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Change-Id: Id4969474c8ed4fcccc9332ea7a33de41cc85b7ec
Signed-off-by: Mari Wade <[email protected]>

Author: mariwade

core/ledger/blkstorage/fsblkstorage/blockfile_mgr.go

@@ -52,47 +52,109 @@ type blockfileMgr struct {
 	bcInfo            atomic.Value
 }
 
+/*
+Creates a new manager that will manage the files used for block persistence.
+This manager manages the file system FS including
+  -- the directory where the files are stored
+  -- the individual files where the blocks are stored
+  -- the checkpoint which tracks the latest file being persisted to
+  -- the index which tracks what block and transaction is in what file
+When a new blockfile manager is started (i.e. only on start-up), it checks
+if this start-up is the first time the system is coming up or is this a restart
+of the system.
+
+The blockfile manager stores blocks of data into a file system.  That file
+storage is done by creating sequentially numbered files of a configured size
+i.e blockfile_000000, blockfile_000001, etc..
+
+Each transcation in a block is stored with information about the number of
+bytes in that transaction
+ Adding txLoc [fileSuffixNum=0, offset=3, bytesLength=104] for tx [1:0] to index
+ Adding txLoc [fileSuffixNum=0, offset=107, bytesLength=104] for tx [1:1] to index
+Each block is stored with the total encoded length of that block as well as the
+tx location offsets.
+
+Remember that these steps are only done once at start-up of the system.
+At start up a new manager:
+  *) Checks if the directory for storing files exists, if not creates the dir
+  *) Checks if the key value database exists, if not creates one
+       (will create a db dir)
+  *) Determines the checkpoint information (cpinfo) used for storage
+		-- Loads from db if exist, if not instantiate a new cpinfo
+		-- If cpinfo was loaded from db, compares to FS
+		-- If cpinfo and file system are not in sync, syncs cpInfo from FS
+  *) Starts a new file writer
+		-- truncates file per cpinfo to remove any excess past last block
+  *) Determines the index information used to find tx and blocks in
+  the file blkstorage
+		-- Instantiates a new blockIdxInfo
+		-- Loads the index from the db if exists
+		-- syncIndex comparing the last block indexed to what is in the FS
+		-- If index and file system are not in sync, syncs index from the FS
+  *)  Updates blockchain info used by the APIs
+*/
 func newBlockfileMgr(conf *Conf, indexConfig *blkstorage.IndexConfig) *blockfileMgr {
+	//Determine the root directory for the blockfile storage, if it does not exist create it
 	rootDir := conf.blockfilesDir
 	_, err := util.CreateDirIfMissing(rootDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error: %s", err))
 	}
+	//Determine the kev value db instance, if it does not exist, create the directory and instantiate the database.
 	db := initDB(conf)
+	// Instantiate the manager, i.e. blockFileMgr structure
 	mgr := &blockfileMgr{rootDir: rootDir, conf: conf, db: db}
+
+	// cp = checkpointInfo, retrieve from the database the file suffix or number of where blocks were stored.
+	// It also retrieves the current size of that file and the last block number that was written to that file.
+	// At init checkpointInfo:latestFileChunkSuffixNum=[0], latestFileChunksize=[0], lastBlockNumber=[0]
 	cpInfo, err := mgr.loadCurrentInfo()
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Could not get block file info for current block file from db: %s", err))
 	}
-	if cpInfo == nil {
+	if cpInfo == nil { //if no cpInfo stored in db initiate to zero
 		cpInfo = &checkpointInfo{latestFileChunkSuffixNum: 0, latestFileChunksize: 0}
 		err = mgr.saveCurrentInfo(cpInfo, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(fmt.Sprintf("Could not save next block file info to db: %s", err))
 		}
 	}
+	//Verify that the checkpoint stored in db is accurate with what is actually stored in block file system
+	// If not the same, sync the cpInfo and the file system
 	syncCPInfoFromFS(conf, cpInfo)
+	//Open a writer to the file identified by the number and truncate it to only contain the latest block
+	// that was completely saved (file system, index, cpinfo, etc)
 	currentFileWriter, err := newBlockfileWriter(deriveBlockfilePath(rootDir, cpInfo.latestFileChunkSuffixNum))
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Could not open writer to current file: %s", err))
 	}
+	//Truncate the file to remove excess past last block
 	err = currentFileWriter.truncateFile(cpInfo.latestFileChunksize)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Could not truncate current file to known size in db: %s", err))
 	}
 
