loopd+liquidity: persist parameters on disk

This commit saves the RPC request used to construct the `Parameters` on
disk. Since it's a proto message, an easy way to read/write it is to
rely on the proto marshal/unmarshal methods. A side effect is that
migration also becomes easy as proto message have its own internal
mechanism to keep track of the compatibility.

cmd/loop/liquidity.go

@@ -223,9 +223,12 @@ func setRule(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 var setParamsCommand = cli.Command{
-	Name:        "setparams",
-	Usage:       "update the parameters set for the liquidity manager",
-	Description: "Updates the parameters set for the liquidity manager.",
+	Name:  "setparams",
+	Usage: "update the parameters set for the liquidity manager",
+	Description: "Updates the parameters set for the liquidity manager. " +
+		"Note the parameters are persisted in db to save the trouble " +
+		"of setting them again upon loopd restart. To get the " +
+		"default values, use `getparams` before any `setparams`.",
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{
 		cli.IntFlag{
 			Name: "sweeplimit",

liquidity/autoloop_testcontext_test.go

@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ func newAutoloopTestCtx(t *testing.T, parameters Parameters,
 		MinimumConfirmations: loop.DefaultSweepConfTarget,
 		Lnd:                  &testCtx.lnd.LndServices,
 		Clock:                testCtx.testClock,
+		PutLiquidityParams: func(_ []byte) error {
+			return nil
+		},
+		FetchLiquidityParams: func() ([]byte, error) {
+			return nil, nil
+		},
 	}
 
 	// SetParameters needs to make a call to our mocked restrictions call,

liquidity/liquidity.go

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lnwire"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/routing/route"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/ticker"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 
 	clientrpc "github.com/lightninglabs/loop/looprpc"
 )
@@ -181,6 +182,18 @@ type Config struct {
 	// MinimumConfirmations is the minimum number of confirmations we allow
 	// setting for sweep target.
 	MinimumConfirmations int32
+
+	// PutLiquidityParams writes the serialized `Parameters` into db.
+	//
+	// NOTE: the params are encoded using `proto.Marshal` over an RPC
+	// request.
+	PutLiquidityParams func(params []byte) error
+
+	// FetchLiquidityParams reads the serialized `Parameters` from db.
+	//
+	// NOTE: the params are decoded using `proto.Unmarshal` over a
+	// serialized RPC request.
+	FetchLiquidityParams func() ([]byte, error)
 }
 
 // Manager contains a set of desired liquidity rules for our channel
@@ -205,6 +218,19 @@ func (m *Manager) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	m.cfg.AutoloopTicker.Resume()
 	defer m.cfg.AutoloopTicker.Stop()
 
+	// Before we start the main loop, load the params from db.
+	req, err := m.loadParams()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Set the params if there's one.
+	if req != nil {
+		if err := m.SetParameters(ctx, req); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-m.cfg.AutoloopTicker.Ticks():
@@ -251,7 +277,18 @@ func (m *Manager) SetParameters(ctx context.Context,
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return m.setParameters(ctx, *params)
+	if err := m.setParameters(ctx, *params); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Save the params on disk.
+	//
+	// NOTE: alternatively we can save the bytes in memory and persist them
+	// on disk during shutdown to save us some IO cost from hitting the db.
+	// Since setting params is NOT a frequent action, it's should put
+	// little pressure on our db. Only when performance becomes an issue,
+	// we can then apply the alternative.
+	return m.saveParams(req)
 }
 
 // SetParameters updates our current set of parameters if the new parameters
@@ -280,9 +317,49 @@ func (m *Manager) setParameters(ctx context.Context,
 	defer m.paramsLock.Unlock()
 
 	m.params = cloneParameters(params)
+
 	return nil
 }
 
+// saveParams marshals an RPC request and saves it to db.
+func (m *Manager) saveParams(req proto.Message) error {
+	// Marshal the params.
+	paramsBytes, err := proto.Marshal(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Save the params on disk.
+	if err := m.cfg.PutLiquidityParams(paramsBytes); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to save params: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// loadParams unmarshals a serialized RPC request from db and returns the RPC
+// request.
+func (m *Manager) loadParams() (*clientrpc.LiquidityParameters, error) {
+	paramsBytes, err := m.cfg.FetchLiquidityParams()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read params: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Return early if there's nothing saved.
+	if paramsBytes == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	// Unmarshal the params.
+	req := &clientrpc.LiquidityParameters{}
+	err = proto.Unmarshal(paramsBytes, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal params: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return req, nil
+}
+
 // autoloop gets a set of suggested swaps and dispatches them automatically if
 // we have automated looping enabled.
 func (m *Manager) autoloop(ctx context.Context) error {

liquidity/liquidity_test.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lightninglabs/loop"
 	"github.com/lightninglabs/loop/labels"
 	"github.com/lightninglabs/loop/loopdb"
+	clientrpc "github.com/lightninglabs/loop/looprpc"
 	"github.com/lightninglabs/loop/swap"
 	"github.com/lightninglabs/loop/test"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/clock"
@@ -246,6 +247,58 @@ func TestParameters(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, ErrZeroChannelID, err)
 }
 
+// TestPersistParams tests reading and writing of parameters for our manager.
+func TestPersistParams(t *testing.T) {
+	rpcParams := &clientrpc.LiquidityParameters{
+		FeePpm:          100,
+		AutoMaxInFlight: 10,
+		HtlcConfTarget:  2,
+	}
+	cfg, _ := newTestConfig()
+	manager := NewManager(cfg)
+
+	var paramsBytes []byte
+
+	// Mock the read method to return empty data.
+	manager.cfg.FetchLiquidityParams = func() ([]byte, error) {
+		return paramsBytes, nil
+	}
+
+	// Test the nil params is returned.
+	req, err := manager.loadParams()
+	require.Nil(t, req)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Mock the write method to return no error.
+	manager.cfg.PutLiquidityParams = func(data []byte) error {
+		paramsBytes = data
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Test save the message.
+	err = manager.saveParams(rpcParams)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Test the nil params is returned.
+	req, err = manager.loadParams()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Check the specified fields are set as expected.
+	require.Equal(t, rpcParams.FeePpm, req.FeePpm)
+	require.Equal(t, rpcParams.AutoMaxInFlight, req.AutoMaxInFlight)
+	require.Equal(t, rpcParams.HtlcConfTarget, req.HtlcConfTarget)
+
+	// Check the unspecified fields are using empty values.
+	require.False(t, req.Autoloop)
+	require.Empty(t, req.Rules)
+	require.Zero(t, req.AutoloopBudgetSat)
+
+	// Finally, check the loaded request can be used to set params without
+	// error.
+	err = manager.SetParameters(context.Background(), req)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 // TestRestrictedSuggestions tests getting of swap suggestions when we have
 // other in-flight swaps. We setup our manager with a set of channels and rules
 // that require a loop out swap, focusing on the filtering our of channels that

loopd/utils.go

@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ func getLiquidityManager(client *loop.Client) *liquidity.Manager {
 		ListLoopOut:          client.Store.FetchLoopOutSwaps,
 		ListLoopIn:           client.Store.FetchLoopInSwaps,
 		MinimumConfirmations: minConfTarget,
+		PutLiquidityParams:   client.Store.PutLiquidityParams,
+		FetchLiquidityParams: client.Store.FetchLiquidityParams,
 	}
 
 	return liquidity.NewManager(mngrCfg)