protocol: add payload compression

closes #872

pkg/internal/testserdes/testing.go

@@ -42,3 +42,37 @@ func DecodeBinary(data []byte, a io.Serializable) error {
 	a.DecodeBinary(r)
 	return r.Err
 }
+
+type encodable interface {
+	Encode(*io.BinWriter) error
+	Decode(*io.BinReader) error
+}
+
+// EncodeDecode checks if expected stays the same after
+// serializing/deserializing via encodable methods.
+func EncodeDecode(t *testing.T, expected, actual encodable) {
+	data, err := Encode(expected)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, Decode(data, actual))
+	require.Equal(t, expected, actual)
+}
+
+// Encode serializes a to a byte slice.
+func Encode(a encodable) ([]byte, error) {
+	w := io.NewBufBinWriter()
+	err := a.Encode(w.BinWriter)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return w.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+// Decode deserializes a from a byte slice.
+func Decode(data []byte, a encodable) error {
+	r := io.NewBinReaderFromBuf(data)
+	err := a.Decode(r)
+	if r.Err != nil {
+		return r.Err
+	}
+	return err
+}

pkg/network/compress.go

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package network
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/pierrec/lz4"
+)
+
+// compress compresses bytes using lz4.
+func compress(source []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	dest := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	w := lz4.NewWriter(dest)
+	_, err := io.Copy(w, bytes.NewReader(source))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if w.Close() != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dest.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+// decompress decompresses bytes using lz4.
+func decompress(source []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	dest := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	r := lz4.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(source))
+	_, err := io.Copy(dest, r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dest.Bytes(), nil
+}

pkg/network/message.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package network
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus"
@@ -12,18 +13,37 @@ import (
 
 //go:generate stringer -type=CommandType
 
+const (
+	// PayloadMaxSize is maximum payload size in decompressed form.
+	PayloadMaxSize = 0x02000000
+	// CompressionMinSize is the lower bound to apply compression.
+	CompressionMinSize = 1024
+)
+
 // Message is the complete message send between nodes.
 type Message struct {
+	// Flags that represents whether a message is compressed.
+	// 0 for None, 1 for Compressed.
+	Flags MessageFlag
 	// Command is byte command code.
 	Command CommandType
 
-	// Length of the payload.
-	Length uint32
-
 	// Payload send with the message.
 	Payload payload.Payload
+
+	// Compressed message payload.
+	compressedPayload []byte
 }
 
+// MessageFlag represents compression level of message payload
+type MessageFlag byte
+
+// Possible message flags
+const (
+	None       MessageFlag = 0
+	Compressed MessageFlag = 1 << iota
+)
+
 // CommandType represents the type of a message command.
 type CommandType byte
 
@@ -65,47 +85,45 @@ const (
 
 // NewMessage returns a new message with the given payload.
 func NewMessage(cmd CommandType, p payload.Payload) *Message {
-	var (
-		size uint32
-	)
-
-	if p != nil {
-		buf := io.NewBufBinWriter()
-		p.EncodeBinary(buf.BinWriter)
-		if buf.Err != nil {
-			panic(buf.Err)
-		}
-		b := buf.Bytes()
-		size = uint32(len(b))
-	}
-
 	return &Message{
 		Command: cmd,
-		Length:  size,
 		Payload: p,
+		Flags:   None,
 	}
 }
 
 // Decode decodes a Message from the given reader.
 func (m *Message) Decode(br *io.BinReader) error {
+	m.Flags = MessageFlag(br.ReadB())
 	m.Command = CommandType(br.ReadB())
-	m.Length = br.ReadU32LE()
+	l := br.ReadVarUint()
-	if br.Err != nil {
+	// check the length first in order not to allocate memory
-		return br.Err
+	// for an empty compressed payload
-	}
+	if l == 0 {
-	// return if their is no payload.
+		m.Payload = payload.NewNullPayload()
-	if m.Length == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return m.decodePayload(br)
+	m.compressedPayload = make([]byte, l)
-}
+	br.ReadBytes(m.compressedPayload)
-
-func (m *Message) decodePayload(br *io.BinReader) error {
-	buf := make([]byte, m.Length)
-	br.ReadBytes(buf)
 	if br.Err != nil {
 		return br.Err
 	}
+	if len(m.compressedPayload) > PayloadMaxSize {
+		return errors.New("invalid payload size")
+	}
+	return m.decodePayload()
+}
+
+func (m *Message) decodePayload() error {
+	buf := m.compressedPayload
+	// try decompression
+	if m.Flags&Compressed != 0 {
+		d, err := decompress(m.compressedPayload)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		buf = d
+	}
 
 	r := io.NewBinReaderFromBuf(buf)
 	var p payload.Payload
@@ -147,17 +165,18 @@ func (m *Message) decodePayload(br *io.BinReader) error {
 