+	// Create a new KeyValue store database handler for the blocks index in the keyvalue database
 	mgr.index = newBlockIndex(indexConfig, db)
+
+	// Update the manager with the checkpoint info and the file writer
 	mgr.cpInfo = cpInfo
 	mgr.currentFileWriter = currentFileWriter
+	// Create a checkpoint condition (event) variable, for the  goroutine waiting for
+	// or announcing the occurrence of an event.
 	mgr.cpInfoCond = sync.NewCond(&sync.Mutex{})
+
+	// Verify that the index stored in db is accurate with what is actually stored in block file system
+	// If not the same, sync the index and the file system
 	mgr.syncIndex()
 
-	// init BlockchainInfo
+	// init BlockchainInfo for external API's
 	bcInfo := &pb.BlockchainInfo{
 		Height:            0,
 		CurrentBlockHash:  nil,
 		PreviousBlockHash: nil}
 
+	//If start up is a restart of an existing storage, update BlockchainInfo for external API's
 	if cpInfo.lastBlockNumber > 0 {
 		lastBlock, err := mgr.retrieveSerBlockByNumber(cpInfo.lastBlockNumber)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -109,6 +171,7 @@ func newBlockfileMgr(conf *Conf, indexConfig *blkstorage.IndexConfig) *blockfile
 			PreviousBlockHash: previousBlockHash}
 	}
 	mgr.bcInfo.Store(bcInfo)
+	//return the new manager (blockfileMgr)
 	return mgr
 }
 
@@ -119,24 +182,34 @@ func initDB(conf *Conf) *db.DB {
 	return dbInst
 }
 
+//cp = checkpointInfo, from the database gets the file suffix and the size of
+// the file of where the last block was written.  Also retrieves contains the
+// last block number that was written.  At init
+//checkpointInfo:latestFileChunkSuffixNum=[0], latestFileChunksize=[0], lastBlockNumber=[0]
 func syncCPInfoFromFS(conf *Conf, cpInfo *checkpointInfo) {
 	logger.Debugf("Starting checkpoint=%s", cpInfo)
+	//Checks if the file suffix of where the last block was written exists
 	rootDir := conf.blockfilesDir
 	filePath := deriveBlockfilePath(rootDir, cpInfo.latestFileChunkSuffixNum)
 	exists, size, err := util.FileExists(filePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error in checking whether file [%s] exists: %s", filePath, err))
 	}
 	logger.Debugf("status of file [%s]: exists=[%t], size=[%d]", filePath, exists, size)
+	//Test is !exists because when file number is first used the file does not exist yet
+	//checks that the file exists and that the size of the file is what is stored in cpinfo
+	//status of file [/tmp/tests/ledger/blkstorage/fsblkstorage/blocks/blockfile_000000]: exists=[false], size=[0]
 	if !exists || int(size) == cpInfo.latestFileChunksize {
 		// check point info is in sync with the file on disk
 		return
 	}
+	//Scan the file system to verify that the checkpoint info stored in db is correct
 	endOffsetLastBlock, numBlocks, err := scanForLastCompleteBlock(
 		rootDir, cpInfo.latestFileChunkSuffixNum, int64(cpInfo.latestFileChunksize))
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Could not open current file for detecting last block in the file: %s", err))
 	}
+	//Updates the checkpoint info for the actual last block number stored and it's end location
 	cpInfo.lastBlockNumber += uint64(numBlocks)
 	cpInfo.latestFileChunksize = int(endOffsetLastBlock)
 	logger.Debugf("Checkpoint after updates by scanning the last file segment:%s", cpInfo)
@@ -183,6 +256,7 @@ func (mgr *blockfileMgr) addBlock(block *pb.Block2) error {
 	}
 	blockBytes := serBlock.GetBytes()
 	blockHash := serBlock.ComputeHash()
+	//Get the location / offset where each transaction starts in the block and where the block ends
 	txOffsets, err := serBlock.GetTxOffsets()
 	currentOffset := mgr.cpInfo.latestFileChunksize
 	if err != nil {
@@ -192,12 +266,16 @@ func (mgr *blockfileMgr) addBlock(block *pb.Block2) error {
 	blockBytesEncodedLen := proto.EncodeVarint(uint64(blockBytesLen))
 	totalBytesToAppend := blockBytesLen + len(blockBytesEncodedLen)
 
