returns true if successful
+func (p *Pss) trySend(sp *network.Peer, msg *PssMsg) bool {
+	var isPssEnabled bool
+	info := sp.Info()
+	for _, capability := range info.Caps {
+		if capability == p.capstring {
+			isPssEnabled = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if !isPssEnabled {
+		log.Trace("peer doesn't have matching pss capabilities, skipping", "peer", info.Name, "caps", info.Caps)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// get the protocol peer from the forwarding peer cache
+	p.fwdPoolMu.RLock()
+	pp := p.fwdPool[sp.Info().ID]
+	p.fwdPoolMu.RUnlock()
+
+	err := pp.Send(context.TODO(), msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		metrics.GetOrRegisterCounter("pss.pp.send.error", nil).Inc(1)
+		log.Error(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	return err == nil
+}
+
 // Forwards a pss message to the peer(s) closest to the to recipient address in the PssMsg struct
 // The recipient address can be of any length, and the byte slice will be matched to the MSB slice
 // of the peer address of the equivalent length.
+// If the recipient address (or partial address) is within the neighbourhood depth of the forwarding
+// node, then it will be forwarded to all the nearest neighbours of the forwarding node. In case of
+// partial address, it should be forwarded to all the peers matching the partial address, if there
+// are any; otherwise only to one peer, closest to the recipient address. In any case, if the message
+// forwarding fails, the node should try to forward it to the next best peer, until the message is
+// successfully forwarded to at least one peer.
 func (p *Pss) forward(msg *PssMsg) error {
 	metrics.GetOrRegisterCounter("pss.forward", nil).Inc(1)
-
+	sent := 0 // number of successful sends
 	to := make([]byte, addressLength)
 	copy(to[:len(msg.To)], msg.To)
+	neighbourhoodDepth := p.Kademlia.NeighbourhoodDepth()
+
+	// luminosity is the opposite of darkness. the more bytes are removed from the address, the higher is darkness,
+	// but the luminosity is less. here luminosity equals the number of bits present in the destination address.
+	luminosityRadius := len(msg.To) * 8
+	pof := pot.DefaultPof(neighbourhoodDepth) // pof function matching up to neighbourhoodDepth bits (pof <= neighbourhoodDepth)
+	depth, _ := pof(to, p.BaseAddr(), 0)
+	if depth > luminosityRadius {
+		depth = luminosityRadius
+	}
 
-	// send with kademlia
-	// find the closest peer to the recipient and attempt to send
-	sent := 0
-	p.Kademlia.EachConn(to, 256, func(sp *network.Peer, po int, isproxbin bool) bool {
-		info := sp.Info()
-
-		// check if the peer is running pss
-		var ispss bool
-		for _, cap := range info.Caps {
-			if cap == p.capstring {
-				ispss = true
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		if !ispss {
-			log.Trace("peer doesn't have matching pss capabilities, skipping", "peer", info.Name, "caps", info.Caps)
-			return true
-		}
-
-		// get the protocol peer from the forwarding peer cache
-		sendMsg := fmt.Sprintf("MSG TO %x FROM %x VIA %x", to, p.BaseAddr(), sp.Address())
-		p.fwdPoolMu.RLock()
-		pp := p.fwdPool[sp.Info().ID]
-		p.fwdPoolMu.RUnlock()
-
-		// attempt to send the message
-		err := pp.Send(context.TODO(), msg)
-		if err != nil {
-			metrics.GetOrRegisterCounter("pss.pp.send.error", nil).Inc(1)
-			log.Error(err.Error())
-			return true
+	p.Kademlia.EachConn(to, addressLength*8, func(sp *network.Peer, po int, _ bool) bool {
+		if po < depth && sent > 0 {
+			return false // stop iterating
 		}
-		sent++
-		log.Trace(fmt.Sprintf("%v: successfully forwarded", sendMsg))
-
-		// continue forwarding if:
-		// - if the peer is end recipient but the full address has not been disclosed
-		// - if the peer address matches the partial address fully
-		// - if the peer is in proxbin
-		if len(msg.To) < addressLength && bytes.Equal(msg.To, sp.Address()[:len(msg.To)]) {
-			log.Trace(fmt.Sprintf("Pss keep forwarding: Partial address + full partial match"))
-			return true
-		} else if isproxbin {
-			log.Trace(fmt.Sprintf("%x is in proxbin, keep forwarding", common.ToHex(sp.Address())))
-			return true
+		if p.trySend(sp, msg) {
+			sent++
 		}
-		// at this point we stop forwarding, and the state is as follows:
-		// - the peer is end recipient and we have full address
-		// - we are not in proxbin (directed routing)
-		// - partial addresses don't fully match
-		return false
+		return true // continue
 	})
 
+	// if we failed to send to anyone, re-insert message in the send-queue
 	if sent == 0 {
 		log.Debug("unable to forward to any peers")
 		if err := p.enqueue(msg); err != nil {