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// Copyright 2015-2020 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
// This file is part of OpenEthereum.

// OpenEthereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.

// OpenEthereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.

// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with OpenEthereum.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

//! Implementation of the Clique PoA Engine.
//!
//! File structure:
//! - mod.rs -> Provides the engine API implementation, with additional block state tracking
//! - block_state.rs -> Records the Clique state for given block.
//! - params.rs -> Contains the parameters for the Clique engine.
//! - step_service.rs -> An event loop to trigger sealing.
//! - util.rs -> Various standalone utility functions.
//! - tests.rs -> Consensus tests as defined in EIP-225.

/// How syncing works:
///
/// 1. Client will call:
///    - `Clique::verify_block_basic()`
///    - `Clique::verify_block_unordered()`
///    - `Clique::verify_block_family()`
/// 2. Using `Clique::state()` we try and retrieve the parent state. If this isn't found
///    we need to back-fill it from the last known checkpoint.
/// 3. Once we have a good state, we can record it using `CliqueBlockState::apply()`.

/// How sealing works:
///
/// 1. Set a signer using `Engine::set_signer()`. If a miner account was set up through
///    a config file or CLI flag `MinerService::set_author()` will eventually set the signer
/// 2. We check that the engine is ready for sealing through `Clique::sealing_state()`
///    Note: This is always `SealingState::Ready` for Clique
/// 3. Calling `Clique::new()` will spawn a `StepService` thread. This thread will call `Engine::step()`
///    periodically. Internally, the Clique `step()` function calls `Client::update_sealing()`, which is
///    what makes and seals a block.
/// 4. `Clique::generate_seal()` will then be called by `miner`. This will return a `Seal` which
///     is either a `Seal::None` or `Seal:Regular`. The following shows how a `Seal` variant is chosen:
///       a. We return `Seal::None` if no signer is available or the signer is not authorized.
///       b. If period == 0 and block has transactions, we return `Seal::Regular`, otherwise return `Seal::None`.
///       c. If we're `INTURN`, wait for at least `period` since last block before trying to seal.
///       d. If we're not `INTURN`, we wait for a random amount of time using the algorithm specified
///          in EIP-225 before trying to seal again.
/// 5. Miner will create new block, in process it will call several engine methods to do following:
///   a. `Clique::open_block_header_timestamp()` must set timestamp correctly.
///   b. `Clique::populate_from_parent()` must set difficulty to correct value.
///       Note: `Clique::populate_from_parent()` is used in both the syncing and sealing code paths.
/// 6. We call `Clique::on_seal_block()` which will allow us to modify the block header during seal generation.
/// 7. Finally, `Clique::verify_local_seal()` is called. After this, the syncing code path will be followed
///    in order to import the new block.
use std::cmp;
use std::{
    collections::{HashMap, VecDeque},
    sync::{Arc, Weak},
    thread, time,
    time::{Duration, Instant, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH},
};

use super::signer::EngineSigner;
use block::ExecutedBlock;
use client::{traits::ForceUpdateSealing, BlockId, EngineClient};
use crypto::publickey::Signature;
use engines::{
    clique::util::{extract_signers, recover_creator},
    Engine, EngineError, Seal, SealingState,
};
use error::{BlockError, Error};
use ethereum_types::{Address, H160, H256, H64, U256};
use hash::KECCAK_EMPTY_LIST_RLP;
use itertools::Itertools;
use lru_cache::LruCache;
use machine::{Call, EthereumMachine};
use parking_lot::RwLock;
use rand::Rng;
use time_utils::CheckedSystemTime;
use types::{
    header::{ExtendedHeader, Header},
    BlockNumber,
};
use unexpected::{Mismatch, OutOfBounds};

use self::{block_state::CliqueBlockState, params::CliqueParams};

mod block_state;
mod params;
mod util;

// TODO(niklasad1): extract tester types into a separate mod to be shared in the code base
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests;

