【MIT6.824】lab2A实现笔记

引言

实现了MIT6.824中的lab2A，即leader选举的部分。

Raft结构及初始化

为一个Raft中的节点增加的变量主要有：

• currentTerm: 当前任期
• votedFor: 为谁投票, -1表示没有投票，注意一个任期只能投一次票
• state: 当前节点的状态
• heartbeatTimeout: 心跳超时计数器
• electionTimeout: 选举超时计数器

// A Go object implementing a single Raft peer.
type Raft struct {
	mu               sync.RWMutex        // Lock to protect shared access to this peer's state
	peers            []*labrpc.ClientEnd // RPC end points of all peers
	persister        *Persister          // Object to hold this peer's persisted state
	me               int                 // this peer's index into peers[]
	dead             int32               // set by Kill()
	currentTerm      int
	votedFor         int
	state            NodeState
	heartbeatTimeout *time.Timer
	electionTimeout  *time.Timer
}

// NodeState represents the state of a node in the raft protocol
type NodeState uint8

const (
	Follower NodeState = iota
	Candidate
	Leader
)

初始化Make函数如下，注意为新添加的变量进行初始化，可以看到初始化之后就会启动一个ticker的goroutine来让节点不断运行。

func Make(peers []*labrpc.ClientEnd, me int,
	persister *Persister, applyCh chan ApplyMsg) *Raft {
	rf := &Raft{
		peers:            peers,
		persister:        persister,
		me:               me,
		dead:             0,
		currentTerm:      0,
		votedFor:         -1,
		state:            Follower,
		heartbeatTimeout: time.NewTimer(time.Duration(StableHeartbeatTimeout())),
		electionTimeout:  time.NewTimer(time.Duration(RandomizedElectionTimeout())),
	}

	// Your initialization code here (2A, 2B, 2C).

	// initialize from state persisted before a crash
	rf.readPersist(persister.ReadRaftState())

	// start ticker goroutine to start elections
	go rf.ticker()

	return rf
}

计时函数

计时函数如上所述有两个：

• heartbeatTimeout: 倒计时结束时，需要向其他节点发送心跳，以维持自己的leader地位
• electionTimeout: 倒计时结束时，需要转化为candidate开始选举，如果在倒计时结束前收到了leader的心跳，则重置倒计时。

func (rf *Raft) ticker() {
	for rf.killed() == false {
		select {
		case <-rf.heartbeatTimeout.C:
			rf.mu.Lock()
			if rf.state == Leader {
				rf.broadcastHeartbeat()
				rf.heartbeatTimeout.Reset(StableHeartbeatTimeout())
			}
			rf.mu.Unlock()
		case <-rf.electionTimeout.C:
			rf.mu.Lock()
			rf.changeState(Candidate)
			rf.currentTerm++
			rf.startElection()
			rf.electionTimeout.Reset(RandomizedElectionTimeout())
			rf.mu.Unlock()
		}
	}
}

选举leader

选举leader主要依靠发送RequestVote RPC来进行，选举的过程如下：

1. electionTimeout计时器到期，节点转化为candidate状态，增加currentTerm并开始选举
2. 发送RequestVote RPC给其他节点，请求投票
3. 接收到其他节点的投票结果。

按照Raft论文的描述可以将选举结果分为三种：

1. 得到了大多数节点的投票，成为leader
2. 有其他节点成为了leader，自己转化为follower。如何感知到其他节点成为了leader呢？有两种手段：
   1. 通过RequestVoteReply中的Term字段，如果Term比自己的大，则说明有其他节点成为了leader
   2. 接受到了其他节点的心跳，说明有其他节点成为了leader
3. 大家平分选票，没有leader产生，等待electionTimeout计时器到期，重新开始选举

func (rf *Raft) startElection() {
	request := rf.genRequestVoteRequest()
	DPrintf("{Node %v} starts election with RequestVoteRequest %v", rf.me, request)
	rf.votedFor = rf.me
	grantedVoteNum := 1

