node: only add simple nodes to backup lists if green/yellow

This avoids adding potential dead nodes to the list and causing
P2Pool to abort. If no ping data is available, no backup nodes
are added.

src/constants.rs

@@ -270,20 +270,24 @@ pub const GUPAX_PATH_P2POOL: &str = "The location of the P2Pool binary: Both abs
 pub const GUPAX_PATH_XMRIG: &str = "The location of the XMRig binary: Both absolute and relative paths are accepted; A red [X] will appear if there is no file found at the given path";
 
 // P2Pool
-pub const P2POOL_MAIN:           &str = "Use the P2Pool main-chain. This P2Pool finds blocks faster, but has a higher difficulty. Suitable for miners with more than 50kH/s";
-pub const P2POOL_MINI:           &str = "Use the P2Pool mini-chain. This P2Pool finds blocks slower, but has a lower difficulty. Suitable for miners with less than 50kH/s";
-pub const P2POOL_OUT:            &str = "How many out-bound peers to connect to? (you connecting to others)";
-pub const P2POOL_IN:             &str = "How many in-bound peers to allow? (others connecting to you)";
-pub const P2POOL_LOG:            &str = "Verbosity of the console log";
-pub const P2POOL_AUTO_NODE:      &str = "Automatically ping the remote Monero nodes at Gupax startup";
-pub const P2POOL_AUTO_SELECT:    &str = "Automatically select the fastest remote Monero node after pinging";
-pub const P2POOL_BACKUP_HOST:    &str = "Automatically switch to the other nodes listed if the current one is down";
-pub const P2POOL_SELECT_FASTEST: &str = "Select the fastest remote Monero node";
-pub const P2POOL_SELECT_RANDOM:  &str = "Select a random remote Monero node";
-pub const P2POOL_SELECT_LAST:    &str = "Select the previous remote Monero node";
-pub const P2POOL_SELECT_NEXT:    &str = "Select the next remote Monero node";
-pub const P2POOL_PING:           &str = "Ping the built-in remote Monero nodes";
-pub const P2POOL_ADDRESS:        &str = "You must use a primary Monero address to mine on P2Pool (starts with a 4). It is highly recommended to create a new wallet since addresses are public on P2Pool!";
+pub const P2POOL_MAIN:                   &str = "Use the P2Pool main-chain. This P2Pool finds blocks faster, but has a higher difficulty. Suitable for miners with more than 50kH/s";
+pub const P2POOL_MINI:                   &str = "Use the P2Pool mini-chain. This P2Pool finds blocks slower, but has a lower difficulty. Suitable for miners with less than 50kH/s";
+pub const P2POOL_OUT:                    &str = "How many out-bound peers to connect to? (you connecting to others)";
+pub const P2POOL_IN:                     &str = "How many in-bound peers to allow? (others connecting to you)";
+pub const P2POOL_LOG:                    &str = "Verbosity of the console log";
+pub const P2POOL_AUTO_NODE:              &str = "Automatically ping the remote Monero nodes at Gupax startup";
+pub const P2POOL_AUTO_SELECT:            &str = "Automatically select the fastest remote Monero node after pinging";
+pub const P2POOL_BACKUP_HOST_SIMPLE:     &str =
+r#"Automatically switch to the other nodes listed if the current one is down.
+
+Note: you must ping the remote nodes or this feature will default to only using the currently selected node."#;
+pub const P2POOL_BACKUP_HOST_ADVANCED:   &str = "Automatically switch to the other nodes in your list if the current one is down.";
+pub const P2POOL_SELECT_FASTEST:         &str = "Select the fastest remote Monero node";
+pub const P2POOL_SELECT_RANDOM:          &str = "Select a random remote Monero node";
+pub const P2POOL_SELECT_LAST:            &str = "Select the previous remote Monero node";
+pub const P2POOL_SELECT_NEXT:            &str = "Select the next remote Monero node";
+pub const P2POOL_PING:                   &str = "Ping the built-in remote Monero nodes";
+pub const P2POOL_ADDRESS:                &str = "You must use a primary Monero address to mine on P2Pool (starts with a 4). It is highly recommended to create a new wallet since addresses are public on P2Pool!";
 pub const P2POOL_COMMUNITY_NODE_WARNING: &str =
 r#"TL;DR: Run & use your own Monero Node.
 

src/main.rs

@@ -538,36 +538,65 @@ impl App {
 			return None;
 		}
 
-		if self.state.p2pool.simple {
-			let mut ip = lock!(self.ping).fastest.to_string();
+		// INVARIANT:
+		// We must ensure all nodes are capable of
+		// sending/receiving valid JSON-RPC requests.
+		//
+		// This is done during the `Ping` phase, meaning
+		// all the nodes listed in our `self.ping` should
+		// have ping data. We can use this data to filter
+		// out "dead" nodes.
+		//
+		// The user must have at least pinged once so that
+		// we actually have this data to work off of, else,
+		// this "backup host" feature will return here
+		// with 0 extra nodes as we can't be sure that any
+		// of them are actually online.
+		//
+		// Realistically, most of them are, but we can't be sure,
+		// and checking here without explicitly asking the user
+		// to connect to nodes is a no-go (also, non-async environment).
+		if !lock!(self.ping).pinged {
+			warn!("Backup hosts ... simple node backup: no ping data available, returning None");
+			return None;
+		}
 