// Protocol constants
/// Fixed number of extra-data prefix bytes reserved for signer vanity
pub const VANITY_LENGTH: usize = 32;
/// Fixed number of extra-data suffix bytes reserved for signer signature
pub const SIGNATURE_LENGTH: usize = 65;
/// Address length of signer
pub const ADDRESS_LENGTH: usize = 20;
/// Nonce value for DROP vote
pub const NONCE_DROP_VOTE: H64 = H64([0; 8]);
/// Nonce value for AUTH vote
pub const NONCE_AUTH_VOTE: H64 = H64([0xff; 8]);
/// Difficulty for INTURN block
pub const DIFF_INTURN: U256 = U256([2, 0, 0, 0]);
/// Difficulty for NOTURN block
pub const DIFF_NOTURN: U256 = U256([1, 0, 0, 0]);
/// Default empty author field value
pub const NULL_AUTHOR: Address = H160([0x00; 20]);
/// Default empty nonce value
pub const NULL_NONCE: H64 = NONCE_DROP_VOTE;
/// Default value for mixhash
pub const NULL_MIXHASH: H256 = H256([0; 32]);
/// Default value for uncles hash
pub const NULL_UNCLES_HASH: H256 = KECCAK_EMPTY_LIST_RLP;
/// Default noturn block wiggle factor defined in spec.
pub const SIGNING_DELAY_NOTURN_MS: u64 = 500;

/// How many CliqueBlockState to cache in the memory.
pub const STATE_CACHE_NUM: usize = 128;

/// Vote to add or remove the beneficiary
#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
pub enum VoteType {
    Add,
    Remove,
}

impl VoteType {
    /// Try to construct a `Vote` from a nonce
    pub fn from_nonce(nonce: H64) -> Result<Self, Error> {
        if nonce == NONCE_AUTH_VOTE {
            Ok(VoteType::Add)
        } else if nonce == NONCE_DROP_VOTE {
            Ok(VoteType::Remove)
        } else {
            Err(EngineError::CliqueInvalidNonce(nonce))?
        }
    }

    /// Get the rlp encoding of the vote
    pub fn as_rlp(&self) -> Vec<Vec<u8>> {
        match self {
            VoteType::Add => vec![rlp::encode(&NULL_MIXHASH), rlp::encode(&NONCE_AUTH_VOTE)],
            VoteType::Remove => vec![rlp::encode(&NULL_MIXHASH), rlp::encode(&NONCE_DROP_VOTE)],
        }
    }
}

/// Clique Engine implementation
// block_state_by_hash -> block state indexed by header hash.
#[cfg(not(test))]
pub struct Clique {
    epoch_length: u64,
    period: u64,
    machine: EthereumMachine,
    client: RwLock<Option<Weak<dyn EngineClient>>>,
    block_state_by_hash: RwLock<LruCache<H256, CliqueBlockState>>,
    proposals: RwLock<HashMap<Address, VoteType>>,
    signer: RwLock<Option<Box<dyn EngineSigner>>>,
}

#[cfg(test)]
/// Test version of `CliqueEngine` to make all fields public
pub struct Clique {
    pub epoch_length: u64,
    pub period: u64,
    pub machine: EthereumMachine,
    pub client: RwLock<Option<Weak<dyn EngineClient>>>,
    pub block_state_by_hash: RwLock<LruCache<H256, CliqueBlockState>>,
    pub proposals: RwLock<HashMap<Address, VoteType>>,
    pub signer: RwLock<Option<Box<dyn EngineSigner>>>,
}

impl Clique {
    /// Initialize Clique engine from empty state.
    pub fn new(params: CliqueParams, machine: EthereumMachine) -> Result<Arc<Self>, Error> {
        /// Step Clique at most every 2 seconds
        const SEALING_FREQ: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);

        let engine = Clique {
            epoch_length: params.epoch,
            period: params.period,
            client: Default::default(),
            block_state_by_hash: RwLock::new(LruCache::new(STATE_CACHE_NUM)),
            proposals: Default::default(),
            signer: Default::default(),
            machine,
        };
        let engine = Arc::new(engine);
        let weak_eng = Arc::downgrade(&engine);

        thread::Builder::new()
            .name("StepService".into())
            .spawn(move || loop {
                let next_step_at = Instant::now() + SEALING_FREQ;
                trace!(target: "miner", "StepService: triggering sealing");
                if let Some(eng) = weak_eng.upgrade() {
                    eng.step()
                } else {
                    warn!(target: "shutdown", "StepService: engine is dropped; exiting.");
                    break;
                }

                let now = Instant::now();
                if now < next_step_at {
                    thread::sleep(next_step_at - now);
                }
            })?;
        Ok(engine)
    }

