lnd/routing/heap.go
Olaoluwa Osuntokun 528aa67df7
routing: weight findPath more heavily towards fees during edge relaxation
In this commit, we modify the edgeWeight function that’s used within
the findPath method to weight fees more heavily than the time lock
value at an edge. We do this in order to greedily prefer lower fees
during path finding. This is a simple stop gap in place of more complex
weighting parameters that will be investigated later.

We also modify the edge distance to use an int64 rather than a float.
Finally an additional test has been added in order to excessive this
new change. Before the commit, the test was failing as we preferred the
route with lower total time lock.
2018-02-12 16:27:38 -08:00

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package routing
import "github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb"
// nodeWithDist is a helper struct that couples the distance from the current
// source to a node with a pointer to the node itself.
type nodeWithDist struct {
// dist is the distance to this node from the source node in our
// current context.
dist int64
// node is the vertex itself. This pointer can be used to explore all
// the outgoing edges (channels) emanating from a node.
node *channeldb.LightningNode
}
// distanceHeap is a min-distance heap that's used within our path finding
// algorithm to keep track of the "closest" node to our source node.
type distanceHeap struct {
nodes []nodeWithDist
}
// Len returns the number of nodes in the priority queue.
//
// NOTE: This is part of the heap.Interface implementation.
func (d *distanceHeap) Len() int { return len(d.nodes) }
// Less returns whether the item in the priority queue with index i should sort
// before the item with index j.
//
// NOTE: This is part of the heap.Interface implementation.
func (d *distanceHeap) Less(i, j int) bool {
return d.nodes[i].dist < d.nodes[j].dist
}
// Swap swaps the nodes at the passed indices in the priority queue.
//
// NOTE: This is part of the heap.Interface implementation.
func (d *distanceHeap) Swap(i, j int) {
d.nodes[i], d.nodes[j] = d.nodes[j], d.nodes[i]
}
// Push pushes the passed item onto the priority queue.
//
// NOTE: This is part of the heap.Interface implementation.
func (d *distanceHeap) Push(x interface{}) {
d.nodes = append(d.nodes, x.(nodeWithDist))
}
// Pop removes the highest priority item (according to Less) from the priority
// queue and returns it.
//
// NOTE: This is part of the heap.Interface implementation.
func (d *distanceHeap) Pop() interface{} {
n := len(d.nodes)
x := d.nodes[n-1]
d.nodes = d.nodes[0 : n-1]
return x
}
// path represents an ordered set of edges which forms an available path from a
// given source node to our destination. During the process of computing the
// KSP's from a source to destination, several path swill be considered in the
// process.
type path struct {
// dist is the distance from the source node to the destination node
// that the path requires.
dist int
// hops is an ordered list of edge that comprises a potential payment
// path.
hops []*ChannelHop
}
// pathHeap is a min-heap that stores potential paths to be considered within
// our KSP implementation. The heap sorts paths according to their cumulative
// distance from a given source.
type pathHeap struct {
paths []path
}
// Len returns the number of nodes in the priority queue.
//
// NOTE: This is part of the heap.Interface implementation.
func (p *pathHeap) Len() int { return len(p.paths) }
// Less returns whether the item in the priority queue with index i should sort
// before the item with index j.
//
// NOTE: This is part of the heap.Interface implementation.
func (p *pathHeap) Less(i, j int) bool {
return p.paths[i].dist < p.paths[j].dist
}
// Swap swaps the nodes at the passed indices in the priority queue.
//
// NOTE: This is part of the heap.Interface implementation.
func (p *pathHeap) Swap(i, j int) {
p.paths[i], p.paths[j] = p.paths[j], p.paths[i]
}
// Push pushes the passed item onto the priority queue.
//
// NOTE: This is part of the heap.Interface implementation.
func (p *pathHeap) Push(x interface{}) {
p.paths = append(p.paths, x.(path))
}
// Pop removes the highest priority item (according to Less) from the priority
// queue and returns it.
//
// NOTE: This is part of the heap.Interface implementation.
func (p *pathHeap) Pop() interface{} {
n := len(p.paths)
x := p.paths[n-1]
p.paths = p.paths[0 : n-1]
return x
}