+		if self.state.p2pool.simple {
 			let mut vec = Vec::with_capacity(REMOTE_NODES.len());
 
-			for _ in 0..REMOTE_NODES.len() {
-				let (ip_new, rpc, zmq)  = RemoteNode::get_ip_rpc_zmq(&ip);
+			// Locking during this entire loop should be fine,
+			// only a few nodes to iter through.
+			for pinged_node in lock!(self.ping).nodes.iter() {
+				// Continue if this node is not green/yellow.
+				if pinged_node.ms > crate::node::RED_NODE_PING {
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				let (ip, rpc, zmq)  = RemoteNode::get_ip_rpc_zmq(&pinged_node.ip);
 
 				let node = Node {
-					ip: ip_new.into(),
+					ip: ip.into(),
 					rpc: rpc.into(),
 					zmq: zmq.into(),
 				};
 
 				vec.push(node);
-				ip = RemoteNode::get_next_from_ping(ip_new, &lock!(self.ping).nodes);
 			}
 
-			return Some(vec);
-		}
-
-		if !self.state.p2pool.simple {
-			return Some(self.node_vec
+			if vec.is_empty() {
+				warn!("Backup hosts ... simple node backup: no viable nodes found");
+				None
+			} else {
+				info!("Backup hosts ... simple node backup list: {vec:#?}");
+				Some(vec)
+			}
+		} else {
+			Some(self.node_vec
 				.iter()
 				.map(|(_, node)| node.clone())
 				.collect()
-			);
+			)
 		}
-
-		None
 	}
 }
 

src/node.rs

@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@ pub fn format_ip(ip: &str) -> String {
 }
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Node data
+pub const GREEN_NODE_PING:   u128 = 300;
+// yellow is anything in-between green/red
+pub const RED_NODE_PING:     u128 = 500;
+pub const TIMEOUT_NODE_PING: u128 = 5000;
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct NodeData {
 	pub ip: &'static str,
@@ -387,8 +392,6 @@ impl Ping {
 		percent: f32,
 		node_vec: Arc<Mutex<Vec<NodeData>>>
 	) {
-		const DEAD_NODE_PING: u128 = 5000;
-
 		let ms;
 		let now = Instant::now();
 
@@ -402,30 +405,30 @@ impl Ping {
 								if rpc.result.mainnet && rpc.result.synchronized {
 									ms = now.elapsed().as_millis();
 								} else {
-									ms = DEAD_NODE_PING;
+									ms = TIMEOUT_NODE_PING;
 									warn!("Ping | {ip} responded with valid get_info but is not in sync, remove this node!");
 								}
 							}
 							_ => {
-								ms = DEAD_NODE_PING;
+								ms = TIMEOUT_NODE_PING;
 								warn!("Ping | {ip} responded but with invalid get_info, remove this node!");
 							}
 						}
 					},
-					_ => ms = DEAD_NODE_PING,
+					_ => ms = TIMEOUT_NODE_PING,
 				};
 			},
-			_ => ms = DEAD_NODE_PING,
+			_ => ms = TIMEOUT_NODE_PING,
 		};
 
 		let info = format!("{ms}ms ... {ip}");
 		info!("Ping | {ms}ms ... {ip}");
 
-		let color = if ms < 300 {
+		let color = if ms < GREEN_NODE_PING {
 			GREEN
-		} else if ms < 500 {
+		} else if ms < RED_NODE_PING {
 			YELLOW
-		} else if ms < DEAD_NODE_PING {
+		} else if ms < TIMEOUT_NODE_PING {
 			RED
 		} else {
 			BLACK

src/p2pool.rs

@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ impl crate::disk::P2pool {
 			ui.add_sized([width, height], Checkbox::new(&mut self.auto_ping, "Auto-ping")).on_hover_text(P2POOL_AUTO_NODE);
 			ui.separator();
 			// [Backup host]
-			ui.add_sized([width, height], Checkbox::new(&mut self.backup_host, "Backup host")).on_hover_text(P2POOL_BACKUP_HOST);
+			ui.add_sized([width, height], Checkbox::new(&mut self.backup_host, "Backup host")).on_hover_text(P2POOL_BACKUP_HOST_SIMPLE);
 		})});
 
 		debug!("P2Pool Tab | Rendering warning text");
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ impl crate::disk::P2pool {
 			let width = width - SPACE;
 			let height = ui.available_height() / 3.0;
 			// [Backup host]
-			ui.add_sized([width, height], Checkbox::new(&mut self.backup_host, "Backup host")).on_hover_text(P2POOL_BACKUP_HOST);
+			ui.add_sized([width, height], Checkbox::new(&mut self.backup_host, "Backup host")).on_hover_text(P2POOL_BACKUP_HOST_ADVANCED);
 		});
 	}
 	}

src/xmrig.rs

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ impl crate::disk::Xmrig {
 	ui.vertical(|ui| {
 		let width = width / 10.0;
 		let text_width = width * 2.4;
-		ui.spacing_mut().slider_width = width * 7.1;
+		ui.spacing_mut().slider_width = width * 6.5;
 		ui.spacing_mut().icon_width = width / 25.0;
 		ui.horizontal(|ui| {
 			ui.add_sized([text_width, text_edit], Label::new(format!("Threads [1-{}]:", self.max_threads)));