    #[cfg(test)]
    /// Initialize test variant of `CliqueEngine`,
    /// Note we need to `mock` the miner and it is introduced to test block verification to trigger new blocks
    /// to mainly test consensus edge cases
    pub fn with_test(epoch_length: u64, period: u64) -> Self {
        use spec::Spec;

        Self {
            epoch_length,
            period,
            client: Default::default(),
            block_state_by_hash: RwLock::new(LruCache::new(STATE_CACHE_NUM)),
            proposals: Default::default(),
            signer: Default::default(),
            machine: Spec::new_test_machine(),
        }
    }

    fn sign_header(&self, header: &Header) -> Result<(Signature, H256), Error> {
        match self.signer.read().as_ref() {
            None => Err(EngineError::RequiresSigner)?,
            Some(signer) => {
                let digest = header.hash();
                match signer.sign(digest) {
                    Ok(sig) => Ok((sig, digest)),
                    Err(e) => Err(EngineError::Custom(e.into()))?,
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /// Construct an new state from given checkpoint header.
    fn new_checkpoint_state(&self, header: &Header) -> Result<CliqueBlockState, Error> {
        debug_assert_eq!(header.number() % self.epoch_length, 0);

        let mut state = CliqueBlockState::new(extract_signers(header)?);

        // TODO(niklasad1): refactor to perform this check in the `CliqueBlockState` constructor instead
        state.calc_next_timestamp(header.timestamp(), self.period)?;

        Ok(state)
    }

    fn state_no_backfill(&self, hash: &H256) -> Option<CliqueBlockState> {
        self.block_state_by_hash.write().get_mut(hash).cloned()
    }

    /// Get `CliqueBlockState` for given header, backfill from last checkpoint if needed.
    fn state(&self, header: &Header) -> Result<CliqueBlockState, Error> {
        let mut block_state_by_hash = self.block_state_by_hash.write();
        if let Some(state) = block_state_by_hash.get_mut(&header.hash()) {
            return Ok(state.clone());
        }
        // If we are looking for an checkpoint block state, we can directly reconstruct it.
        if header.number() % self.epoch_length == 0 {
            let state = self.new_checkpoint_state(header)?;
            block_state_by_hash.insert(header.hash(), state.clone());
            return Ok(state);
        }
        // BlockState is not found in memory, which means we need to reconstruct state from last checkpoint.
        match self.client.read().as_ref().and_then(|w| w.upgrade()) {
            None => {
                return Err(EngineError::RequiresClient)?;
            }
            Some(c) => {
                let last_checkpoint_number =
                    header.number() - header.number() % self.epoch_length as u64;
                debug_assert_ne!(last_checkpoint_number, header.number());

                // Catching up state, note that we don't really store block state for intermediary blocks,
                // for speed.
                let backfill_start = time::Instant::now();
                trace!(target: "engine",
						"Back-filling block state. last_checkpoint_number: {}, target: {}({}).",
						last_checkpoint_number, header.number(), header.hash());

                let chain: &mut VecDeque<Header> = &mut VecDeque::with_capacity(
                    (header.number() - last_checkpoint_number + 1) as usize,
                );

                // Put ourselves in.
                chain.push_front(header.clone());

                // populate chain to last checkpoint
                loop {
                    let (last_parent_hash, last_num) = {
                        let l = chain.front().expect("chain has at least one element; qed");
                        (*l.parent_hash(), l.number())
                    };

                    if last_num == last_checkpoint_number + 1 {
                        break;
                    }
                    match c.block_header(BlockId::Hash(last_parent_hash)) {
                        None => {
                            return Err(BlockError::UnknownParent(last_parent_hash))?;
                        }
                        Some(next) => {
                            chain
                                .push_front(next.decode(self.machine.params().eip1559_transition)?);
                        }
                    }
                }