 // Encode encodes a Message to any given BinWriter.
 func (m *Message) Encode(br *io.BinWriter) error {
+	if err := m.tryCompressPayload(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	br.WriteB(byte(m.Flags))
 	br.WriteB(byte(m.Command))
-	br.WriteU32LE(m.Length)
+	if m.compressedPayload != nil {
-	if m.Payload != nil {
+		br.WriteVarBytes(m.compressedPayload)
-		m.Payload.EncodeBinary(br)
+	} else {
-
+		br.WriteB(0)
 	}
-	if br.Err != nil {
 	return br.Err
 }
-	return nil
-}
 
 // Bytes serializes a Message into the new allocated buffer and returns it.
 func (m *Message) Bytes() ([]byte, error) {
@@ -170,3 +189,37 @@ func (m *Message) Bytes() ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 	return w.Bytes(), nil
 }
+
+// tryCompressPayload sets message's compressed payload to serialized
+// payload and compresses it in case if its size exceeds CompressionMinSize
+func (m *Message) tryCompressPayload() error {
+	if m.Payload == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	buf := io.NewBufBinWriter()
+	m.Payload.EncodeBinary(buf.BinWriter)
+	if buf.Err != nil {
+		return buf.Err
+	}
+	compressedPayload := buf.Bytes()
+	if m.Flags&Compressed == 0 {
+		switch m.Payload.(type) {
+		case *payload.Headers, *payload.MerkleBlock, *payload.NullPayload:
+			break
+		default:
+			size := len(compressedPayload)
+			// try compression
+			if size > CompressionMinSize {
+				c, err := compress(compressedPayload)
+				if err == nil {
+					compressedPayload = c
+					m.Flags |= Compressed
+				} else {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	m.compressedPayload = compressedPayload
+	return nil
+}

pkg/network/message_test.go

@@ -1 +1,93 @@
 package network
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/block"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/transaction"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/internal/testserdes"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/payload"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestEncodeDecodeVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	// message with tiny payload, shouldn't be compressed
+	expected := NewMessage(CMDVersion, &payload.Version{
+		Magic:       1,
+		Version:     2,
+		Services:    1,
+		Timestamp:   uint32(time.Now().UnixNano()),
+		Port:        1234,
+		Nonce:       987,
+		UserAgent:   []byte{1, 2, 3},
+		StartHeight: 123,
+		Relay:       true,
+	})
+	testserdes.EncodeDecode(t, expected, &Message{})
+	uncompressed, err := testserdes.EncodeBinary(expected.Payload)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, len(expected.compressedPayload), len(uncompressed))
+
+	// large payload should be compressed
+	largeArray := make([]byte, CompressionMinSize)
+	for i := range largeArray {
+		largeArray[i] = byte(i)
+	}
+	expected.Payload.(*payload.Version).UserAgent = largeArray
+	testserdes.EncodeDecode(t, expected, &Message{})
+	uncompressed, err = testserdes.EncodeBinary(expected.Payload)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotEqual(t, len(expected.compressedPayload), len(uncompressed))
+}
+
+func TestEncodeDecodeHeaders(t *testing.T) {
+	// shouldn't try to compress headers payload
+	headers := &payload.Headers{Hdrs: make([]*block.Header, CompressionMinSize)}
+	for i := range headers.Hdrs {
+		h := &block.Header{
+			Base: block.Base{
+				Index: uint32(i + 1),
+				Script: transaction.Witness{
+					InvocationScript:   []byte{0x0},
+					VerificationScript: []byte{0x1},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		h.Hash()
+		headers.Hdrs[i] = h
+	}
+	expected := NewMessage(CMDHeaders, headers)
+	testserdes.EncodeDecode(t, expected, &Message{})
+	uncompressed, err := testserdes.EncodeBinary(expected.Payload)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, len(expected.compressedPayload), len(uncompressed))
+}
+
+func TestEncodeDecodeGetAddr(t *testing.T) {
+	// NullPayload should be handled properly
+	expected := NewMessage(CMDGetAddr, payload.NewNullPayload())
+	testserdes.EncodeDecode(t, expected, &Message{})
+}
+
+func TestEncodeDecodeNil(t *testing.T) {
+	// nil payload should be decoded into NullPayload
+	expected := NewMessage(CMDGetAddr, nil)
+	encoded, err := testserdes.Encode(expected)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	decoded := &Message{}
+	err = testserdes.Decode(encoded, decoded)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, NewMessage(CMDGetAddr, payload.NewNullPayload()), decoded)
+}
+
+func TestEncodeDecodePing(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := NewMessage(CMDPing, payload.NewPing(123, 456))
+	testserdes.EncodeDecode(t, expected, &Message{})
+}
+
+func TestEncodeDecodeInventory(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := NewMessage(CMDInv, payload.NewInventory(payload.ConsensusType, []util.Uint256{{1, 2, 3}}))
+	testserdes.EncodeDecode(t, expected, &Message{})
+}