Improve how node roles are assigned in Garagev0.5-beta1

- change the terminology: the network configuration becomes the role
  table, the configuration of a nodes becomes a node's role
- the modification of the role table takes place in two steps: first,
  changes are staged in a CRDT data structure. Then, once the user is
  happy with the changes, they can commit them all at once (or revert
  them).
- update documentation
- fix tests
- implement smarter partition assignation algorithm

This patch breaks the format of the network configuration: when
migrating, the cluster will be in a state where no roles are assigned.
All roles must be re-assigned and commited at once. This migration
should not pose an issue.

1 files changed, 71 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/util/crdt/crdt.rs b/src/util/crdt/crdt.rs
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+use crate::data::*;
+
+/// Definition of a CRDT - all CRDT Rust types implement this.
+///
+/// A CRDT is defined as a merge operator that respects a certain set of axioms.
+///
+/// In particular, the merge operator must be commutative, associative,
+/// idempotent, and monotonic.
+/// In other words, if `a`, `b` and `c` are CRDTs, and `⊔` denotes the merge operator,
+/// the following axioms must apply:
+///
+/// ```text
+/// a ⊔ b = b ⊔ a                   (commutativity)
+/// (a ⊔ b) ⊔ c = a ⊔ (b ⊔ c)       (associativity)
+/// (a ⊔ b) ⊔ b = a ⊔ b             (idempotence)
+/// ```
+///
+/// Moreover, the relationship `≥` defined by `a ≥ b ⇔ ∃c. a = b ⊔ c` must be a partial order.
+/// This implies a few properties such as: if `a ⊔ b ≠ a`, then there is no `c` such that `(a ⊔ b) ⊔ c = a`,
+/// as this would imply a cycle in the partial order.
+pub trait Crdt {
+	/// Merge the two datastructures according to the CRDT rules.
+	/// `self` is modified to contain the merged CRDT value. `other` is not modified.
+	///
+	/// # Arguments
+	///
+	/// * `other` - the other CRDT we wish to merge with
+	fn merge(&mut self, other: &Self);
+}
+
+/// All types that implement `Ord` (a total order) can also implement a trivial CRDT
+/// defined by the merge rule: `a ⊔ b = max(a, b)`. Implement this trait for your type
+/// to enable this behavior.
+pub trait AutoCrdt: Ord + Clone + std::fmt::Debug {
+	/// WARN_IF_DIFFERENT: emit a warning when values differ. Set this to true if
+	/// different values in your application should never happen. Set this to false
+	/// if you are actually relying on the semantics of `a ⊔ b = max(a, b)`.
+	const WARN_IF_DIFFERENT: bool;
+}
+
+impl<T> Crdt for T
+where
+	T: AutoCrdt,
+{
+	fn merge(&mut self, other: &Self) {
+		if Self::WARN_IF_DIFFERENT && self != other {
+			warn!(
+				"Different CRDT values should be the same (logic error!): {:?} vs {:?}",
+				self, other
+			);
+			if other > self {
+				*self = other.clone();
+			}
+			warn!("Making an arbitrary choice: {:?}", self);
+		} else if other > self {
+			*self = other.clone();
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl AutoCrdt for String {
+	const WARN_IF_DIFFERENT: bool = true;
+}
+
+impl AutoCrdt for bool {
+	const WARN_IF_DIFFERENT: bool = true;
+}
+
+impl AutoCrdt for FixedBytes32 {
+	const WARN_IF_DIFFERENT: bool = true;
+}