                // Get the state for last checkpoint.
                let last_checkpoint_hash = *chain
                    .front()
                    .expect("chain has at least one element; qed")
                    .parent_hash();

                let last_checkpoint_header =
                    match c.block_header(BlockId::Hash(last_checkpoint_hash)) {
                        None => {
                            return Err(EngineError::CliqueMissingCheckpoint(last_checkpoint_hash))?
                        }
                        Some(header) => header.decode(self.machine.params().eip1559_transition)?,
                    };

                let last_checkpoint_state = match block_state_by_hash.get_mut(&last_checkpoint_hash)
                {
                    Some(state) => state.clone(),
                    None => self.new_checkpoint_state(&last_checkpoint_header)?,
                };

                block_state_by_hash
                    .insert(last_checkpoint_header.hash(), last_checkpoint_state.clone());

                // Backfill!
                let mut new_state = last_checkpoint_state.clone();
                for item in chain {
                    new_state.apply(item, false)?;
                }
                new_state.calc_next_timestamp(header.timestamp(), self.period)?;
                block_state_by_hash.insert(header.hash(), new_state.clone());

                let elapsed = backfill_start.elapsed();
                trace!(target: "engine", "Back-filling succeed, took {} ms.", elapsed.as_millis());
                Ok(new_state)
            }
        }
    }
}

impl Engine<EthereumMachine> for Clique {
    fn name(&self) -> &str {
        "Clique"
    }

    fn machine(&self) -> &EthereumMachine {
        &self.machine
    }

    // Clique use same fields, nonce + mixHash
    fn seal_fields(&self, _header: &Header) -> usize {
        2
    }

    fn maximum_uncle_count(&self, _block: BlockNumber) -> usize {
        0
    }

    fn on_new_block(
        &self,
        _block: &mut ExecutedBlock,
        _epoch_begin: bool,
        _ancestry: &mut dyn Iterator<Item = ExtendedHeader>,
    ) -> Result<(), Error> {
        Ok(())
    }

    // Clique has no block reward.
    fn on_close_block(&self, _block: &mut ExecutedBlock) -> Result<(), Error> {
        Ok(())
    }

    fn on_seal_block(&self, block: &mut ExecutedBlock) -> Result<(), Error> {
        trace!(target: "engine", "on_seal_block");

        let header = &mut block.header;

        let state = self
            .state_no_backfill(header.parent_hash())
            .ok_or_else(|| BlockError::UnknownParent(*header.parent_hash()))?;

        let is_checkpoint = header.number() % self.epoch_length == 0;

        header.set_author(NULL_AUTHOR);

        // Cast a random Vote if not checkpoint
        if !is_checkpoint {
            // TODO(niklasad1): this will always be false because `proposals` is never written to
            let votes = self
                .proposals
                .read()
                .iter()
                .filter(|(address, vote_type)| state.is_valid_vote(*address, **vote_type))
                .map(|(address, vote_type)| (*address, *vote_type))
                .collect_vec();

            if !votes.is_empty() {
                // Pick a random vote.
                let random_vote = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(0 as usize, votes.len());
                let (beneficiary, vote_type) = votes[random_vote];

                trace!(target: "engine", "Casting vote: beneficiary {}, type {:?} ", beneficiary, vote_type);

                header.set_author(beneficiary);
                header.set_seal(vote_type.as_rlp());
            }
        }

        // Work on clique seal.

        let mut seal: Vec<u8> = Vec::with_capacity(VANITY_LENGTH + SIGNATURE_LENGTH);

        // At this point, extra_data should only contain miner vanity.
        if header.extra_data().len() != VANITY_LENGTH {
            Err(BlockError::ExtraDataOutOfBounds(OutOfBounds {
                min: Some(VANITY_LENGTH),
                max: Some(VANITY_LENGTH),
                found: header.extra_data().len(),
            }))?;
        }
        // vanity
        {
            seal.extend_from_slice(&header.extra_data()[0..VANITY_LENGTH]);
        }

        // If we are building an checkpoint block, add all signers now.
        if is_checkpoint {
            seal.reserve(state.signers().len() * 20);
            state.signers().iter().foreach(|addr| {
                seal.extend_from_slice(&addr[..]);
            });
        }

        header.set_extra_data(seal.clone());

        // append signature onto extra_data
        let (sig, _msg) = self.sign_header(&header)?;
        seal.extend_from_slice(&sig[..]);
        header.set_extra_data(seal.clone());

        header.compute_hash();

        // locally sealed block don't go through valid_block_family(), so we have to record state here.
        let mut new_state = state.clone();
        new_state.apply(&header, is_checkpoint)?;
        new_state.calc_next_timestamp(header.timestamp(), self.period)?;
        self.block_state_by_hash
            .write()
            .insert(header.hash(), new_state);

        trace!(target: "engine", "on_seal_block: finished, final header: {:?}", header);

        Ok(())
    }

    /// Clique doesn't require external work to seal, so we always return true here.
    fn sealing_state(&self) -> SealingState {
        SealingState::Ready
    }

    /// Returns if we are ready to seal, the real sealing (signing extra_data) is actually done in `on_seal_block()`.
    fn generate_seal(&self, block: &ExecutedBlock, parent: &Header) -> Seal {
        trace!(target: "engine", "tried to generate_seal");
        let null_seal = util::null_seal();

        if block.header.number() == 0 {
            trace!(target: "engine", "attempted to seal genesis block");
            return Seal::None;
        }

        // if sealing period is 0, and not an checkpoint block, refuse to seal
        if self.period == 0 {
            if block.transactions.is_empty() && block.header.number() % self.epoch_length != 0 {
                return Seal::None;
            }
            return Seal::Regular(null_seal);
        }

        // Check we actually have authority to seal.
        if let Some(author) = self.signer.read().as_ref().map(|x| x.address()) {
            // ensure the voting state exists
            match self.state(&parent) {
                Err(e) => {
                    warn!(target: "engine", "generate_seal: can't get parent state(number: {}, hash: {}): {} ",
							parent.number(), parent.hash(), e);
                    return Seal::None;
                }
                Ok(state) => {
                    // Are we authorized to seal?
                    if !state.is_authorized(&author) {
                        trace!(target: "engine", "generate_seal: Not authorized to sign right now.");
                        // wait for one third of period to try again.
                        thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(self.period / 3 + 1));
                        return Seal::None;
                    }

                    let inturn = state.is_inturn(block.header.number(), &author);

                    let now = SystemTime::now();

                    let limit = match inturn {
                        true => state.next_timestamp_inturn.unwrap_or(now),
                        false => state.next_timestamp_noturn.unwrap_or(now),
                    };

                    // Wait for the right moment.
                    if now < limit {
                        trace!(target: "engine",
								"generate_seal: sleeping to sign: inturn: {}, now: {:?}, to: {:?}.",
								inturn, now, limit);
                        match limit.duration_since(SystemTime::now()) {
                            Ok(duration) => {
                                thread::sleep(duration);
                            }
                            Err(e) => {
                                warn!(target:"engine", "generate_seal: unable to sleep, err: {}", e);
                                return Seal::None;
                            }
                        }
                    }

                    trace!(target: "engine", "generate_seal: seal ready for block {}, txs: {}.",
							block.header.number(), block.transactions.len());
                    return Seal::Regular(null_seal);
                }
            }
        }
        Seal::None
    }

    fn verify_local_seal(&self, _header: &Header) -> Result<(), Error> {
        Ok(())
    }

    fn verify_block_basic(&self, header: &Header) -> Result<(), Error> {
        // Largely same as https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/master/consensus/clique/clique.go#L275

        // Ignore genesis block.
        if header.number() == 0 {
            return Ok(());
        }

        // Don't waste time checking blocks from the future
        {
            let limit =
                CheckedSystemTime::checked_add(SystemTime::now(), Duration::from_secs(self.period))
                    .ok_or(BlockError::TimestampOverflow)?;

            // This should succeed under the contraints that the system clock works
            let limit_as_dur = limit.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).map_err(|e| {
                Box::new(format!("Converting SystemTime to Duration failed: {}", e))
            })?;

            let hdr = Duration::from_secs(header.timestamp());
            if hdr > limit_as_dur {
                let found = CheckedSystemTime::checked_add(UNIX_EPOCH, hdr)
                    .ok_or(BlockError::TimestampOverflow)?;

                Err(BlockError::TemporarilyInvalid(OutOfBounds {
                    min: None,
                    max: Some(limit),
                    found,
                }))?
            }
        }

        let is_checkpoint = header.number() % self.epoch_length == 0;

        if is_checkpoint && *header.author() != NULL_AUTHOR {
            return Err(EngineError::CliqueWrongAuthorCheckpoint(Mismatch {
                expected: H160::zero(),
                found: *header.author(),
            }))?;
        }

        let seal_fields = header.decode_seal::<Vec<_>>()?;
        if seal_fields.len() != 2 {
            Err(BlockError::InvalidSealArity(Mismatch {
                expected: 2,
                found: seal_fields.len(),
            }))?
        }

        let mixhash = H256::from_slice(seal_fields[0]);
        let nonce = H64::from_slice(seal_fields[1]);

        // Nonce must be 0x00..0 or 0xff..f
        if nonce != NONCE_DROP_VOTE && nonce != NONCE_AUTH_VOTE {
            Err(EngineError::CliqueInvalidNonce(nonce))?;
        }

        if is_checkpoint && nonce != NULL_NONCE {
            Err(EngineError::CliqueInvalidNonce(nonce))?;
        }

        // Ensure that the mix digest is zero as Clique don't have fork protection currently
        if mixhash != NULL_MIXHASH {
            Err(BlockError::MismatchedH256SealElement(Mismatch {
                expected: NULL_MIXHASH,
                found: mixhash,
            }))?
        }

        let extra_data_len = header.extra_data().len();

        if extra_data_len < VANITY_LENGTH {
            Err(EngineError::CliqueMissingVanity)?
        }

        if extra_data_len < VANITY_LENGTH + SIGNATURE_LENGTH {
            Err(EngineError::CliqueMissingSignature)?
        }

        let signers = extra_data_len - (VANITY_LENGTH + SIGNATURE_LENGTH);

        // Checkpoint blocks must at least contain one signer
        if is_checkpoint && signers == 0 {
            Err(EngineError::CliqueCheckpointNoSigner)?
        }

        // Addresses must be be divisable by 20
        if is_checkpoint && signers % ADDRESS_LENGTH != 0 {
            Err(EngineError::CliqueCheckpointInvalidSigners(signers))?
        }

        // Ensure that the block doesn't contain any uncles which are meaningless in PoA
        if *header.uncles_hash() != NULL_UNCLES_HASH {
            Err(BlockError::InvalidUnclesHash(Mismatch {
                expected: NULL_UNCLES_HASH,
                found: *header.uncles_hash(),
            }))?
        }

        // Ensure that the block's difficulty is meaningful (may not be correct at this point)
        if *header.difficulty() != DIFF_INTURN && *header.difficulty() != DIFF_NOTURN {
            Err(BlockError::DifficultyOutOfBounds(OutOfBounds {
                min: Some(DIFF_NOTURN),
                max: Some(DIFF_INTURN),
                found: *header.difficulty(),
            }))?
        }

        // All basic checks passed, continue to next phase
        Ok(())
    }

    fn verify_block_unordered(&self, _header: &Header) -> Result<(), Error> {
        // Nothing to check here.
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Verify block family by looking up parent state (backfill if needed), then try to apply current header.
    /// see https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/master/consensus/clique/clique.go#L338
    fn verify_block_family(&self, header: &Header, parent: &Header) -> Result<(), Error> {
        // Ignore genesis block.
        if header.number() == 0 {
            return Ok(());
        }

        // parent sanity check
        if parent.hash() != *header.parent_hash() || header.number() != parent.number() + 1 {
            Err(BlockError::UnknownParent(parent.hash()))?
        }

        // Ensure that the block's timestamp isn't too close to it's parent
        let limit = parent.timestamp().saturating_add(self.period);
        if limit > header.timestamp() {
            let max =
                CheckedSystemTime::checked_add(UNIX_EPOCH, Duration::from_secs(header.timestamp()));
            let found = CheckedSystemTime::checked_add(UNIX_EPOCH, Duration::from_secs(limit))
                .ok_or(BlockError::TimestampOverflow)?;

            Err(BlockError::InvalidTimestamp(OutOfBounds {
                min: None,
                max,
                found,
            }))?
        }

        // Retrieve the parent state
        let parent_state = self.state(&parent)?;
        // Try to apply current state, apply() will further check signer and recent signer.
        let mut new_state = parent_state.clone();
        new_state.apply(header, header.number() % self.epoch_length == 0)?;
        new_state.calc_next_timestamp(header.timestamp(), self.period)?;
        self.block_state_by_hash
            .write()
            .insert(header.hash(), new_state);

        Ok(())
    }

    fn genesis_epoch_data(&self, header: &Header, _call: &Call) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
        let mut state = self
            .new_checkpoint_state(header)
            .expect("Unable to parse genesis data.");
        state
            .calc_next_timestamp(header.timestamp(), self.period)
            .map_err(|e| format!("{}", e))?;
        self.block_state_by_hash
            .write()
            .insert(header.hash(), state);

        // no proof.
        Ok(Vec::new())
    }

    // Our task here is to set difficulty
    fn populate_from_parent(&self, header: &mut Header, parent: &Header) {
        // TODO(https://github.com/openethereum/openethereum/issues/10410): this is a horrible hack,
        // it is due to the fact that enact and miner both use OpenBlock::new() which will both call
        // this function. more refactoring is definitely needed.
        if header.extra_data().len() < VANITY_LENGTH + SIGNATURE_LENGTH {
            trace!(target: "engine", "populate_from_parent in sealing");

            // It's unclear how to prevent creating new blocks unless we are authorized, the best way (and geth does this too)
            // it's just to ignore setting a correct difficulty here, we will check authorization in next step in generate_seal anyway.
            if let Some(signer) = self.signer.read().as_ref() {
                let state = match self.state(&parent) {
                    Err(e) => {
                        trace!(target: "engine", "populate_from_parent: Unable to find parent state: {}, ignored.", e);
                        return;
                    }
                    Ok(state) => state,
                };

                if state.is_authorized(&signer.address()) {
                    if state.is_inturn(header.number(), &signer.address()) {
                        header.set_difficulty(DIFF_INTURN);
                    } else {
                        header.set_difficulty(DIFF_NOTURN);
                    }
                }

                let zero_padding_len = VANITY_LENGTH - header.extra_data().len();
                if zero_padding_len > 0 {
                    let mut resized_extra_data = header.extra_data().clone();
                    resized_extra_data.resize(VANITY_LENGTH, 0);
                    header.set_extra_data(resized_extra_data);
                }
            } else {
                trace!(target: "engine", "populate_from_parent: no signer registered");
            }
        }
    }

    fn set_signer(&self, signer: Option<Box<dyn EngineSigner>>) {
        let mut current_signer = self.signer.write();
        if let Some(signer) = signer.as_ref() {
            trace!(target: "engine", "set_signer: {:?}", signer.address());
        } else if let Some(signer) = &*current_signer {
            trace!(target: "engine", "set_signer: cleared; previous signer: {:?})", signer.address());
        }
        *current_signer = signer;
    }

    fn register_client(&self, client: Weak<dyn EngineClient>) {
        *self.client.write() = Some(client.clone());
    }

    fn step(&self) {
        if self.signer.read().is_some() {
            if let Some(ref weak) = *self.client.read() {
                if let Some(c) = weak.upgrade() {
                    c.update_sealing(ForceUpdateSealing::No);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /// Clique timestamp is set to parent + period , or current time which ever is higher.
    fn open_block_header_timestamp(&self, parent_timestamp: u64) -> u64 {
        let now = time::SystemTime::now()
            .duration_since(time::UNIX_EPOCH)
            .unwrap_or_default();
        cmp::max(
            now.as_secs() as u64,
            parent_timestamp.saturating_add(self.period),
        )
    }

    fn is_timestamp_valid(&self, header_timestamp: u64, parent_timestamp: u64) -> bool {
        header_timestamp >= parent_timestamp.saturating_add(self.period)
    }

    fn fork_choice(&self, new: &ExtendedHeader, current: &ExtendedHeader) -> super::ForkChoice {
        super::total_difficulty_fork_choice(new, current)
    }

    // Clique uses the author field for voting, the real author is hidden in the `extra_data` field.
    // So when executing tx's (like in `enact()`) we want to use the executive author
    fn executive_author(&self, header: &Header) -> Result<Address, Error> {
        recover_creator(header)
    }
}