rpc: add limit for batch request and response size #26681 (#998)

cmd/XDC/main.go

@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ var (
 		utils.IPCPathFlag,
 		utils.RPCGlobalTxFeeCap,
 		utils.AllowUnprotectedTxs,
+		utils.BatchRequestLimit,
+		utils.BatchResponseMaxSize,
 	}
 
 	metricsFlags = []cli.Flag{

cmd/utils/flags.go

@@ -570,10 +570,22 @@ var (
 		Category: flags.APICategory,
 	}
 	AllowUnprotectedTxs = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:     "rpc.allow-unprotected-txs",
+		Name:     "rpc-allow-unprotected-txs",
 		Usage:    "Allow for unprotected (non EIP155 signed) transactions to be submitted via RPC",
 		Category: flags.APICategory,
 	}
+	BatchRequestLimit = &cli.IntFlag{
+		Name:     "rpc-batch-request-limit",
+		Usage:    "Maximum number of requests in a batch",
+		Value:    node.DefaultConfig.BatchRequestLimit,
+		Category: flags.APICategory,
+	}
+	BatchResponseMaxSize = &cli.IntFlag{
+		Name:     "rpc-batch-response-max-size",
+		Usage:    "Maximum number of bytes returned from a batched call",
+		Value:    node.DefaultConfig.BatchResponseMaxSize,
+		Category: flags.APICategory,
+	}
 
 	// Network Settings
 	MaxPeersFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
@@ -1027,15 +1039,22 @@ func setHTTP(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *node.Config) {
 	if ctx.IsSet(HTTPPortFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.HTTPPort = ctx.Int(HTTPPortFlag.Name)
 	}
+
 	if ctx.IsSet(AuthHostFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.AuthHost = ctx.String(AuthHostFlag.Name)
 	}
 	if ctx.IsSet(AuthPortFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.AuthPort = ctx.Int(AuthPortFlag.Name)
 	}
+
+	cfg.HTTPCors = SplitAndTrim(ctx.String(HTTPCORSDomainFlag.Name))
+	cfg.HTTPModules = SplitAndTrim(ctx.String(HTTPApiFlag.Name))
+	cfg.HTTPVirtualHosts = SplitAndTrim(ctx.String(HTTPVirtualHostsFlag.Name))
+
 	if ctx.IsSet(HTTPPathPrefixFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.HTTPPathPrefix = ctx.String(HTTPPathPrefixFlag.Name)
 	}
+
 	if ctx.IsSet(HTTPReadTimeoutFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.HTTPTimeouts.ReadTimeout = ctx.Duration(HTTPReadTimeoutFlag.Name)
 	}
@@ -1048,12 +1067,17 @@ func setHTTP(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *node.Config) {
 	if ctx.IsSet(HTTPIdleTimeoutFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.HTTPTimeouts.IdleTimeout = ctx.Duration(HTTPIdleTimeoutFlag.Name)
 	}
+
 	if ctx.IsSet(AllowUnprotectedTxs.Name) {
 		cfg.AllowUnprotectedTxs = ctx.Bool(AllowUnprotectedTxs.Name)
 	}
-	cfg.HTTPCors = SplitAndTrim(ctx.String(HTTPCORSDomainFlag.Name))
+
-	cfg.HTTPModules = SplitAndTrim(ctx.String(HTTPApiFlag.Name))
+	if ctx.IsSet(BatchRequestLimit.Name) {
-	cfg.HTTPVirtualHosts = SplitAndTrim(ctx.String(HTTPVirtualHostsFlag.Name))
+		cfg.BatchRequestLimit = ctx.Int(BatchRequestLimit.Name)
+	}
+	if ctx.IsSet(BatchResponseMaxSize.Name) {
+		cfg.BatchResponseMaxSize = ctx.Int(BatchResponseMaxSize.Name)
+	}
 }
 
 // setWS creates the WebSocket RPC listener interface string from the set

node/api.go

@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ func (api *privateAdminAPI) StartRPC(host *string, port *int, cors *string, apis
 		CorsAllowedOrigins: api.node.config.HTTPCors,
 		Vhosts:             api.node.config.HTTPVirtualHosts,
 		Modules:            api.node.config.HTTPModules,
+		rpcEndpointConfig: rpcEndpointConfig{
+			batchItemLimit:         api.node.config.BatchRequestLimit,
+			batchResponseSizeLimit: api.node.config.BatchResponseMaxSize,
+		},
 	}
 	if cors != nil {
 		config.CorsAllowedOrigins = nil
@@ -237,6 +241,10 @@ func (api *privateAdminAPI) StartWS(host *string, port *int, allowedOrigins *str
 	config := wsConfig{
 		Modules: api.node.config.WSModules,
 		Origins: api.node.config.WSOrigins,
+		rpcEndpointConfig: rpcEndpointConfig{
+			batchItemLimit:         api.node.config.BatchRequestLimit,
+			batchResponseSizeLimit: api.node.config.BatchResponseMaxSize,
+		},
 	}
 
 	if apis != nil {

node/config.go

@@ -185,6 +185,12 @@ type Config struct {
 	// AllowUnprotectedTxs allows non EIP-155 protected transactions to be send over RPC.
 	AllowUnprotectedTxs bool `toml:",omitempty"`
 
+	// BatchRequestLimit is the maximum number of requests in a batch.
+	BatchRequestLimit int `toml:",omitempty"`
+
+	// BatchResponseMaxSize is the maximum number of bytes returned from a batched rpc call.
+	BatchResponseMaxSize int `toml:",omitempty"`
+
 	// JWTSecret is the path to the hex-encoded jwt secret.
 	JWTSecret string `toml:",omitempty"`
 }

node/defaults.go

@@ -48,13 +48,15 @@ var (
 var DefaultConfig = Config{
 	DataDir:              DefaultDataDir(),
 	HTTPPort:             DefaultHTTPPort,
-	AuthHost:         DefaultAuthHost,
+	AuthAddr:             DefaultAuthHost,
 	AuthPort:             DefaultAuthPort,
 	HTTPModules:          []string{"net", "web3"},
 	HTTPVirtualHosts:     []string{"localhost"},
 	HTTPTimeouts:         rpc.DefaultHTTPTimeouts,
 	WSPort:               DefaultWSPort,
 	WSModules:            []string{"net", "web3"},
+	BatchRequestLimit:    1000,
+	BatchResponseMaxSize: 25 * 1000 * 1000,
 	P2P: p2p.Config{
 		ListenAddr: ":30303",
 		MaxPeers:   50,

node/node.go

@@ -103,10 +103,11 @@ func New(conf *Config) (*Node, error) {
 	if strings.HasSuffix(conf.Name, ".ipc") {
 		return nil, errors.New(`Config.Name cannot end in ".ipc"`)
 	}
-
+	server := rpc.NewServer()
+	server.SetBatchLimits(conf.BatchRequestLimit, conf.BatchResponseMaxSize)
 	node := &Node{
 		config:        conf,
-		inprocHandler: rpc.NewServer(),
+		inprocHandler: server,
 		eventmux:      new(event.TypeMux),
 		log:           conf.Logger,
 		stop:          make(chan struct{}),
@@ -412,6 +413,11 @@ func (n *Node) startRPC() error {
 		open, all = n.GetAPIs()
 	)
 
