Method startEventTimer

consensus/vbft/event_timer.go:193–213

internal helper, should call with lock held

(evtType TimerEventType, blockNum uint32)

// internal helper, should call with lock held
//
func (self *EventTimer) startEventTimer(evtType TimerEventType, blockNum uint32) error {
	timers := self.eventTimers[evtType]
	if t, present := timers[blockNum]; present {
		t.Stop()
		delete(timers, blockNum)
		log.Infof("timer (type: %d) for %d got reset", evtType, blockNum)
	}

	timeout := self.getEventTimeout(evtType)
	if timeout == 0 {
		log.Errorf("invalid timeout for event %d, blkNum %d", evtType, blockNum)
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid timeout for event %d, blkNum %d", evtType, blockNum)
	}
	timers[blockNum] = time.AfterFunc(timeout, func() {
		self.C <- &TimerEvent{
			evtType:  evtType,
			blockNum: blockNum,
		}
	})
	return nil
}

//
// internal helper, should call with lock held