node should also count to his turn in case some nodes are down

consensus/clique/clique.go

@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ const (
 	inmemorySnapshots  = 128                    // Number of recent vote snapshots to keep in memory
 	inmemorySignatures = 4096                   // Number of recent block signatures to keep in memory
 	wiggleTime         = 500 * time.Millisecond // Random delay (per signer) to allow concurrent signers
-
 )
 
 type Masternode struct {
@@ -405,7 +404,9 @@ func (c *Clique) GetMasternodes(chain consensus.ChainReader, header *types.Heade
 	return masternodes
 }
 
-func YourTurn(masternodes []common.Address, snap *Snapshot, header *types.Header, cur common.Address) (bool, error) {
+func (c *Clique) GetPeriod() uint64 { return c.config.Period }
+
+func YourTurn(masternodes []common.Address, snap *Snapshot, header *types.Header, cur common.Address) (int, int, bool, error) {
 	pre := common.Address{}
 	// masternode[0] has chance to create block 1
 	var err error
@@ -413,16 +414,19 @@ func YourTurn(masternodes []common.Address, snap *Snapshot, header *types.Header
 	if header.Number.Uint64() != 0 {
 		pre, err = ecrecover(header, snap.sigcache)
 		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
+			return 0, 0, false, err
 		}
 		preIndex = position(masternodes, pre)
 	}
 	curIndex := position(masternodes, cur)
-	log.Info("Debugging info", "number of masternodes", len(masternodes), "previous", pre, "position", preIndex, "current", cur, "position", curIndex)
+	log.Info("Masternodes cycle info", "number of masternodes", len(masternodes), "previous", pre, "position", preIndex, "current", cur, "position", curIndex)
 	for i, s := range masternodes {
 		fmt.Printf("%d - %s\n", i, s.String())
 	}
-	return (preIndex+1)%len(masternodes) == curIndex, nil
+	if (preIndex+1)%len(masternodes) == curIndex {
+		return preIndex, curIndex, true, nil
+	}
+	return preIndex, curIndex, false, nil
 }
 
 // snapshot retrieves the authorization snapshot at a given point in time.

core/blockchain.go

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ var (
 	blockInsertTimer = metrics.NewRegisteredTimer("chain/inserts", nil)
 	CheckpointCh     = make(chan int)
 	M1Ch             = make(chan int)
+	NewBlockCh       = make(chan int)
 	ErrNoGenesis     = errors.New("Genesis not found in chain")
 )
 
@@ -1243,7 +1244,7 @@ func (st *insertStats) report(chain []*types.Block, index int, cache common.Stor
 			context = append(context, []interface{}{"ignored", st.ignored}...)
 		}
 		log.Info("Imported new chain segment", context...)
-
+		NewBlockCh <- 1
 		*st = insertStats{startTime: now, lastIndex: index + 1}
 	}
 }

miner/worker.go

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ const (
 	chainHeadChanSize = 10
 	// chainSideChanSize is the size of channel listening to ChainSideEvent.
 	chainSideChanSize = 10
+	// Timeout waiting for M1
+	m1Timeout = 1000
 )
 
 // Agent can register themself with the worker
@@ -415,6 +417,24 @@ func (self *worker) makeCurrent(parent *types.Block, header *types.Header) error
 	return nil
 }
 
+func abs(x int64) int64 {
+	if x < 0 {
+		return -x
+	}
+	return x
+}
+
+func hop(len, pre, cur int) int {
+	switch {
+	case pre < cur:
+		return cur - (pre + 1)
+	case pre > cur:
+		return (len - pre) + (cur - 1)
+	default:
+		return len - 1
+	}
+}
+
 func (self *worker) commitNewWork() {
 	self.mu.Lock()
 	defer self.mu.Unlock()
@@ -439,14 +459,33 @@ func (self *worker) commitNewWork() {
 				log.Error("Failed when trying to commit new work", "err", err)
 				return
 			}
-			ok, err := clique.YourTurn(masternodes, snap, parent.Header(), self.coinbase)
+			preIndex, curIndex, ok, err := clique.YourTurn(masternodes, snap, parent.Header(), self.coinbase)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error("Failed when trying to commit new work", "err", err)
 				return
 			}
 			if !ok {
-				log.Info("Not our turn to commit block. Wait for next time")
+				log.Info("Not my turn to commit block. Waiting...")
-				return
+				// in case some nodes are down
+				if preIndex == -1 {
+					// first block
+					return
+				}
+				h := hop(len(masternodes), preIndex, curIndex)
+				gap := int64(c.GetPeriod()) * int64(h)
+				log.Info("Distance from the parent block", "seconds", gap, "hops", h)
+			L:
+				for {
+					select {
+					case <-core.NewBlockCh:
+						log.Info("New block has came already. Skip this turn")
+						return
+					case <-time.After(time.Duration(gap+m1Timeout) * time.Second):
+						// wait enough. It's my turn
+						log.Info("Wait enough. It's my turn", "waited seconds", gap+m1Timeout)
+						break L
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}