+	rpcConfig := rpcEndpointConfig{
+		batchItemLimit:         n.config.BatchRequestLimit,
+		batchResponseSizeLimit: n.config.BatchResponseMaxSize,
+	}
+
 	initHttp := func(server *httpServer, apis []rpc.API, port int) error {
 		if err := server.setListenAddr(n.config.HTTPHost, port); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -421,12 +427,14 @@ func (n *Node) startRPC() error {
 			Vhosts:             n.config.HTTPVirtualHosts,
 			Modules:            n.config.HTTPModules,
 			prefix:             n.config.HTTPPathPrefix,
+			rpcEndpointConfig:  rpcConfig,
 		}); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		servers = append(servers, server)
 		return nil
 	}
+
 	initWS := func(port int) error {
 		server := n.wsServerForPort(port, false)
 		if err := server.setListenAddr(n.config.WSHost, port); err != nil {
@@ -436,6 +444,7 @@ func (n *Node) startRPC() error {
 			Modules:           n.config.WSModules,
 			Origins:           n.config.WSOrigins,
 			prefix:            n.config.WSPathPrefix,
+			rpcEndpointConfig: rpcConfig,
 		}); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -449,16 +458,19 @@ func (n *Node) startRPC() error {
 		if err := server.setListenAddr(n.config.AuthHost, port); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		sharedConfig := rpcConfig
+		sharedConfig.jwtSecret = secret
 		if err := server.enableRPC(apis, httpConfig{
 			CorsAllowedOrigins: DefaultAuthCors,
 			Vhosts:             DefaultAuthVhosts,
 			Modules:            DefaultAuthModules,
 			prefix:             DefaultAuthPrefix,
-			jwtSecret:          secret,
+			rpcEndpointConfig:  sharedConfig,
 		}); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		servers = append(servers, server)
+
 		// Enable auth via WS
 		server = n.wsServerForPort(port, true)
 		if err := server.setListenAddr(n.config.AuthHost, port); err != nil {
@@ -468,7 +480,7 @@ func (n *Node) startRPC() error {
 			Modules:           DefaultAuthModules,
 			Origins:           DefaultAuthOrigins,
 			prefix:            DefaultAuthPrefix,
-			jwtSecret: secret,
+			rpcEndpointConfig: sharedConfig,
 		}); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}

node/rpcstack.go

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ type httpConfig struct {
 	CorsAllowedOrigins []string
 	Vhosts             []string
 	prefix             string // path prefix on which to mount http handler
-	jwtSecret          []byte // optional JWT secret
+	rpcEndpointConfig
 }
 
 // wsConfig is the JSON-RPC/Websocket configuration
@@ -48,7 +48,13 @@ type wsConfig struct {
 	Origins []string
 	Modules []string
 	prefix  string // path prefix on which to mount ws handler
+	rpcEndpointConfig
+}
+
+type rpcEndpointConfig struct {
 	jwtSecret              []byte // optional JWT secret
+	batchItemLimit         int
+	batchResponseSizeLimit int
 }
 
 type rpcHandler struct {
@@ -282,6 +288,7 @@ func (h *httpServer) enableRPC(apis []rpc.API, config httpConfig) error {
 
 	// Create RPC server and handler.
 	srv := rpc.NewServer()
+	srv.SetBatchLimits(config.batchItemLimit, config.batchResponseSizeLimit)
 	if err := RegisterApisFromWhitelist(apis, config.Modules, srv); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -314,6 +321,7 @@ func (h *httpServer) enableWS(apis []rpc.API, config wsConfig) error {
 
 	// Create RPC server and handler.
 	srv := rpc.NewServer()
+	srv.SetBatchLimits(config.batchItemLimit, config.batchResponseSizeLimit)
 	if err := RegisterApisFromWhitelist(apis, config.Modules, srv); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

node/rpcstack_test.go

@@ -309,61 +309,110 @@ func TestJWT(t *testing.T) {
 		ss, _ := jwt.NewWithClaims(method, testClaim(input)).SignedString(secret)
 		return ss
 	}
-	expOk := []string{
+	cfg := rpcEndpointConfig{jwtSecret: []byte("secret")}
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()})),
+	httpcfg := &httpConfig{rpcEndpointConfig: cfg}
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix() + 4})),
+	wscfg := &wsConfig{Origins: []string{"*"}, rpcEndpointConfig: cfg}
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix() - 4})),
+	srv := createAndStartServer(t, httpcfg, true, wscfg, nil)
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{
-			"iat": time.Now().Unix(),
-			"exp": time.Now().Unix() + 2,
-		})),
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{
-			"iat": time.Now().Unix(),
-			"bar": "baz",
-		})),
-	}
-	expFail := []string{
-		// future
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix() + int64(jwtExpiryTimeout.Seconds()) + 1})),
-		// stale
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix() - int64(jwtExpiryTimeout.Seconds()) - 1})),
-		// wrong algo
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, jwt.SigningMethodHS512, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix() + 4})),
-		// expired
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix(), "exp": time.Now().Unix()})),
-		// missing mandatory iat
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{})),
-		// wrong secret
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken([]byte("wrong"), nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()})),
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken([]byte{}, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()})),
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(nil, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()})),
-		// Various malformed syntax
-		fmt.Sprintf("%v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()})),
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer  %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()})),
-		fmt.Sprintf("bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()})),
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer: %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()})),
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer:%v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()})),
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer\t%v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()})),
-		fmt.Sprintf("Bearer \t%v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()})),
-	}
-	srv := createAndStartServer(t, &httpConfig{jwtSecret: []byte("secret")},
-		true, &wsConfig{Origins: []string{"*"}, jwtSecret: []byte("secret")}, nil)
 	wsUrl := fmt.Sprintf("ws://%v", srv.listenAddr())
 	htUrl := fmt.Sprintf("http://%v", srv.listenAddr())
 
