use garage_util::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; }