* Re-implemented `hexaryFollow()` in a more general fashion
details:
+ New name for re-implemented `hexaryFollow()` is `hexaryPath()`
+ Renamed `rTreeFollow()` as `hexaryPath()`
why:
Returning similarly organised structures, the results of the
`hexaryPath()` functions become comparable when running over
the persistent and the in-memory databases.
* Added traversal functionality for persistent ChainDB
* Using `Account` values as re-packed Blob
* Repack samples as compressed data files
* Produce test data
details:
+ Can force pivot state root switch after minimal coverage.
+ For emulating certain network behaviour, downloading accounts stops for
a particular pivot state root if 30% (some static number) coverage is
reached. Following accounts are downloaded for a later pivot state root.
* Bump nim-stew
why:
Need fixed interval set
* Keep track of accumulated account ranges over all state roots
* Added comments and explanations to unit tests
* typo
* Extracted functionality into sub-modules for maintainability
* Setting SST bulk load as default in `accounts_db`
details:
+ currently, the same data are stored via rocksdb if available, and
the same via embedded `storage_type` with (non-standard) prefix 200
for time comparisons
+ fallback to normal `put()` unless rocksdb is accessible
* Provided common scheduler API, applied to `full` sync
* Use hexary trie as storage for proofs_db records
also:
+ Store metadata with account for keeping track of account state
+ add iterator over accounts
* Common scheduler API applied to `snap` sync
* Prepare for accounts bulk import
details:
+ Added some ad-hoc checks for proving accounts data received from the
snap/1 (will be replaced by proper database version when ready)
+ Added code that dumps some of the received snap/1 data into a file
(turned of by default, see `worker_desc.nim`)
* Error return in `persistBlocks()` on initial `VmState` roblem
why:
previously threw an exception
* Updated sync mode option
why:
using enum rather than bool => space for more
* Added sync mode `full`, re-factued legacy sync
also:
rebased
* Fix typo (crashes `pesistBlocks()` otherwise)
also:
rebase to master
* Reduce log ticker noise by suppressing duplicate messages
* Clarify staged queue overflow handling
why:
backtrack/re-org mode in `stageItem()` should be detected by both,
the global indicator or the work item where it might have moved into.
also:
rebased
* Relocated `IntervalSets` to nim-stew repo
* Accumulate accounts on temporary kv-DB
why:
Explore the data as returned from snap/1. Will be converted to a
`eth/db` next.
details:
Verify and accumulate per/state-root accounts downloaded via snap.
also:
Some unit tests
* Replace `Table` by `TrieDatabaseRef` for accounts accumulator
* update ticker statistics
details:
mean/variance based counter update
* allow persistent db for proved accounts
* rebase, and globally activate unit test
* fix statistics
* Using `IntervalSet` type data for `LeafRange`
* Updated log ticker
* Update to `eth67`
details:
Disabled by default, use `ENABLE_LEGACY_ETH66=0` to enable
No support for `Get/NodeData` dialogue via eth, anymore
* Dissolved fetch/common.nim
details;
the log/ticker part becomes ticker.nim
the interval range management is merged into fetch.nim
* Updated account scheduler
why:
The previous scheduler fetched each account once (for different state
roots.) The updated scheduler re-calibrates after a change of the state
root and potentially (until told otherwise) fetches all possible
accounts.
* Fix `high(P)` fringe cases in `IntervalSet` handling
why:
The `high(P)` value for a point type `P` cannot be represented with
half open intervals `[a,b)` for a,b points of `P`. So this single value
needs extra treatment which was slightly wrong.
* Updated docu/comments
also:
rebased
* Update scheduler
details:
Change the `pivot` management when creating new accounts lists. It is
strictly increasing (and wrapping around) depending on last updated
accounts list.
* Fix/recover download flag
why:
The fetch indicator used to control the data download somehow got
lost during re-org.
* Updated chronicles/logger topics
* Reorganised run state flags
why:
The original code used a pair of boolean flags `(stopped,stopThisState)`
which was translated to three states running, stoppedPending, and
stopped. It is currently not clear whether collapsing some states was
correct. So the original logic has been re-stored, albeit wrapped into
directives like `isStopped()` etc.
also:
Moving some function bodies in `worker.nim`
* Moved `reply_data.nim` and `validate_trienode.nim` to sub-directory `fetch_trie`
why:
Only used in `fetch_trie.nim`.
* Move `fetch_*` file and directory objects to `fetch` subdirectory
why:
Only used in `fetch.nim`
* Added start/stop and/or setup/release methods for all sub-modules
why:
good housekeeping
also:
updated getters/setters for ctrl states
updated trace messages
* Disentangle `collect` module from `reply_data`
why:
Now the module visible from `collect` for fetching data is `peer/fetch`
only.
* Merge `SnapPeerHunt` into `collect`
why:
This part needs to be known by `collect`, only
* rename collect => worker
* Dissolve `sync_fetch_xdesc` module into `common`
why:
Descriptor is only used in `common` and `fetch_trie`
* rename `snap/peer` directory => `snap/worker`
* rename `SnapSync` -> `Worker`, `SnapPeer` -> `WorkerBuddy`
* moved `snap/base_desc.nim` -> `snap/worker/worker_desc.nim`
* Unified opaque object ref naming in `worker_desc.nim`
details:
indicated my inheriting module (exactly one, always)
* Reorg SnapPeerBase descriptor, notably start/stop flags
details:
Instead of using three boolean flags startedFetch, stopped, and
stopThisState a single enum type is used with values SyncRunningOk,
SyncStopRequest, and SyncStopped.