-	for i, token := range expOk {
+	expOk := []func() string{
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()}))
+		},
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix() + 4}))
+		},
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix() - 4}))
+		},
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{
+				"iat": time.Now().Unix(),
+				"exp": time.Now().Unix() + 2,
+			}))
+		},
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{
+				"iat": time.Now().Unix(),
+				"bar": "baz",
+			}))
+		},
+	}
+	for i, tokenFn := range expOk {
+		token := tokenFn()
 		if err := wsRequest(t, wsUrl, "Authorization", token); err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("test %d-ws, token '%v': expected ok, got %v", i, token, err)
 		}
+		token = tokenFn()
 		if resp := rpcRequest(t, htUrl, testMethod, "Authorization", token); resp.StatusCode != 200 {
 			t.Errorf("test %d-http, token '%v': expected ok, got %v", i, token, resp.StatusCode)
 		}
 	}
-	for i, token := range expFail {
+
+	expFail := []func() string{
+		// future
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix() + int64(jwtExpiryTimeout.Seconds()) + 1}))
+		},
+		// stale
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix() - int64(jwtExpiryTimeout.Seconds()) - 1}))
+		},
+		// wrong algo
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, jwt.SigningMethodHS512, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix() + 4}))
+		},
+		// expired
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix(), "exp": time.Now().Unix()}))
+		},
+		// missing mandatory iat
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{}))
+		},
+		//  wrong secret
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken([]byte("wrong"), nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()}))
+		},
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken([]byte{}, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()}))
+		},
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", issueToken(nil, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()}))
+		},
+		// Various malformed syntax
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("%v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()}))
+		},
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer  %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()}))
+		},
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("bearer %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()}))
+		},
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer: %v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()}))
+		},
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer:%v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()}))
+		},
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer\t%v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()}))
+		},
+		func() string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer \t%v", issueToken(secret, nil, testClaim{"iat": time.Now().Unix()}))
+		},
+	}
+	for i, tokenFn := range expFail {
+		token := tokenFn()
 		if err := wsRequest(t, wsUrl, "Authorization", token); err == nil {
 			t.Errorf("tc %d-ws, token '%v': expected not to allow,  got ok", i, token)
 		}
-		if resp := rpcRequest(t, htUrl, testMethod, "Authorization", token); resp.StatusCode != 403 {
+
+		token = tokenFn()
+		resp := rpcRequest(t, htUrl, testMethod, "Authorization", token)
+		if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusForbidden {
 			t.Errorf("tc %d-http, token '%v': expected not to allow,  got %v", i, token, resp.StatusCode)
 		}
 	}

rpc/client.go

@@ -34,14 +34,15 @@ import (
 var (
 	ErrBadResult                 = errors.New("bad result in JSON-RPC response")
 	ErrClientQuit                = errors.New("client is closed")
-	ErrNoResult                  = errors.New("no result in JSON-RPC response")
+	ErrNoResult                  = errors.New("JSON-RPC response has no result")
+	ErrMissingBatchResponse      = errors.New("response batch did not contain a response to this call")
 	ErrSubscriptionQueueOverflow = errors.New("subscription queue overflow")
 	errClientReconnected         = errors.New("client reconnected")
 	errDead                      = errors.New("connection lost")
 )
 
-const (
 // Timeouts
+const (
 	defaultDialTimeout = 10 * time.Second // used if context has no deadline
 	subscribeTimeout   = 10 * time.Second // overall timeout eth_subscribe, rpc_modules calls
 )
@@ -84,6 +85,10 @@ type Client struct {
 	// This function, if non-nil, is called when the connection is lost.
 	reconnectFunc reconnectFunc
 
+	// config fields
+	batchItemLimit       int
+	batchResponseMaxSize int
+
 	// writeConn is used for writing to the connection on the caller's goroutine. It should
 	// only be accessed outside of dispatch, with the write lock held. The write lock is
 	// taken by sending on reqInit and released by sending on reqSent.
@@ -113,7 +118,7 @@ type clientConn struct {
 func (c *Client) newClientConn(conn ServerCodec) *clientConn {
 	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), clientContextKey{}, c)
 	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, peerInfoContextKey{}, conn.peerInfo())
-	handler := newHandler(ctx, conn, c.idgen, c.services)
+	handler := newHandler(ctx, conn, c.idgen, c.services, c.batchItemLimit, c.batchResponseMaxSize)
 	return &clientConn{conn, handler}
 }
 
@@ -127,14 +132,17 @@ type readOp struct {
 	batch bool
 }
 
+// requestOp represents a pending request. This is used for both batch and non-batch
+// requests.
 type requestOp struct {
 	ids         []json.RawMessage
 	err         error
-	resp chan *jsonrpcMessage // receives up to len(ids) responses
+	resp        chan []*jsonrpcMessage // receives up to len(ids) responses
 	sub         *ClientSubscription    // only set for EthSubscribe requests
+	hadResponse bool                   // true when the request was responded to
 }
 
-func (op *requestOp) wait(ctx context.Context, c *Client) (*jsonrpcMessage, error) {
+func (op *requestOp) wait(ctx context.Context, c *Client) ([]*jsonrpcMessage, error) {
 	select {
 	case <-ctx.Done():
 		// Send the timeout to dispatch so it can remove the request IDs.
@@ -166,7 +174,8 @@ func Dial(rawurl string) (*Client, error) {
 	return DialOptions(context.Background(), rawurl)
 }
 
-// DialContext creates a new RPC client, just like Dial.
+// DialOptions creates a new RPC client for the given URL. You can supply any of the
+// pre-defined client options to configure the underlying transport.
 //
 // The context is used to cancel or time out the initial connection establishment. It does
 // not affect subsequent interactions with the client.
@@ -210,7 +219,7 @@ func DialOptions(ctx context.Context, rawurl string, options ...ClientOption) (*
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no known transport for URL scheme %q", u.Scheme)
 	}
 
-	return newClient(ctx, reconnect)
+	return newClient(ctx, cfg, reconnect)
 }
 
 // ClientFromContext retrieves the client from the context, if any. This can be used to perform
@@ -220,22 +229,24 @@ func ClientFromContext(ctx context.Context) (*Client, bool) {
 	return client, ok
 }
 
-func newClient(initctx context.Context, connect reconnectFunc) (*Client, error) {
+func newClient(initctx context.Context, cfg *clientConfig, connect reconnectFunc) (*Client, error) {
 	conn, err := connect(initctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	c := initClient(conn, randomIDGenerator(), new(serviceRegistry))
+	c := initClient(conn, new(serviceRegistry), cfg)
 	c.reconnectFunc = connect
 	return c, nil
 }
 
