geth: add propose flag to enable/disable proposing

4 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 956469b9e..05f5c45b6 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dexon-foundation/dexon/accounts/keystore"
 	"github.com/dexon-foundation/dexon/cmd/utils"
 	"github.com/dexon-foundation/dexon/console"
+	"github.com/dexon-foundation/dexon/dex"
 	"github.com/dexon-foundation/dexon/eth"
 	"github.com/dexon-foundation/dexon/ethclient"
 	"github.com/dexon-foundation/dexon/internal/debug"
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ var (
 		utils.ListenPortFlag,
 		utils.MaxPeersFlag,
 		utils.MaxPendingPeersFlag,
+		utils.ProposingEnabledFlag,
 		utils.MiningEnabledFlag,
 		utils.MinerThreadsFlag,
 		utils.MinerLegacyThreadsFlag,
@@ -355,4 +357,17 @@ func startNode(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node) {
 			utils.Fatalf("Failed to start mining: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
+
+	if ctx.GlobalBool(utils.ProposingEnabledFlag.Name) {
+		if ctx.GlobalString(utils.SyncModeFlag.Name) == "light" {
+			utils.Fatalf("Light clients do not support proposing")
+		}
+		var dexon *dex.Dexon
+		if err := stack.Service(&dexon); err != nil {
+			utils.Fatalf("Dexon service not running: %v", err)
+		}
+		if err := dexon.StartProposing(); err != nil {
+			utils.Fatalf("Failed to string proposing: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/geth/usage.go b/cmd/geth/usage.go
index 18c9743e0..fb14a9bbd 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/usage.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/usage.go
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ var AppHelpFlagGroups = []flagGroup{
 		},
 	},
 	{
+		Name: "PROPOSER",
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			utils.ProposingEnabledFlag,
+		},
+	},
+	{
 		Name: "MINER",
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			utils.MiningEnabledFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index cf41f5cdd..585f9c313 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ var (
 		Usage: "Number of trie node generations to keep in memory",
 		Value: int(state.MaxTrieCacheGen),
 	}
+	// Proposer settings
+	ProposingEnabledFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "propose",
+		Usage: "Enable proposing",
+	}
 	// Miner settings
 	MiningEnabledFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:  "mine",
diff --git a/dex/backend.go b/dex/backend.go
index 7a7ad7f47..9c931ee2c 100644
--- a/dex/backend.go
+++ b/dex/backend.go
@@ -255,6 +255,13 @@ func (s *Dexon) Stop() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *Dexon) StartProposing() error {
+	// TODO(sonic):
+	// enable dispatch vote, agreement result, finalization result.. msg to consensus core.
+	log.Debug("###############start proposing")
+	return nil
+}
+
 // CreateDB creates the chain database.
 func CreateDB(ctx *node.ServiceContext, config *Config, name string) (ethdb.Database, error) {
 	db, err := ctx.OpenDatabase(name, config.DatabaseCache, config.DatabaseHandles)