+	//Determine if we need to start a new file since the size of this block
+	//exceeds the amount of space left in the current file
 	if currentOffset+totalBytesToAppend > mgr.conf.maxBlockfileSize {
 		mgr.moveToNextFile()
 		currentOffset = 0
 	}
+	//append blockBytesEncodedLen to the file
 	err = mgr.currentFileWriter.append(blockBytesEncodedLen, false)
 	if err == nil {
+		//append the actual block bytes to the file
 		err = mgr.currentFileWriter.append(blockBytes, true)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -208,11 +286,13 @@ func (mgr *blockfileMgr) addBlock(block *pb.Block2) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error while appending block to file: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	//Update the checkpoint info with the results of adding the new block
 	currentCPInfo := mgr.cpInfo
 	newCPInfo := &checkpointInfo{
 		latestFileChunkSuffixNum: currentCPInfo.latestFileChunkSuffixNum,
 		latestFileChunksize:      currentCPInfo.latestFileChunksize + totalBytesToAppend,
 		lastBlockNumber:          currentCPInfo.lastBlockNumber + 1}
+	//save the checkpoint information in the database
 	if err = mgr.saveCurrentInfo(newCPInfo, false); err != nil {
 		truncateErr := mgr.currentFileWriter.truncateFile(currentCPInfo.latestFileChunksize)
 		if truncateErr != nil {
@@ -221,16 +301,19 @@ func (mgr *blockfileMgr) addBlock(block *pb.Block2) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error while saving current file info to db: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	//Index block file location pointer updated with file suffex and offset for the new block
 	blockFLP := &fileLocPointer{fileSuffixNum: newCPInfo.latestFileChunkSuffixNum}
 	blockFLP.offset = currentOffset
 	// shift the txoffset because we prepend length of bytes before block bytes
 	for i := 0; i < len(txOffsets); i++ {
 		txOffsets[i] += len(blockBytesEncodedLen)
 	}
+	//save the index in the database
 	mgr.index.indexBlock(&blockIdxInfo{
 		blockNum: newCPInfo.lastBlockNumber, blockHash: blockHash,
 		flp: blockFLP, txOffsets: txOffsets})
 
+	//update the checkpoint info (for storage) and the blockchain info (for APIs) in the manager
 	mgr.updateCheckpoint(newCPInfo)
 	mgr.updateBlockchainInfo(blockHash, block)
 	return nil
@@ -239,13 +322,17 @@ func (mgr *blockfileMgr) addBlock(block *pb.Block2) error {
 func (mgr *blockfileMgr) syncIndex() error {
 	var lastBlockIndexed uint64
 	var err error
+	//from the database, get the last block that was indexed
 	if lastBlockIndexed, err = mgr.index.getLastBlockIndexed(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	//initialize index to file number:zero, offset:zero and block:1
 	startFileNum := 0
 	startOffset := 0
 	blockNum := uint64(1)
+	//get the last file that blocks were added to using the checkpoint info
 	endFileNum := mgr.cpInfo.latestFileChunkSuffixNum
+	//if the index stored in the db has value, update the index information with those values
 	if lastBlockIndexed != 0 {
 		var flp *fileLocPointer
 		if flp, err = mgr.index.getBlockLocByBlockNum(lastBlockIndexed); err != nil {
@@ -256,13 +343,16 @@ func (mgr *blockfileMgr) syncIndex() error {
 		blockNum = lastBlockIndexed
 	}
 
+	//open a blockstream to the file location that was stored in the index
 	var stream *blockStream
 	if stream, err = newBlockStream(mgr.rootDir, startFileNum, int64(startOffset), endFileNum); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	var blockBytes []byte
 	var blockPlacementInfo *blockPlacementInfo
 
+	//Should be at the last block, but go ahead and loop looking for next blockBytes
+	//If there is another block, add it to the index
 	for {
 		if blockBytes, blockPlacementInfo, err = stream.nextBlockBytesAndPlacementInfo(); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -278,6 +368,7 @@ func (mgr *blockfileMgr) syncIndex() error {
 		for i := 0; i < len(txOffsets); i++ {
 			txOffsets[i] += int(blockPlacementInfo.blockBytesOffset)
 		}
+		//Update the blockIndexInfo with what was actually stored in file system
 		blockIdxInfo := &blockIdxInfo{}
 		blockIdxInfo.blockHash = serBlock2.ComputeHash()
 		blockIdxInfo.blockNum = blockNum
@@ -414,6 +505,7 @@ func (mgr *blockfileMgr) fetchRawBytes(lp *fileLocPointer) ([]byte, error) {
 	return b, nil
 }
 
+//Get the current checkpoint information that is stored in the database
 func (mgr *blockfileMgr) loadCurrentInfo() (*checkpointInfo, error) {
 	var b []byte
 	var err error
@@ -442,6 +534,7 @@ func (mgr *blockfileMgr) saveCurrentInfo(i *checkpointInfo, sync bool) error {
 // scanForLastCompleteBlock scan a given block file and detects the last offset in the file
 // after which there may lie a block partially written (towards the end of the file in a crash scenario).
 func scanForLastCompleteBlock(rootDir string, fileNum int, startingOffset int64) (int64, int, error) {
+	//scan the passed file number suffix starting from the passed offset to find the last completed block
 	numBlocks := 0
 	blockStream, errOpen := newBlockfileStream(rootDir, fileNum, startingOffset)
 	if errOpen != nil {