-func initClient(conn ServerCodec, idgen func() ID, services *serviceRegistry) *Client {
+func initClient(conn ServerCodec, services *serviceRegistry, cfg *clientConfig) *Client {
 	_, isHTTP := conn.(*httpConn)
 	c := &Client{
-		idgen:       idgen,
 		isHTTP:               isHTTP,
 		services:             services,
+		idgen:                cfg.idgen,
+		batchItemLimit:       cfg.batchItemLimit,
+		batchResponseMaxSize: cfg.batchResponseLimit,
 		writeConn:            conn,
 		close:                make(chan struct{}),
 		closing:              make(chan struct{}),
@@ -247,6 +258,13 @@ func initClient(conn ServerCodec, idgen func() ID, services *serviceRegistry) *C
 		reqSent:              make(chan error, 1),
 		reqTimeout:           make(chan *requestOp),
 	}
+
+	// Set defaults.
+	if c.idgen == nil {
+		c.idgen = randomIDGenerator()
+	}
+
+	// Launch the main loop.
 	if !isHTTP {
 		go c.dispatch(conn)
 	}
@@ -324,7 +342,10 @@ func (c *Client) CallContext(ctx context.Context, result interface{}, method str
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	op := &requestOp{ids: []json.RawMessage{msg.ID}, resp: make(chan *jsonrpcMessage, 1)}
+	op := &requestOp{
+		ids:  []json.RawMessage{msg.ID},
+		resp: make(chan []*jsonrpcMessage, 1),
+	}
 
 	if c.isHTTP {
 		err = c.sendHTTP(ctx, op, msg)
@@ -336,9 +357,12 @@ func (c *Client) CallContext(ctx context.Context, result interface{}, method str
 	}
 
 	// dispatch has accepted the request and will close the channel when it quits.
-	switch resp, err := op.wait(ctx, c); {
+	batchresp, err := op.wait(ctx, c)
-	case err != nil:
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
+	}
+	resp := batchresp[0]
+	switch {
 	case resp.Error != nil:
 		return resp.Error
 	case len(resp.Result) == 0:
@@ -357,11 +381,17 @@ func (c *Client) CallContext(ctx context.Context, result interface{}, method str
 // The result must be a pointer so that package json can unmarshal into it. You
 // can also pass nil, in which case the result is ignored.
 func (c *Client) GetResultCallContext(ctx context.Context, result interface{}, method string, args ...interface{}) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+	if result != nil && reflect.TypeOf(result).Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("call result parameter must be pointer or nil interface: %v", result)
+	}
 	msg, err := c.newMessage(method, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	op := &requestOp{ids: []json.RawMessage{msg.ID}, resp: make(chan *jsonrpcMessage, 1)}
+	op := &requestOp{
+		ids:  []json.RawMessage{msg.ID},
+		resp: make(chan []*jsonrpcMessage, 1),
+	}
 
 	if c.isHTTP {
 		err = c.sendHTTP(ctx, op, msg)
@@ -373,15 +403,21 @@ func (c *Client) GetResultCallContext(ctx context.Context, result interface{}, m
 	}
 
 	// dispatch has accepted the request and will close the channel it when it quits.
-	switch resp, err := op.wait(ctx, c); {
+	batchresp, err := op.wait(ctx, c)
-	case err != nil:
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
+	}
+	resp := batchresp[0]
+	switch {
 	case resp.Error != nil:
 		return nil, resp.Error
 	case len(resp.Result) == 0:
 		return nil, ErrNoResult
 	default:
-		return resp.Result, json.Unmarshal(resp.Result, &result)
+		if result == nil {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+		return resp.Result, json.Unmarshal(resp.Result, result)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -413,7 +449,7 @@ func (c *Client) BatchCallContext(ctx context.Context, b []BatchElem) error {
 	)
 	op := &requestOp{
 		ids:  make([]json.RawMessage, len(b)),
-		resp: make(chan *jsonrpcMessage, len(b)),
+		resp: make(chan []*jsonrpcMessage, 1),
 	}
 	for i, elem := range b {
 		msg, err := c.newMessage(elem.Method, elem.Args...)
@@ -431,28 +467,48 @@ func (c *Client) BatchCallContext(ctx context.Context, b []BatchElem) error {
 	} else {
 		err = c.send(ctx, op, msgs)
 	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	batchresp, err := op.wait(ctx, c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	// Wait for all responses to come back.
-	for n := 0; n < len(b) && err == nil; n++ {
+	for n := 0; n < len(batchresp); n++ {
-		var resp *jsonrpcMessage
+		resp := batchresp[n]
-		resp, err = op.wait(ctx, c)
+		if resp == nil {
-		if err != nil {
+			// Ignore null responses. These can happen for batches sent via HTTP.
-			break
+			continue
 		}
+
 		// Find the element corresponding to this response.
-		// The element is guaranteed to be present because dispatch
+		index, ok := byID[string(resp.ID)]
-		// only sends valid IDs to our channel.
+		if !ok {
-		elem := &b[byID[string(resp.ID)]]
+			continue
-		if resp.Error != nil {
+		}
+		delete(byID, string(resp.ID))
+
+		// Assign result and error.
+		elem := &b[index]
+		switch {
+		case resp.Error != nil:
 			elem.Error = resp.Error
-			continue
+		case resp.Result == nil:
-		}
-		if len(resp.Result) == 0 {
 			elem.Error = ErrNoResult
-			continue
+		default:
-		}
 			elem.Error = json.Unmarshal(resp.Result, elem.Result)
 		}
+	}
+
+	// Check that all expected responses have been received.
+	for _, index := range byID {
+		elem := &b[index]
+		elem.Error = ErrMissingBatchResponse
+	}
+
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -513,7 +569,7 @@ func (c *Client) Subscribe(ctx context.Context, namespace string, channel interf
 	}
 	op := &requestOp{
 		ids:  []json.RawMessage{msg.ID},
-		resp: make(chan *jsonrpcMessage),
+		resp: make(chan []*jsonrpcMessage, 1),
 		sub:  newClientSubscription(c, namespace, chanVal),
 	}
 

rpc/client_opt.go

@@ -28,11 +28,18 @@ type ClientOption interface {
 }
 
 type clientConfig struct {
+	// HTTP settings
 	httpClient  *http.Client
 	httpHeaders http.Header
 	httpAuth    HTTPAuth
 
