Disconnect on failed persistWorkItem + add comments

eth/p2p/blockchain_sync.nim

@@ -43,37 +43,52 @@ proc endIndex(b: WantedBlocks): BlockNumber =
   result += (b.numBlocks - 1).toBlockNumber
 
 proc availableWorkItem(ctx: SyncContext): int =
-  var maxPendingBlock = ctx.finalizedBlock
+  var maxPendingBlock = ctx.finalizedBlock # the last downloaded & processed
   trace "queue len", length = ctx.workQueue.len
   result = -1
   for i in 0 .. ctx.workQueue.high:
     case ctx.workQueue[i].state
     of Initial:
+      # When there is a work item at Initial state, immediatly use this one.
+      # This usually means a previous work item that failed somewhere in the
+      # process, and thus can be reused to work on.
       return i
     of Persisted:
+      # In case of Persisted, we can reset this work item to a new one.
       result = i
+      # No break here to give work items in Initial state priority and to
+      # calculate endBlock.
     else:
       discard
 
+    # Check all endBlocks of all workqueue items to decide on next range of
+    # blocks to collect & process.
     let endBlock = ctx.workQueue[i].endIndex
     if endBlock > maxPendingBlock:
       maxPendingBlock = endBlock
 
   let nextRequestedBlock = maxPendingBlock + 1
+  # If this next block doesn't exist yet according to any of our peers, don't
+  # return a work item (and sync will be stopped).
   if nextRequestedBlock >= ctx.endBlockNumber:
     return -1
 
+  # Increase queue when there are no free (Initial / Persisted) work items in
+  # the queue. At start, queue will be empty.
   if result == -1:
     result = ctx.workQueue.len
     ctx.workQueue.setLen(result + 1)
 
+  # Create new work item when queue was increased, reset when selected work item
+  # is at Persisted state.
   var numBlocks = (ctx.endBlockNumber - nextRequestedBlock).toInt
   if numBlocks > maxHeadersFetch:
     numBlocks = maxHeadersFetch
   ctx.workQueue[result] = WantedBlocks(startIndex: nextRequestedBlock, numBlocks: numBlocks.uint, state: Initial)
 
-proc persistWorkItem(ctx: SyncContext, wi: var WantedBlocks) =
+proc persistWorkItem(ctx: SyncContext, wi: var WantedBlocks): ValidationResult =
-  case ctx.chain.persistBlocks(wi.headers, wi.bodies)
+  result = ctx.chain.persistBlocks(wi.headers, wi.bodies)
+  case result
   of ValidationResult.OK:
     ctx.finalizedBlock = wi.endIndex
     wi.state = Persisted
@@ -83,7 +98,7 @@ proc persistWorkItem(ctx: SyncContext, wi: var WantedBlocks) =
   wi.headers = @[]
   wi.bodies = @[]
 
-proc persistPendingWorkItems(ctx: SyncContext) =
+proc persistPendingWorkItems(ctx: SyncContext): (int, ValidationResult) =
   var nextStartIndex = ctx.finalizedBlock + 1
   var keepRunning = true
   var hasOutOfOrderBlocks = false
@@ -91,12 +106,18 @@ proc persistPendingWorkItems(ctx: SyncContext) =
   while keepRunning:
     keepRunning = false
     hasOutOfOrderBlocks = false
+    # Go over the full work queue and check for every work item if it is in
+    # Received state and has the next blocks in line to be processed.
     for i in 0 ..< ctx.workQueue.len:
       let start = ctx.workQueue[i].startIndex
+      # There should be at least 1 like this, namely the just received work item
+      # that initiated this call.
       if ctx.workQueue[i].state == Received:
         if start == nextStartIndex:
-          trace "Persisting pending work item", start
+          trace "Processing pending work item", number = start
-          ctx.persistWorkItem(ctx.workQueue[i])
+          result = (i, ctx.persistWorkItem(ctx.workQueue[i]))
+          # TODO: We can stop here on failure, but have to set
+          # hasOutofORderBlocks. Is this always valid?
           nextStartIndex = ctx.finalizedBlock + 1
           keepRunning = true
           break
@@ -122,9 +143,20 @@ proc returnWorkItem(ctx: SyncContext, workItem: int): ValidationResult =
       ctx.hasOutOfOrderBlocks = true
 
     if ctx.hasOutOfOrderBlocks:
-      ctx.persistPendingWorkItems()
+      let (index, validation) = ctx.persistPendingWorkItems()
+      # Only report an error if it was this peer's work item that failed
+      if validation == ValidationResult.Error and index == workitem:
+        result = ValidationResult.Error
+      # TODO: What about failures on other peers' work items?
+      # In that case the peer will probably get disconnected on future erroneous
+      # work items, but before this occurs, several more blocks (that will fail)
+      # might get downloaded from this peer. This will delay the sync and this
+      # should be improved.
     else:
-      ctx.persistWorkItem(wi[])
+      trace "Processing work item", number = wi.startIndex
+      # Validation result needs to be returned so that higher up can be decided
+      # to disconnect from this peer in case of error.
+      result = ctx.persistWorkItem(wi[])
   else:
     trace "Work item complete but we got fewer blocks than requested, so we're ditching the whole thing.",
       start,
@@ -177,7 +209,8 @@ proc obtainBlocksFromPeer(syncCtx: SyncContext, peer: Peer) {.async.} =
          peer.connectionState notin {Disconnecting, Disconnected}):
     template workItem: auto = syncCtx.workQueue[workItemIdx]
     workItem.state = Requested
-    trace "Requesting block headers", start = workItem.startIndex, count = workItem.numBlocks, peer
+    trace "Requesting block headers", start = workItem.startIndex,
+      count = workItem.numBlocks, peer = peer.remote.node
     let request = BlocksRequest(
       startBlock: HashOrNum(isHash: false, number: workItem.startIndex),
       maxResults: workItem.numBlocks,