Merge pull request #5128

a17da720 Print the reason why a notification spec failed to parse (moneromooo-monero)
356d8137 blockchain: include number of discarded blocks in --reorg-notify (moneromooo-monero)
4d598e3d core: add a few more block rate window sizes (moneromooo-monero)
d4fb9641 core: add --block-rate-notify (moneromooo-monero)
28b6dbf2 notify: fix tokenizing being too strict (moneromooo-monero)

1 files changed, 37 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
index bc01e2435..599f42774 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
@@ -188,8 +188,21 @@ namespace cryptonote
   static const command_line::arg_descriptor<std::string> arg_reorg_notify = {
     "reorg-notify"
   , "Run a program for each reorg, '%s' will be replaced by the split height, "
-    "'%h' will be replaced by the new blockchain height, and '%n' will be "
-    "replaced by the number of new blocks in the new chain"
+    "'%h' will be replaced by the new blockchain height, '%n' will be "
+    "replaced by the number of new blocks in the new chain, and '%d' will be "
+    "replaced by the number of blocks discarded from the old chain"
+  , ""
+  };
+  static const command_line::arg_descriptor<std::string> arg_block_rate_notify = {
+    "block-rate-notify"
+  , "Run a program when the block rate undergoes large fluctuations. This might "
+    "be a sign of large amounts of hash rate going on and off the Monero network, "
+    "and thus be of potential interest in predicting attacks. %t will be replaced "
+    "by the number of minutes for the observation window, %b by the number of "
+    "blocks observed within that window, and %e by the number of blocks that was "
+    "expected in that window. It is suggested that this notification is used to "
+    "automatically increase the number of confirmations required before a payment "
+    "is acted upon."
   , ""
   };
 
@@ -308,6 +321,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
     command_line::add_arg(desc, arg_block_notify);
     command_line::add_arg(desc, arg_prune_blockchain);
     command_line::add_arg(desc, arg_reorg_notify);
+    command_line::add_arg(desc, arg_block_rate_notify);
 
     miner::init_options(desc);
     BlockchainDB::init_options(desc);
@@ -587,7 +601,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
     }
     catch (const std::exception &e)
     {
-      MERROR("Failed to parse block notify spec");
+      MERROR("Failed to parse block notify spec: " << e.what());
     }
 
     try
@@ -597,7 +611,17 @@ namespace cryptonote
     }
     catch (const std::exception &e)
     {
-      MERROR("Failed to parse reorg notify spec");
+      MERROR("Failed to parse reorg notify spec: " << e.what());
+    }
+
+    try
+    {
+      if (!command_line::is_arg_defaulted(vm, arg_block_rate_notify))
+        m_block_rate_notify.reset(new tools::Notify(command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_block_rate_notify).c_str()));
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception &e)
+    {
+      MERROR("Failed to parse block rate notify spec: " << e.what());
     }
 
     const std::pair<uint8_t, uint64_t> regtest_hard_forks[3] = {std::make_pair(1, 0), std::make_pair(Blockchain::get_hard_fork_heights(MAINNET).back().version, 1), std::make_pair(0, 0)};
@@ -1765,7 +1789,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
     const time_t now = time(NULL);
     const std::vector<time_t> timestamps = m_blockchain_storage.get_last_block_timestamps(60);
 
-    static const unsigned int seconds[] = { 5400, 1800, 600 };
+    static const unsigned int seconds[] = { 5400, 3600, 1800, 1200, 600 };
     for (size_t n = 0; n < sizeof(seconds)/sizeof(seconds[0]); ++n)
     {
       unsigned int b = 0;
@@ -1776,6 +1800,14 @@ namespace cryptonote
       if (p < threshold)
       {
         MWARNING("There were " << b << " blocks in the last " << seconds[n] / 60 << " minutes, there might be large hash rate changes, or we might be partitioned, cut off from the Monero network or under attack. Or it could be just sheer bad luck.");
+
+        std::shared_ptr<tools::Notify> block_rate_notify = m_block_rate_notify;
+        if (block_rate_notify)
+        {
+          auto expected = seconds[n] / DIFFICULTY_TARGET_V2;
+          block_rate_notify->notify("%t", std::to_string(seconds[n] / 60).c_str(), "%b", std::to_string(b).c_str(), "%e", std::to_string(expected).c_str(), NULL);
+        }
+
         break; // no need to look further
       }
     }