+	// WebSocket options
 	wsDialer *websocket.Dialer
+
+	// RPC handler options
+	idgen              func() ID
+	batchItemLimit     int
+	batchResponseLimit int
 }
 
 func (cfg *clientConfig) initHeaders() {
@@ -104,3 +111,25 @@ func WithHTTPAuth(a HTTPAuth) ClientOption {
 // Usually, HTTPAuth functions will call h.Set("authorization", "...") to add
 // auth information to the request.
 type HTTPAuth func(h http.Header) error
+
+// WithBatchItemLimit changes the maximum number of items allowed in batch requests.
+//
+// Note: this option applies when processing incoming batch requests. It does not affect
+// batch requests sent by the client.
+func WithBatchItemLimit(limit int) ClientOption {
+	return optionFunc(func(cfg *clientConfig) {
+		cfg.batchItemLimit = limit
+	})
+}
+
+// WithBatchResponseSizeLimit changes the maximum number of response bytes that can be
+// generated for batch requests. When this limit is reached, further calls in the batch
+// will not be processed.
+//
+// Note: this option applies when processing incoming batch requests. It does not affect
+// batch requests sent by the client.
+func WithBatchResponseSizeLimit(sizeLimit int) ClientOption {
+	return optionFunc(func(cfg *clientConfig) {
+		cfg.batchResponseLimit = sizeLimit
+	})
+}

rpc/client_test.go

@@ -169,10 +169,12 @@ func TestClientBatchRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// This checks that, for HTTP connections, the length of batch responses is validated to
+// match the request exactly.
 func TestClientBatchRequest_len(t *testing.T) {
 	b, err := json.Marshal([]jsonrpcMessage{
-		{Version: "2.0", ID: json.RawMessage("1"), Method: "foo", Result: json.RawMessage(`"0x1"`)},
+		{Version: "2.0", ID: json.RawMessage("1"), Result: json.RawMessage(`"0x1"`)},
-		{Version: "2.0", ID: json.RawMessage("2"), Method: "bar", Result: json.RawMessage(`"0x2"`)},
+		{Version: "2.0", ID: json.RawMessage("2"), Result: json.RawMessage(`"0x2"`)},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal("failed to encode jsonrpc message:", err)
@@ -185,35 +187,100 @@ func TestClientBatchRequest_len(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	t.Cleanup(s.Close)
 
+	t.Run("too-few", func(t *testing.T) {
 		client, err := Dial(s.URL)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal("failed to dial test server:", err)
 		}
 		defer client.Close()
 
-	t.Run("too-few", func(t *testing.T) {
+		batch := []BatchElem{
+			{Method: "foo", Result: new(string)},
+			{Method: "bar", Result: new(string)},
+			{Method: "baz", Result: new(string)},
+		}
+		ctx, cancelFn := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
+		defer cancelFn()
+
+		if err := client.BatchCallContext(ctx, batch); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal("error:", err)
+		}
+		for i, elem := range batch[:2] {
+			if elem.Error != nil {
+				t.Errorf("expected no error for batch element %d, got %q", i, elem.Error)
+			}
+		}
+		for i, elem := range batch[2:] {
+			if elem.Error != ErrMissingBatchResponse {
+				t.Errorf("wrong error %q for batch element %d", elem.Error, i+2)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("too-many", func(t *testing.T) {
+		client, err := Dial(s.URL)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal("failed to dial test server:", err)
+		}
+		defer client.Close()
+
+		batch := []BatchElem{
+			{Method: "foo", Result: new(string)},
+		}
+		ctx, cancelFn := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
+		defer cancelFn()
+
+		if err := client.BatchCallContext(ctx, batch); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal("error:", err)
+		}
+		for i, elem := range batch[:1] {
+			if elem.Error != nil {
+				t.Errorf("expected no error for batch element %d, got %q", i, elem.Error)
+			}
+		}
+		for i, elem := range batch[1:] {
+			if elem.Error != ErrMissingBatchResponse {
+				t.Errorf("wrong error %q for batch element %d", elem.Error, i+2)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// This checks that the client can handle the case where the server doesn't
+// respond to all requests in a batch.
+func TestClientBatchRequestLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	server := newTestServer()
+	defer server.Stop()
+	server.SetBatchLimits(2, 100000)
+	client := DialInProc(server)
+
 	batch := []BatchElem{
 		{Method: "foo"},
 		{Method: "bar"},
 		{Method: "baz"},
 	}
-		ctx, cancelFn := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
+	err := client.BatchCall(batch)
-		defer cancelFn()
+	if err != nil {
-		if err := client.BatchCallContext(ctx, batch); !errors.Is(err, ErrBadResult) {
+		t.Fatal("unexpected error:", err)
-			t.Errorf("expected %q but got: %v", ErrBadResult, err)
 	}
-	})
 
-	t.Run("too-many", func(t *testing.T) {
+	// Check that the first response indicates an error with batch size.
-		batch := []BatchElem{
+	var err0 Error
-			{Method: "foo"},
+	if !errors.As(batch[0].Error, &err0) {
+		t.Log("error zero:", batch[0].Error)
+		t.Fatalf("batch elem 0 has wrong error type: %T", batch[0].Error)
+	} else {
+		if err0.ErrorCode() != -32600 || err0.Error() != errMsgBatchTooLarge {
+			t.Fatalf("wrong error on batch elem zero: %v", err0)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Check that remaining response batch elements are reported as absent.
+	for i, elem := range batch[1:] {
+		if elem.Error != ErrMissingBatchResponse {
+			t.Fatalf("batch elem %d has unexpected error: %v", i+1, elem.Error)
 		}
-		ctx, cancelFn := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
-		defer cancelFn()
-		if err := client.BatchCallContext(ctx, batch); !errors.Is(err, ErrBadResult) {
-			t.Errorf("expected %q but got: %v", ErrBadResult, err)
 	}
-	})
 }
 
 func TestClientNotify(t *testing.T) {
@@ -487,7 +554,8 @@ func TestClientSubscriptionUnsubscribeServer(t *testing.T) {
 	defer srv.Stop()
 
 	// Create the client on the other end of the pipe.
-	client, _ := newClient(context.Background(), func(context.Context) (ServerCodec, error) {
+	cfg := new(clientConfig)
+	client, _ := newClient(context.Background(), cfg, func(context.Context) (ServerCodec, error) {
 		return NewCodec(p2), nil
 	})
 	defer client.Close()

rpc/errors.go

@@ -61,12 +61,15 @@ const (
 	errcodeDefault                  = -32000
 	errcodeNotificationsUnsupported = -32001
 	errcodeTimeout                  = -32002
+	errcodeResponseTooLarge         = -32003
 	errcodePanic                    = -32603
 	errcodeMarshalError             = -32603
 )
 
 const (
 	errMsgTimeout          = "request timed out"
+	errMsgResponseTooLarge = "response too large"
+	errMsgBatchTooLarge    = "batch too large"
 )
 
 type methodNotFoundError struct{ method string }

rpc/handler.go

@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ type handler struct {
 	conn                 jsonWriter                     // where responses will be sent
 	log                  log.Logger
 	allowSubscribe       bool
+	batchRequestLimit    int
+	batchResponseMaxSize int
 
 	subLock    sync.Mutex
 	serverSubs map[ID]*Subscription
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ type callProc struct {
 	notifiers []*Notifier
 }
 
