Gossipsub: Rebalance mesh immediately when peer sub/unsub (#719)

libp2p/protocols/pubsub/gossipsub.nim

@@ -435,6 +435,13 @@ method rpcHandler*(g: GossipSub,
   if rpcMsg.control.isSome():
     g.handleControl(peer, rpcMsg.control.unsafeGet())
 
+  # Now, check subscription to update the meshes if required
+  for i in 0..<min(g.topicsHigh, rpcMsg.subscriptions.len):
+    let topic = rpcMsg.subscriptions[i].topic
+    if topic in g.topics and g.mesh.peers(topic) < g.parameters.dLow:
+      # rebalance but don't update metrics here, we do that only in the heartbeat
+      g.rebalanceMesh(topic, metrics = nil)
+
   g.updateMetrics(rpcMsg)
 
 method onTopicSubscription*(g: GossipSub, topic: string, subscribed: bool) =

tests/pubsub/testgossipsub.nim

@@ -32,18 +32,11 @@ proc `$`(peer: PubSubPeer): string = shortLog(peer)
 proc waitSub(sender, receiver: auto; key: string) {.async, gcsafe.} =
   if sender == receiver:
     return
-  # turn things deterministic
+  let timeout = Moment.now() + 5.seconds
+  let fsub = GossipSub(sender)
+
   # this is for testing purposes only
   # peers can be inside `mesh` and `fanout`, not just `gossipsub`
-  var ceil = 15
-  let fsub = GossipSub(sender)
-  let ev = newAsyncEvent()
-  fsub.heartbeatEvents.add(ev)
-
-  # await first heartbeat
-  await ev.wait()
-  ev.clear()
-
   while (not fsub.gossipsub.hasKey(key) or
          not fsub.gossipsub.hasPeerId(key, receiver.peerInfo.peerId)) and
         (not fsub.mesh.hasKey(key) or
@@ -52,23 +45,19 @@ proc waitSub(sender, receiver: auto; key: string) {.async, gcsafe.} =
          not fsub.fanout.hasPeerId(key , receiver.peerInfo.peerId)):
     trace "waitSub sleeping..."
 
-    # await more heartbeats
-    await ev.wait()
-    ev.clear()
+    # await
+    await sleepAsync(5.milliseconds)
+    doAssert Moment.now() < timeout, "waitSub timeout!"
 
-    dec ceil
-    doAssert(ceil > 0, "waitSub timeout!")
-
-template tryPublish(call: untyped, require: int, wait: Duration = 1.seconds, times: int = 10): untyped =
+template tryPublish(call: untyped, require: int, wait = 10.milliseconds, timeout = 5.seconds): untyped =
   var
-    limit = times
+    expiration = Moment.now() + timeout
     pubs = 0
-  while pubs < require and limit > 0:
+  while pubs < require and Moment.now() < expiration:
     pubs = pubs + call
     await sleepAsync(wait)
-    limit.dec()
-  if limit == 0:
-    doAssert(false, "Failed to publish!")
+
+  doAssert pubs >= require, "Failed to publish!"
 
 suite "GossipSub":
   teardown:
@@ -343,15 +332,15 @@ suite "GossipSub":
     await subscribeNodes(nodes)
 
     nodes[1].subscribe("foobar", handler)
-    await sleepAsync(10.seconds)
 
     let gossip1 = GossipSub(nodes[0])
     let gossip2 = GossipSub(nodes[1])
 
-    check:
-      "foobar" in gossip2.topics
-      "foobar" in gossip1.gossipsub
+    check await checkExpiring(
+      "foobar" in gossip2.topics and
+      "foobar" in gossip1.gossipsub and
       gossip1.gossipsub.hasPeerId("foobar", gossip2.peerInfo.peerId)
+    )
 
     await allFuturesThrowing(
       nodes[0].switch.stop(),
@@ -706,7 +695,7 @@ suite "GossipSub":
     tryPublish await wait(nodes[0].publish("foobar",
                                   toBytes("from node " &
                                   $nodes[0].peerInfo.peerId)),
-                                  1.minutes), 1, 5.seconds
+                                  1.minutes), 1
 
