replace ad-hoc response handler with Util.response

lib/check-signature.js

@@ -9,39 +9,43 @@ const Nacl = require('tweetnacl/nacl-fast');
 console.log('New child process', process.pid);
 
 process.on('message', function (data) {
-    console.log('In process', process.pid);
+    //console.log('In process', process.pid);
-    console.log(+new Date(), "Message received by subprocess");
+    //console.log(+new Date(), "Message received by subprocess");
     if (!data || !data.key || !data.msg || !data.txid) {
-        process.send({
+        return void process.send({
             error:'E_INVAL'
         });
-        return;
     }
     const txid = data.txid;
 
-    const signedMsg = Nacl.util.decodeBase64(data.msg);
+    var signedMsg;
+    try {
+        signedMsg = Nacl.util.decodeBase64(data.msg);
+    } catch (e) {
+        return void process.send({
+            txid: txid,
+            error: 'E_BAD_MESSAGE',
+        });
+    }
+
     var validateKey;
     try {
         validateKey = Nacl.util.decodeBase64(data.key);
     } catch (e) {
-        process.send({
+        return void process.send({
             txid: txid,
             error:'E_BADKEY'
         });
-        return;
     }
     // validate the message
     const validated = Nacl.sign.open(signedMsg, validateKey);
     if (!validated) {
-        process.send({
+        return void process.send({
             txid: txid,
             error:'FAILED'
         });
-        return;
     }
-    console.log(+new Date(), "Verification done in the subprocess");
     process.send({
         txid: txid,
-        success: true
     });
 });

lib/hk-util.js

@@ -925,17 +925,20 @@ HK.onDirectMessage = function (Env, Server, seq, userId, json) {
 */
 
 
-const onChecked = Util.mkEvent();
-
 // Create our workers
 const workers = [];
 for (let i = 0; i < numCPUs; i++) {
     workers.push(fork('lib/check-signature.js'));
 }
 var nextWorker = 0;
+
+const response = Util.response();
+
 var initWorker = function (worker) {
     worker.on('message', function (res) {
-        onChecked.fire(res);
+        if (!res || !res.txid) { return; }
+        //console.log(+new Date(), "Received verification response");
+        response.handle(res.txid, [res.error]);
     });
     // Spawn a new process in one ends
     worker.on('exit', function () {
@@ -952,14 +955,32 @@ var initWorker = function (worker) {
 };
 workers.forEach(initWorker);
 
-const validateMessage = function (msg) {
+
+const validateMessage = function (signedMsg, key, _cb) {
+    // let's be paranoid about asynchrony and only calling back once..
+    var cb = Util.once(Util.mkAsync(_cb));
+
+    var txid = Util.uid();
+
+    // expect a response within 15s
+    response.expect(txid, cb, 15000);
+
     nextWorker = (nextWorker + 1) % workers.length;
+    if (workers.length === 0 || typeof(workers[nextWorker].send) !== 'function') {
+        console.error(workers);
+        throw new Error("INVALID_WORKERS");
+    }
+
     // Send the request
-    workers[nextWorker].send(msg);
+    workers[nextWorker].send({
+        txid: txid,
+        msg: signedMsg,
+        key: key,
+    });
 };
 
 HK.onChannelMessage = function (Env, Server, channel, msgStruct) {
-    console.log(+new Date(), "onChannelMessage");
+    //console.log(+new Date(), "onChannelMessage");
     const Log = Env.Log;
 
     // TODO our usage of 'channel' here looks prone to errors
@@ -1000,36 +1021,22 @@ HK.onChannelMessage = function (Env, Server, channel, msgStruct) {
         let signedMsg = (isCp) ? msgStruct[4].replace(CHECKPOINT_PATTERN, '') : msgStruct[4];
         // convert the message from a base64 string into a Uint8Array
 
-        const txid = Util.uid();
+        //const txid = Util.uid();
-        const next = w();
 
         // Listen for messages
-        const onCheck = function (res) {
+        //console.log(+new Date(), "Send verification request");
-            if (!res) { return; }
+        validateMessage(signedMsg, metadata.validateKey, w(function (err) {
-            if (res.txid !== txid) { return; }
+            if (err) {
-            // Wev'e received an answer, remove this handler
+                // validation can fail in multiple ways
-            console.log(+new Date(), "Received verification response");
+                if (err === 'FAILED') {
-            onChecked.unreg(onCheck);
+                    // we log this case, but not others for some reason
-            if (res.error) {
-                // don't go any further if the message fails validation
-                if (res.error === 'FAILED') {
-                    // Signature doesn't match the public key
                     Log.info("HK_SIGNED_MESSAGE_REJECTED", 'Channel '+channel.id);
                 }
-                w.abort();
+                // always abort if there was an error...
-                return;
+                return void w.abort();
             }
-            // Success, continue to next block
+            // otherwise it was successful!
-            next();
+        }));
-        };
-        onChecked.reg(onCheck);
-
-        console.log(+new Date(), "Send verification request");
-        validateMessage( {
-            txid: txid,
-            msg: signedMsg,
-            key: metadata.validateKey
-        });
     }).nThen(function () {
         // do checkpoint stuff...
 
@@ -1056,9 +1063,9 @@ HK.onChannelMessage = function (Env, Server, channel, msgStruct) {
         msgStruct.push(now());
 
         // storeMessage
-        console.log(+new Date(), "Storing message");
+        //console.log(+new Date(), "Storing message");
         storeMessage(Env, channel, JSON.stringify(msgStruct), isCp, getHash(msgStruct[4], Log));
-        console.log(+new Date(), "Message stored");
+        //console.log(+new Date(), "Message stored");
     });
 };