-func newHandler(connCtx context.Context, conn jsonWriter, idgen func() ID, reg *serviceRegistry) *handler {
+func newHandler(connCtx context.Context, conn jsonWriter, idgen func() ID, reg *serviceRegistry, batchRequestLimit, batchResponseMaxSize int) *handler {
 	rootCtx, cancelRoot := context.WithCancel(connCtx)
 	h := &handler{
 		reg:                  reg,
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ func newHandler(connCtx context.Context, conn jsonWriter, idgen func() ID, reg *
 		allowSubscribe:       true,
 		serverSubs:           make(map[ID]*Subscription),
 		log:                  log.Root(),
+		batchRequestLimit:    batchRequestLimit,
+		batchResponseMaxSize: batchResponseMaxSize,
 	}
 	if conn.remoteAddr() != "" {
 		h.log = h.log.New("conn", conn.remoteAddr())
@@ -134,16 +138,15 @@ func (b *batchCallBuffer) write(ctx context.Context, conn jsonWriter) {
 	b.doWrite(ctx, conn, false)
 }
 
-// timeout sends the responses added so far. For the remaining unanswered call
+// respondWithError sends the responses added so far. For the remaining unanswered call
-// messages, it sends a timeout error response.
+// messages, it responds with the given error.
-func (b *batchCallBuffer) timeout(ctx context.Context, conn jsonWriter) {
+func (b *batchCallBuffer) respondWithError(ctx context.Context, conn jsonWriter, err error) {
 	b.mutex.Lock()
 	defer b.mutex.Unlock()
 
 	for _, msg := range b.calls {
 		if !msg.isNotification() {
-			resp := msg.errorResponse(&internalServerError{errcodeTimeout, errMsgTimeout})
+			b.resp = append(b.resp, msg.errorResponse(err))
-			b.resp = append(b.resp, resp)
 		}
 	}
 	b.doWrite(ctx, conn, true)
@@ -171,17 +174,24 @@ func (h *handler) handleBatch(msgs []*jsonrpcMessage) {
 		})
 		return
 	}
+	// Apply limit on total number of requests.
+	if h.batchRequestLimit != 0 && len(msgs) > h.batchRequestLimit {
+		h.startCallProc(func(cp *callProc) {
+			h.respondWithBatchTooLarge(cp, msgs)
+		})
+		return
+	}
 
-	// Handle non-call messages first:
+	// Handle non-call messages first.
+	// Here we need to find the requestOp that sent the request batch.
 	calls := make([]*jsonrpcMessage, 0, len(msgs))
-	for _, msg := range msgs {
+	h.handleResponses(msgs, func(msg *jsonrpcMessage) {
-		if handled := h.handleImmediate(msg); !handled {
 		calls = append(calls, msg)
-		}
+	})
-	}
 	if len(calls) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
+
 	// Process calls on a goroutine because they may block indefinitely:
 	h.startCallProc(func(cp *callProc) {
 		var (
@@ -199,10 +209,12 @@ func (h *handler) handleBatch(msgs []*jsonrpcMessage) {
 		if timeout, ok := ContextRequestTimeout(cp.ctx); ok {
 			timer = time.AfterFunc(timeout, func() {
 				cancel()
-				callBuffer.timeout(cp.ctx, h.conn)
+				err := &internalServerError{errcodeTimeout, errMsgTimeout}
+				callBuffer.respondWithError(cp.ctx, h.conn, err)
 			})
 		}
 
+		responseBytes := 0
 		for {
 			// No need to handle rest of calls if timed out.
 			if cp.ctx.Err() != nil {
@@ -214,24 +226,52 @@ func (h *handler) handleBatch(msgs []*jsonrpcMessage) {
 			}
 			resp := h.handleCallMsg(cp, msg)
 			callBuffer.pushResponse(resp)
+			if resp != nil && h.batchResponseMaxSize != 0 {
+				responseBytes += len(resp.Result)
+				if responseBytes > h.batchResponseMaxSize {
+					err := &internalServerError{errcodeResponseTooLarge, errMsgResponseTooLarge}
+					callBuffer.respondWithError(cp.ctx, h.conn, err)
+					break
+				}
+			}
 		}
 		if timer != nil {
 			timer.Stop()
 		}
-		callBuffer.write(cp.ctx, h.conn)
+
 		h.addSubscriptions(cp.notifiers)
+		callBuffer.write(cp.ctx, h.conn)
 		for _, n := range cp.notifiers {
 			n.activate()
 		}
 	})
 }
 
+func (h *handler) respondWithBatchTooLarge(cp *callProc, batch []*jsonrpcMessage) {
+	resp := errorMessage(&invalidRequestError{errMsgBatchTooLarge})
+	// Find the first call and add its "id" field to the error.
+	// This is the best we can do, given that the protocol doesn't have a way
+	// of reporting an error for the entire batch.
+	for _, msg := range batch {
+		if msg.isCall() {
+			resp.ID = msg.ID
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	h.conn.writeJSON(cp.ctx, []*jsonrpcMessage{resp}, true)
+}
+
 // handleMsg handles a single message.
 func (h *handler) handleMsg(msg *jsonrpcMessage) {
-	if ok := h.handleImmediate(msg); ok {
+	msgs := []*jsonrpcMessage{msg}
-		return
+	h.handleResponses(msgs, func(msg *jsonrpcMessage) {
-	}
 		h.startCallProc(func(cp *callProc) {
+			h.handleNonBatchCall(cp, msg)
+		})
+	})
+}
+
+func (h *handler) handleNonBatchCall(cp *callProc, msg *jsonrpcMessage) {
 	var (
 		responded sync.Once
 		timer     *time.Timer
@@ -266,7 +306,6 @@ func (h *handler) handleMsg(msg *jsonrpcMessage) {
 	for _, n := range cp.notifiers {
 		n.activate()
 	}
-	})
 }
 
 // close cancels all requests except for inflightReq and waits for
@@ -349,23 +388,60 @@ func (h *handler) startCallProc(fn func(*callProc)) {
 	}()
 }
 