     await wait(seenFut, 2.minutes)
     check: seen.len >= runs
@@ -756,7 +745,7 @@ suite "GossipSub":
     tryPublish await wait(nodes[0].publish("foobar",
                                   toBytes("from node " &
                                   $nodes[0].peerInfo.peerId)),
-                                  1.minutes), 1, 5.seconds
+                                  1.minutes), 1
 
     await wait(seenFut, 5.minutes)
     check: seen.len >= runs

tests/pubsub/testgossipsub2.nim

@@ -28,18 +28,11 @@ import ../helpers
 proc waitSub(sender, receiver: auto; key: string) {.async, gcsafe.} =
   if sender == receiver:
     return
-  # turn things deterministic
+  let timeout = Moment.now() + 5.seconds
+  let fsub = GossipSub(sender)
+
   # this is for testing purposes only
   # peers can be inside `mesh` and `fanout`, not just `gossipsub`
-  var ceil = 15
-  let fsub = GossipSub(sender)
-  let ev = newAsyncEvent()
-  fsub.heartbeatEvents.add(ev)
-
-  # await first heartbeat
-  await ev.wait()
-  ev.clear()
-
   while (not fsub.gossipsub.hasKey(key) or
          not fsub.gossipsub.hasPeerId(key, receiver.peerInfo.peerId)) and
         (not fsub.mesh.hasKey(key) or
@@ -48,23 +41,19 @@ proc waitSub(sender, receiver: auto; key: string) {.async, gcsafe.} =
          not fsub.fanout.hasPeerId(key , receiver.peerInfo.peerId)):
     trace "waitSub sleeping..."
 
-    # await more heartbeats
-    await ev.wait()
-    ev.clear()
+    # await
+    await sleepAsync(5.milliseconds)
+    doAssert Moment.now() < timeout, "waitSub timeout!"
 
-    dec ceil
-    doAssert(ceil > 0, "waitSub timeout!")
-
-template tryPublish(call: untyped, require: int, wait: Duration = 1.seconds, times: int = 10): untyped =
+template tryPublish(call: untyped, require: int, wait = 10.milliseconds, timeout = 10.seconds): untyped =
   var
-    limit = times
+    expiration = Moment.now() + timeout
     pubs = 0
-  while pubs < require and limit > 0:
+  while pubs < require and Moment.now() < expiration:
     pubs = pubs + call
     await sleepAsync(wait)
-    limit.dec()
-  if limit == 0:
-    doAssert(false, "Failed to publish!")
+
+  doAssert pubs >= require, "Failed to publish!"
 
 suite "GossipSub":
   teardown:
@@ -314,7 +303,7 @@ suite "GossipSub":
     tryPublish await wait(nodes[0].publish("foobar",
                                   toBytes("from node " &
                                   $nodes[0].peerInfo.peerId)),
-                                  1.minutes), 1, 5.seconds
+                                  1.minutes), 1, 5.seconds, 3.minutes
 
     await wait(seenFut, 5.minutes)
     check: seen.len >= runs
@@ -337,11 +326,9 @@ suite "GossipSub":
     # Waiting 2 heartbeats
 
     for _ in 0..1:
-      for i in 0..<runs:
-        if i mod 3 == 0:
-          let evnt = newAsyncEvent()
-          GossipSub(nodes[i]).heartbeatEvents &= evnt
-          await evnt.wait()
+      let evnt = newAsyncEvent()
+      GossipSub(nodes[0]).heartbeatEvents &= evnt
+      await evnt.wait()
 
     # ensure peer stats are stored properly and kept properly
     check:
@@ -359,11 +346,9 @@ suite "GossipSub":
     # Waiting 2 heartbeats
 
     for _ in 0..1:
-      for i in 0..<runs:
-        if i mod 3 == 0:
-          let evnt = newAsyncEvent()
-          GossipSub(nodes[i]).heartbeatEvents &= evnt
-          await evnt.wait()
+      let evnt = newAsyncEvent()
+      GossipSub(nodes[0]).heartbeatEvents &= evnt
+      await evnt.wait()
 
     # ensure peer stats are stored properly and kept properly
     check: