v3.19.4

RELEASE_NOTES

@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ If not what makes it happen or not happen?
 Change Log
 ----------
 
+v3.19.4
+
+#359: Fix verthash memory allocation for non-hugepages, broken in v3.19.3.
+
+New option stratum-keepalive prevents stratum timeouts when no shares are
+submitted for several minutes due to high difficulty.
+
+Fixed a bug displaying optimizations for some algos.
+
 v3.19.3
 
 Linux: Faster verthash (+25%), scryptn2 (+2%) when huge pages are available.

algo/verthash/Verthash.c

@@ -87,16 +87,17 @@ int verthash_info_init(verthash_info_t* info, const char* file_name)
     // Allocate data
     info->data = (uint8_t *)malloc_hugepages( fileSize );
     if ( info->data )
+    {
        if ( !opt_quiet ) applog( LOG_INFO, "Verthash data is using huge pages");
+    }
     else
-    {
        info->data = (uint8_t *)_mm_malloc( fileSize, 64 );
-       if (!info->data)
-       {
-           fclose(fileMiningData);
-           // Memory allocation fatal error.
-           return 2;
-       }
+
+    if ( !info->data )
+    {
+        fclose( fileMiningData );
+        // Memory allocation fatal error.
+        return 2;
     }
 
     // Load data

configure

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for cpuminer-opt 3.19.3.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for cpuminer-opt 3.19.4.
 #
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='cpuminer-opt'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='cpuminer-opt'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='3.19.3'
-PACKAGE_STRING='cpuminer-opt 3.19.3'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='3.19.4'
+PACKAGE_STRING='cpuminer-opt 3.19.4'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures cpuminer-opt 3.19.3 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures cpuminer-opt 3.19.4 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of cpuminer-opt 3.19.3:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of cpuminer-opt 3.19.4:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-cpuminer-opt configure 3.19.3
+cpuminer-opt configure 3.19.4
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2012,7 +2012,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by cpuminer-opt $as_me 3.19.3, which was
+It was created by cpuminer-opt $as_me 3.19.4, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2993,7 +2993,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='cpuminer-opt'
- VERSION='3.19.3'
+ VERSION='3.19.4'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -6690,7 +6690,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by cpuminer-opt $as_me 3.19.3, which was
+This file was extended by cpuminer-opt $as_me 3.19.4, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -6756,7 +6756,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-cpuminer-opt config.status 3.19.3
+cpuminer-opt config.status 3.19.4
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 

configure.ac

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([cpuminer-opt], [3.19.3])
+AC_INIT([cpuminer-opt], [3.19.4])
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.59c])
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM

cpu-miner.c

@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ char *short_url = NULL;
 char *coinbase_address;
 char *opt_data_file = NULL;
 bool opt_verify = false;
+static bool opt_stratum_keepalive = false;
+static struct timeval stratum_keepalive_timer;
+// Stratum typically times out in 5 minutes or 300 seconds
+#define stratum_keepalive_timeout 180  // 3 minutes
 
 // pk_buffer_size is used as a version selector by b58 code, therefore
 // it must be set correctly to work.
@@ -2797,6 +2801,30 @@ static void *stratum_thread(void *userdata )
       if ( stratum.new_job )
          stratum_gen_work( &stratum, &g_work );
 
+      // is keepalive needed?
+      if ( opt_stratum_keepalive )
+      {
+         struct timeval now, et;
+         gettimeofday( &now, NULL );
+         // any shares submitted since last keepalive?
+         if ( last_submit_time.tv_sec > stratum_keepalive_timer.tv_sec )
+            memcpy( &stratum_keepalive_timer, &last_submit_time,
+                    sizeof (struct timeval) );
+
+         timeval_subtract( &et, &now, &stratum_keepalive_timer );
+
+         if ( et.tv_sec > stratum_keepalive_timeout )
+         {
+             double diff = stratum.job.diff * 0.5;
+             stratum_keepalive_timer = now;
+             if ( !opt_quiet )
+                applog( LOG_BLUE,
+                        "Stratum keepalive requesting lower difficulty" );
+             stratum_suggest_difficulty( &stratum, diff );
+         }
+      }
+
+      // Wait for new message from server
       if ( likely( stratum_socket_full( &stratum, opt_timeout ) ) )
       {
          if ( likely( s = stratum_recv_line( &stratum ) ) )
@@ -2818,7 +2846,6 @@ static void *stratum_thread(void *userdata )
          stratum_need_reset = true;
 //         stratum_disconnect( &stratum );
       }
-
    }  // loop
 out:
   return NULL;
@@ -2990,8 +3017,8 @@ static bool cpu_capability( bool display_only )
      use_avx512 = cpu_has_avx512 && sw_has_avx512 && algo_has_avx512;
      use_sha    = cpu_has_sha    && sw_has_sha    && algo_has_sha;
      use_vaes   = cpu_has_vaes   && sw_has_vaes   && algo_has_vaes;
-     use_none = !( use_sse2 || use_aes || use_avx512 || use_avx2 ||
-                   use_sha || use_vaes );
+     use_none = !( use_sse2 || use_sse42 || use_avx || use_aes || use_avx512
+                || use_avx2 || use_sha || use_vaes );
 
      // Display best options
      printf( "\nStarting miner with" );
@@ -3450,7 +3477,10 @@ void parse_arg(int key, char *arg )
    case 1028:  // verify
       opt_verify = true;
       break;
-	case 'V':
+   case 1029:  // stratum-keepalive
+      opt_stratum_keepalive = true;
+      break;
+   case 'V':
       display_cpu_capability();
       exit(0);
 	case 'h':
@@ -3899,6 +3929,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    gettimeofday( &last_submit_time, NULL );
    memcpy( &five_min_start, &last_submit_time, sizeof (struct timeval) );
    memcpy( &session_start, &last_submit_time, sizeof (struct timeval) );
+   memcpy( &stratum_keepalive_timer, &last_submit_time, sizeof (struct timeval) );
    memcpy( &total_hashes_time, &last_submit_time, sizeof (struct timeval) );
    pthread_mutex_unlock( &stats_lock );
 

miner.h

@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ void stratum_disconnect(struct stratum_ctx *sctx);
 bool stratum_subscribe(struct stratum_ctx *sctx);
 bool stratum_authorize(struct stratum_ctx *sctx, const char *user, const char *pass);
 bool stratum_handle_method(struct stratum_ctx *sctx, const char *s);
+bool stratum_suggest_difficulty( struct stratum_ctx *sctx, double diff );
 
 
 extern bool aes_ni_supported;
@@ -918,6 +919,7 @@ Options:\n\
   -c, --config=FILE     load a JSON-format configuration file\n\
       --data-file=FILE  path and name of data file\n\
       --verify          enable additional time consuming start up tests\n\
+      --stratum-keepalive  Prevent disconnects when difficulty is too high\n\
   -V, --version         display version and CPU information and exit\n\
   -h, --help            display this help text and exit\n\
 ";
@@ -987,6 +989,7 @@ static struct option const options[] = {
         { "userpass", 1, NULL, 'O' },
         { "data-file", 1, NULL, 1027 },
         { "verify", 0, NULL, 1028 },
+        { "stratum-keepalive", 0, NULL, 1029 },
         { "version", 0, NULL, 'V' },
         { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
 };

util.c

@@ -1846,6 +1846,25 @@ bool stratum_authorize(struct stratum_ctx *sctx, const char *user, const char *p
 	return ret;
 }
 
+bool stratum_suggest_difficulty( struct stratum_ctx *sctx, double diff )
+{
+   char *s;
+   s = (char*) malloc( 80 );
+   bool rc = true;
+
+   // response is handled seperately, what ID?
+   sprintf( s, "{\"id\": 1, \"method\": \"mining.suggest_difficulty\", \"params\": [\"%f\"]}", diff );
+   if ( !stratum_send_line( sctx, s ) )
+   {
+      applog(LOG_WARNING,"stratum.suggest_difficulty send failed");
+      rc = false;
+   } 
+   free ( s );
+   return rc;
+}
+
+
+
 /**
  * Extract bloc height     L H... here len=3, height=0x1333e8
  * "...0000000000ffffffff2703e83313062f503253482f043d61105408"