-// handleImmediate executes non-call messages. It returns false if the message is a
+// handleResponse processes method call responses.
-// call or requires a reply.
+func (h *handler) handleResponses(batch []*jsonrpcMessage, handleCall func(*jsonrpcMessage)) {
-func (h *handler) handleImmediate(msg *jsonrpcMessage) bool {
+	var resolvedops []*requestOp
+	handleResp := func(msg *jsonrpcMessage) {
+		op := h.respWait[string(msg.ID)]
+		if op == nil {
+			h.log.Debug("Unsolicited RPC response", "reqid", idForLog{msg.ID})
+			return
+		}
+		resolvedops = append(resolvedops, op)
+		delete(h.respWait, string(msg.ID))
+
+		// For subscription responses, start the subscription if the server
+		// indicates success. EthSubscribe gets unblocked in either case through
+		// the op.resp channel.
+		if op.sub != nil {
+			if msg.Error != nil {
+				op.err = msg.Error
+			} else {
+				op.err = json.Unmarshal(msg.Result, &op.sub.subid)
+				if op.err == nil {
+					go op.sub.run()
+					h.clientSubs[op.sub.subid] = op.sub
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if !op.hadResponse {
+			op.hadResponse = true
+			op.resp <- batch
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, msg := range batch {
 		start := time.Now()
 		switch {
+		case msg.isResponse():
+			handleResp(msg)
+			h.log.Trace("Handled RPC response", "reqid", idForLog{msg.ID}, "duration", time.Since(start))
+
 		case msg.isNotification():
 			if strings.HasSuffix(msg.Method, notificationMethodSuffix) {
 				h.handleSubscriptionResult(msg)
-			return true
+				continue
 			}
-		return false
+			handleCall(msg)
-	case msg.isResponse():
+
-		h.handleResponse(msg)
-		h.log.Trace("Handled RPC response", "reqid", idForLog{msg.ID}, "duration", time.Since(start))
-		return true
 		default:
-		return false
+			handleCall(msg)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, op := range resolvedops {
+		h.removeRequestOp(op)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -381,33 +457,6 @@ func (h *handler) handleSubscriptionResult(msg *jsonrpcMessage) {
 	}
 }
 
-// handleResponse processes method call responses.
-func (h *handler) handleResponse(msg *jsonrpcMessage) {
-	op := h.respWait[string(msg.ID)]
-	if op == nil {
-		h.log.Debug("Unsolicited RPC response", "reqid", idForLog{msg.ID})
-		return
-	}
-	delete(h.respWait, string(msg.ID))
-	// For normal responses, just forward the reply to Call/BatchCall.
-	if op.sub == nil {
-		op.resp <- msg
-		return
-	}
-	// For subscription responses, start the subscription if the server
-	// indicates success. EthSubscribe gets unblocked in either case through
-	// the op.resp channel.
-	defer close(op.resp)
-	if msg.Error != nil {
-		op.err = msg.Error
-		return
-	}
-	if op.err = json.Unmarshal(msg.Result, &op.sub.subid); op.err == nil {
-		go op.sub.run()
-		h.clientSubs[op.sub.subid] = op.sub
-	}
-}
-
 // handleCallMsg executes a call message and returns the answer.
 func (h *handler) handleCallMsg(ctx *callProc, msg *jsonrpcMessage) *jsonrpcMessage {
 	start := time.Now()
@@ -416,6 +465,7 @@ func (h *handler) handleCallMsg(ctx *callProc, msg *jsonrpcMessage) *jsonrpcMess
 		h.handleCall(ctx, msg)
 		h.log.Debug("Served "+msg.Method, "duration", time.Since(start))
 		return nil
+
 	case msg.isCall():
 		resp := h.handleCall(ctx, msg)
 		var ctx []interface{}
@@ -430,8 +480,10 @@ func (h *handler) handleCallMsg(ctx *callProc, msg *jsonrpcMessage) *jsonrpcMess
 			h.log.Debug("Served "+msg.Method, ctx...)
 		}
 		return resp
+
 	case msg.hasValidID():
 		return msg.errorResponse(&invalidRequestError{"invalid request"})
+
 	default:
 		return errorMessage(&invalidRequestError{"invalid request"})
 	}
@@ -451,12 +503,14 @@ func (h *handler) handleCall(cp *callProc, msg *jsonrpcMessage) *jsonrpcMessage
 	if callb == nil {
 		return msg.errorResponse(&methodNotFoundError{method: msg.Method})
 	}
+
 	args, err := parsePositionalArguments(msg.Params, callb.argTypes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return msg.errorResponse(&invalidParamsError{err.Error()})
 	}
 	start := time.Now()
 	answer := h.runMethod(cp.ctx, msg, callb, args)
+
 	// Collect the statistics for RPC calls if metrics is enabled.
 	// We only care about pure rpc call. Filter out subscription.
 	if callb != h.unsubscribeCb {
@@ -469,6 +523,7 @@ func (h *handler) handleCall(cp *callProc, msg *jsonrpcMessage) *jsonrpcMessage
 		rpcServingTimer.UpdateSince(start)
 		updateServeTimeHistogram(msg.Method, answer.Error == nil, time.Since(start))
 	}
+
 	return answer
 }
 

rpc/http.go

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func DialHTTPWithClient(endpoint string, client *http.Client) (*Client, error) {
 	var cfg clientConfig
 	cfg.httpClient = client
 	fn := newClientTransportHTTP(endpoint, &cfg)
-	return newClient(context.Background(), fn)
+	return newClient(context.Background(), &cfg, fn)
 }
 
 func newClientTransportHTTP(endpoint string, cfg *clientConfig) reconnectFunc {
@@ -176,11 +176,12 @@ func (c *Client) sendHTTP(ctx context.Context, op *requestOp, msg interface{}) e
 	}
 	defer respBody.Close()
 
-	var respmsg jsonrpcMessage
+	var resp jsonrpcMessage
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(respBody).Decode(&respmsg); err != nil {
+	batch := [1]*jsonrpcMessage{&resp}
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(respBody).Decode(&resp); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	op.resp <- &respmsg
+	op.resp <- batch[:]
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -191,16 +192,12 @@ func (c *Client) sendBatchHTTP(ctx context.Context, op *requestOp, msgs []*jsonr
 		return err
 	}
 	defer respBody.Close()
-	var respmsgs []jsonrpcMessage
+
+	var respmsgs []*jsonrpcMessage
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(respBody).Decode(&respmsgs); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if len(respmsgs) != len(msgs) {
+	op.resp <- respmsgs
-		return fmt.Errorf("batch has %d requests but response has %d: %w", len(msgs), len(respmsgs), ErrBadResult)
-	}
-	for i := 0; i < len(respmsgs); i++ {
-		op.resp <- &respmsgs[i]
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 

rpc/inproc.go

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ import (
 // DialInProc attaches an in-process connection to the given RPC server.
 func DialInProc(handler *Server) *Client {
 	initctx := context.Background()
-	c, _ := newClient(initctx, func(context.Context) (ServerCodec, error) {
+	cfg := new(clientConfig)
+	c, _ := newClient(initctx, cfg, func(context.Context) (ServerCodec, error) {
 		p1, p2 := net.Pipe()
 		go handler.ServeCodec(NewCodec(p1), 0)
 		return NewCodec(p2), nil

rpc/ipc.go

@@ -24,17 +24,17 @@ import (
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/p2p/netutil"
 )
 
-// ServeListener accepts connections on l, serving IPC-RPC on them.
+// ServeListener accepts connections on l, serving JSON-RPC on them.
 func (s *Server) ServeListener(l net.Listener) error {
 	for {
 		conn, err := l.Accept()
 		if netutil.IsTemporaryError(err) {
-			log.Warn("IPC accept error", "err", err)
+			log.Warn("RPC accept error", "err", err)
 			continue
 		} else if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		log.Trace("IPC accepted connection")
+		log.Trace("Accepted RPC connection", "conn", conn.RemoteAddr())
 		go s.ServeCodec(NewCodec(conn), 0)
 	}
 }
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ func (s *Server) ServeListener(l net.Listener) error {
 // The context is used for the initial connection establishment. It does not
 // affect subsequent interactions with the client.
 func DialIPC(ctx context.Context, endpoint string) (*Client, error) {
-	return newClient(ctx, newClientTransportIPC(endpoint))
+	cfg := new(clientConfig)
+	return newClient(ctx, cfg, newClientTransportIPC(endpoint))
 }
 
 func newClientTransportIPC(endpoint string) reconnectFunc {

rpc/server.go

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ type Server struct {
 	mutex              sync.Mutex
 	codecs             map[ServerCodec]struct{}
 	run                atomic.Bool
+	batchItemLimit     int
+	batchResponseLimit int
 }
 
 // NewServer creates a new server instance with no registered handlers.
@@ -65,6 +67,17 @@ func NewServer() *Server {
 	return server
 }
 
+// SetBatchLimits sets limits applied to batch requests. There are two limits: 'itemLimit'
+// is the maximum number of items in a batch. 'maxResponseSize' is the maximum number of
+// response bytes across all requests in a batch.
+//
+// This method should be called before processing any requests via ServeCodec, ServeHTTP,
+// ServeListener etc.
+func (s *Server) SetBatchLimits(itemLimit, maxResponseSize int) {
+	s.batchItemLimit = itemLimit
+	s.batchResponseLimit = maxResponseSize
+}
+
 // RegisterName creates a service for the given receiver type under the given name. When no
 // methods on the given receiver match the criteria to be either a RPC method or a
 // subscription an error is returned. Otherwise a new service is created and added to the
@@ -86,7 +99,12 @@ func (s *Server) ServeCodec(codec ServerCodec, options CodecOption) {
 	}
 	defer s.untrackCodec(codec)
 
-	c := initClient(codec, s.idgen, &s.services)
+	cfg := &clientConfig{
+		idgen:              s.idgen,
+		batchItemLimit:     s.batchItemLimit,
+		batchResponseLimit: s.batchResponseLimit,
+	}
+	c := initClient(codec, &s.services, cfg)
 	<-codec.closed()
 	c.Close()
 }
@@ -118,7 +136,7 @@ func (s *Server) serveSingleRequest(ctx context.Context, codec ServerCodec) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	h := newHandler(ctx, codec, s.idgen, &s.services)
+	h := newHandler(ctx, codec, s.idgen, &s.services, s.batchItemLimit, s.batchResponseLimit)
 	h.allowSubscribe = false
 	defer h.close(io.EOF, nil)
 

rpc/server_test.go

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ func TestServer(t *testing.T) {
 
 func runTestScript(t *testing.T, file string) {
 	server := newTestServer()
+	server.SetBatchLimits(4, 100000)
 	content, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -152,3 +153,41 @@ func TestServerShortLivedConn(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestServerBatchResponseSizeLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	server := newTestServer()
+	defer server.Stop()
+	server.SetBatchLimits(100, 60)
+	var (
+		batch  []BatchElem
+		client = DialInProc(server)
+	)
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		batch = append(batch, BatchElem{
+			Method: "test_echo",
+			Args:   []any{"x", 1},
+			Result: new(echoResult),
+		})
+	}
+	if err := client.BatchCall(batch); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("error sending batch:", err)
+	}
+	for i := range batch {
+		// We expect the first two queries to be ok, but after that the size limit takes effect.
+		if i < 2 {
+			if batch[i].Error != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("batch elem %d has unexpected error: %v", i, batch[i].Error)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		// After two, we expect an error.
+		re, ok := batch[i].Error.(Error)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("batch elem %d has wrong error: %v", i, batch[i].Error)
+		}
+		wantedCode := errcodeResponseTooLarge
+		if re.ErrorCode() != wantedCode {
+			t.Errorf("batch elem %d wrong error code, have %d want %d", i, re.ErrorCode(), wantedCode)
+		}
+	}
+}

rpc/stdio.go

@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ func DialStdIO(ctx context.Context) (*Client, error) {
 
 // DialIO creates a client which uses the given IO channels
 func DialIO(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, out io.Writer) (*Client, error) {
-	return newClient(ctx, newClientTransportIO(in, out))
+	cfg := new(clientConfig)
+	return newClient(ctx, cfg, newClientTransportIO(in, out))
 }
 
 func newClientTransportIO(in io.Reader, out io.Writer) reconnectFunc {

rpc/testdata/invalid-batch-toolarge.js

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// This file checks the behavior of the batch item limit code.
+// In tests, the batch item limit is set to 4. So to trigger the error,
+// all batches in this file have 5 elements.
+
+// For batches that do not contain any calls, a response message with "id" == null
+// is returned.
+
+--> [{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"test_echo","params":["x",99]},{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"test_echo","params":["x",99]},{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"test_echo","params":["x",99]},{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"test_echo","params":["x",99]},{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"test_echo","params":["x",99]}]
+<-- [{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":null,"error":{"code":-32600,"message":"batch too large"}}]
+
+// For batches with at least one call, the call's "id" is used.
+--> [{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"test_echo","params":["x",99]},{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":3,"method":"test_echo","params":["x",99]},{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"test_echo","params":["x",99]},{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"test_echo","params":["x",99]},{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"test_echo","params":["x",99]}]
+<-- [{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":3,"error":{"code":-32600,"message":"batch too large"}}]

rpc/websocket.go

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func DialWebsocketWithDialer(ctx context.Context, endpoint, origin string, diale
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return newClient(ctx, connect)
+	return newClient(ctx, cfg, connect)
 }
 
 // DialWebsocket creates a new RPC client that communicates with a JSON-RPC server
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func DialWebsocket(ctx context.Context, endpoint, origin string) (*Client, error
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return newClient(ctx, connect)
+	return newClient(ctx, cfg, connect)
 }
 
 func newClientTransportWS(endpoint string, cfg *clientConfig) (reconnectFunc, error) {