	// Your code here (2A, 2B).
	for peer := range rf.peers {
		if peer != rf.me {
			if peer == rf.me {
				continue
			}

			go rf.electionRequestOnce(peer, &grantedVoteNum, request)
		}
	}
}

func (rf *Raft) electionRequestOnce(peer int, grantedVoteNum *int, request *RequestVoteArgs) {
	reply := new(RequestVoteReply)
	if rf.sendRequestVote(peer, request, reply) {
		rf.mu.Lock()
		defer rf.mu.Unlock()
		DPrintf("{Node %v} received RequestVoteReply {%v} from {Node %v}", rf.me, reply, peer)
		if rf.currentTerm == request.Term && rf.state == Candidate {
			if reply.VoteGranted {
				*grantedVoteNum++
				if *grantedVoteNum > len(rf.peers)/2 {
					rf.changeState(Leader)
					rf.broadcastHeartbeat()
				}
			}
		} else if reply.Term > rf.currentTerm {
			DPrintf("{Node %v} found higher term %v in RequestVoteReply %v from {Node %v}", rf.me, reply.Term, reply, peer)
			rf.currentTerm = reply.Term
			rf.votedFor = -1
			rf.changeState(Follower)
		}
	}
}

节点在进行投票时的规则如下：

1. 如果自己的term比对方大，则拒绝投票
2. 如果在当前term中已经投过票给其他candidate，则拒绝投票
3. 其余情况下投票给对方，并更新自己的term与votedFor，并直接转化为follower状态

func (rf *Raft) RequestVote(args *RequestVoteArgs, reply *RequestVoteReply) {
	// Your code here (2A, 2B).
	rf.mu.Lock()
	defer rf.mu.Unlock()
	defer DPrintf("{Node %v}'s state is {state: %v, term: %v}, the RequestVoteReply is {%v}", rf.me, rf.state, rf.currentTerm, reply)

	if args.Term < rf.currentTerm || (args.Term == rf.currentTerm && rf.votedFor != -1 && rf.votedFor != args.CandidateId) {
		reply.Term, reply.VoteGranted = rf.currentTerm, false
		return
	}
	if args.Term > rf.currentTerm {
		rf.currentTerm, rf.votedFor = args.Term, -1
		rf.changeState(Follower)
	}
	if !rf.isLogUpToDate(args.LastLogIndex, args.LastLogTerm) {
		reply.Term, reply.VoteGranted = rf.currentTerm, false
		return
	}

	rf.votedFor = args.CandidateId
	// now the term of the candidate must equal to the current term of the rf
	reply.Term, reply.VoteGranted = rf.currentTerm, true
}

type RequestVoteArgs struct {
	Term         int
	CandidateId  int
	LastLogIndex int
	LastLogTerm  int
}
type RequestVoteReply struct {
	Term        int
	VoteGranted bool
}

注意在状态转化时需要对计时器进行相应的修改，如下：

func (rf *Raft) changeState(newState NodeState) {
	if rf.state == newState {
		return
	}
	DPrintf("{Node %v} changes state from %s to %s", rf.me, rf.state, newState)
	rf.state = newState

	switch newState {
	case Follower:
		rf.heartbeatTimeout.Stop()
		rf.electionTimeout.Reset(RandomizedElectionTimeout())
	case Candidate:
	case Leader:
		rf.broadcastHeartbeat()
		rf.heartbeatTimeout.Reset(StableHeartbeatTimeout())
		rf.electionTimeout.Stop()
	}
}

心跳广播

理论上心跳发送应该与日志复制用的是同一种RPC，但是lab2A不需要实现日志复制，所以这里的日志复制进行了简化，能发送心跳来维持自己的leader地位即可。

func (rf *Raft) replicateOneRound(peer int) {
	if rf.state != Leader {
		return
	}

	request := rf.genAppendEntriesRequest(peer)
	reply := new(AppendEntriesReply)
	if rf.sendAppendEntries(peer, request, reply) {
		DPrintf("{Node %v} received AppendEntriesReply {%v} from {Node %v}", rf.me, reply, peer)
	}
}

func (rf *Raft) AppendEntries(args *AppendEntriesRequest, reply *AppendEntriesReply) {
	DPrintf("{Node %v} received AppendEntriesRequest {%v}", rf.me, args)
	rf.changeState(Follower)
	rf.electionTimeout.Reset(RandomizedElectionTimeout())
	reply.Term, reply.Success = rf.currentTerm, true
}

type AppendEntriesRequest struct {
	Term     int
	LeaderId int
}
type AppendEntriesReply struct {
	Term    int
	Success bool
}

运行结果

运行结果如下，能通过所有测试：