Using exception in rlp.append turn out creates more problem than it solve.
`blockHash` operation is literally everywhere in nimbus-eth1, nimbus-eth2, and fluffy-code.
The compiler begins to complain about unlisted exception.
Rlp bytes coming from network and test vectors already verified by the decoder.
So, any invalid optional fields of blockheader that come into rlp.append means
programming error. Assertion will be more apropiate in this situation and less problematic.
including:
- fix rlp.append of BlockHeader
- add tests for rlp.readRecordType of BlockBody
- add tests for rlp.append of BlockHeader
- add tests for EthBlock roundtrip
* Add metrics related to devp2p peer connections
* Avoid reconnecting to peers that just failed connection
- Add SeenTable to avoid reconnecting to peers immediately after
a failed connect. Depending on the failure, the amount of time is
different. This is similar to what is done in nimbus-eth2.
- Attempt to rework rlpxConnect at the same time, in order to
make sure that errors are properly handled. The current structure
is far from ideal, but it is hopefully a small step in the right
direction. To many oddities in there right now to really rework
rlpxConnect properply.
* Fix rlpx thunk fuzzer
Adds `Withdrawal` type according to EIP-4895, and extends `BlockHeader`
accordingly. Also adds RLP encoding support for `Withdrawal` to enable
building `BlockHeader` (used by Nimbus-CL in empty block prod fallback).
- Fix two possible RangeErrors, due to negative seq allocation
in decodeAuthMessageEIP8 and in decodeAckMessageEIP8
- Set the minimum auth message size to AuthMessageEIP8Length,
in case there are clients that no longer add padding
- Add tests for invalid length cases
RLP Enum deserialization would currently not check if "hole values"
were attempted to be converted to the enum type. Now use
checkedEnumAssign and fail with RlpTypeMismatch on invalid values.
There is at least one occurance of an enum with holes in rlpx p2p:
DisconnectionReason. For this enum the issue could occur.
Also:
- Added enum RLP tests and rlpx p2p disconnect message tests to
test the DisconnectionReason with enum hole value.
- Fixed worse custom DisconnectionReason decoding occurance
in rlpx in waitSingleMsg proc where this issue could occur.
Nim devel brach(1.7.1) introduce gc=orc as default mode.
Because the p2p protocol using unsafe pointer operations
for it's ProtocolInfo and using global variables scattered
around, the orc mistakenly(or maybe correctly) crash the protocol.
* Provide dedicated `DisconnectionReason` enum type RLP reader
why:
Without this reader, the program communicating via RLPX will crash when
receiving out of bound reason codes disconnect message.
Out of bound value assignments to an enum causes a `RangeError`defect
and consequently the program to terminate. This `RangeError` is avoided
here and a `MalformedRlpError` catchable error raised.
* Using default exception type in bespoke `read(DisconnectionReason)`
why:
This should not differ from the default enum parser. The particular
message is different and more targeted, here.
Note: The default RLP parser was not used because `
`array[1,DisconnectionReason]` is currently not properly handled and
should give a siliar error message as a `DisconnectionReason` error.
* De-clutter, custom read() was not needed
Co-authored-by: jordan <jordan@curd.mjh-it.com>