* Restricting snap to eth66 and later
why:
Id-tracked request/response wire protocol can handle overlapped
responses when requests are sent in row.
* Align function names with source code file names
why:
Easier to reconcile when following the implemented logic.
* Update trace logging (want file locations)
why:
The macros previously used hid the relevant file location (when
`chroniclesLineNumbers` turned on.) It rather printed the file
location of the template that was wrapping `trace`.
* Use KeyedQueue table instead of sequence
why:
Quick access, easy configuration as LRU or FIFO with max entries
(currently LRU.)
* Dissolve `SnapPeerEx` object extension into `SnapPeer`
why;
It is logically cleaner and more obvious not to inherit from
`SnapPeerBase` but to specify opaque field object references of the
merged `SnapPeer` object. These can then be locally inherited.
* Dissolve `SnapSyncEx` object extension into `SnapSync`
why;
It is logically cleaner and more obvious not to inherit from
`SnapSyncEx` but to specify opaque field object references of
the `SnapPeer` object. These can then be locally inherited.
Also, in the re-factored code here the interface descriptor
`SnapSyncCtx` inherited `SnapSyncEx` which was sub-optimal (OO
inheritance makes it easier to work with call back functions.)
* new: time_helper, types
* new: path_desc
* new: base_desc
* Re-organised objects inheritance
why:
Previous code used macros to instantiate opaque object references. This
has been re-implemented with OO inheritance based logic.
* Normalised trace macros
* Using distinct types for Hash256 aliases
why:
Better control of the meaning of the hashes, all or the same format
caveat:
The protocol handler DSL used by eth66.nim and snap1.nim uses the
underlying type Hash256 and cannot handle the distinct alias in
rlp and chronicles/log macros. So Hash256 is used directly (does
not change readability as the type is clear by parameter names.)
* Use type name eth and snap (rather than snap1)
* Prettified snap/eth handler trace messages
* Regrouped sync sources
details:
Snap storage related sources are moved to common directory.
Option --new-sync renamed to --snap-sync
also:
Normalised logging for secondary/non-protocol handlers.
* Merge protocol wrapper files => protocol.nim
details:
Merge wrapper sync/protocol_ethxx.nim and sync/protocol_snapxx.nim
into single file snap/protocol.nim
* Comments cosmetics
* Similar start logic for blockchain_sync.nim and sync/snap.nim
* Renamed p2p/blockchain_sync.nim -> sync/fast.nim
why:
Accidentally wrapped into waitFor() directive with reviving jl/sync
branch.
also:
Decorate eth/66 and snap/1 protocol trace messages with protocol
type and version
* Squashed snap-sync-preview patch
why:
Providing end results makes it easier to have an overview.
Collected patch set comments are available as nimbus/sync/ChangeLog.md
in chronological order, oldest first.
* Removed some cruft and obsolete imports, normalised logging
* Activate wire protocol eth/66
and:
Disentangle protocol_eth66.nim from import sections
why:
Importing the protocol_eth66 module is not necessary. There is
no need to know too many details of the underlying wire protocol. All
that is needed will be exported by blockchain_sync.nim.
* fixes, and rebase
* Update nimbus/p2p/blockchain_sync.nim
Co-authored-by: Kim De Mey <kim.demey@gmail.com>
* Fixes and rebase
Co-authored-by: Kim De Mey <kim.demey@gmail.com>
The format is reasonably useful and not too large, when looking at the
behaviour of sync processes. It doesn't try to show all the details of
packets, just something at a useful level of detail to see what's going on.
The consistent presentation has proven helpful too, e.g. when grepping.
Signed-off-by: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
This constant shouldn't be used outside `protocol_eth65`.
When we support multiple `eth/NN` versions side by side, or even just have
multiple code files, there's a risk some code would import just one of the
files (e.g. `protocol_eth65`), use `protocolVersion`, and incorrectly act as
though that version is the one active on the node.
In fact that happened, and now it can't happen. Other code needs to query the
`EtheruemNode` to find what versions are really active.
Signed-off-by: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
Turns out `{.rlpInline.}` doesn't do anything.
It's documented but not implemented.
Due to this, whenever a peer sent us a `NewBlock` message, we had an RLP
decoding error processing it, and disconnected the peer thinking it was the
peer's error.
These messages are sent often by good peers, so whenever we connected to a
really good peer, we'd end up disconnecting from it due to this.
Because a block body is a list of transactions, the parse errors looked
suspiciously like EIP-2718/2976/2930/1559 typed transaction RLP errors.
But it was a failure to parse `BlockBody` inline.
Conveniently, the `EthBlock` type defined for another reason is encoded exactly
the way `NewBlockAnnounce` needs to be, so we can reuse that type.
This didn't stand out before updating to `eth/65`, because with old protocols
we tend to only connect to old peers, which may be out of date themselves and
have no new blocks to send. Also, we didn't really investigate occasional
disconnects before, we assumed they're just part of P2P life.
Signed-off-by: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
This patch adds the `eth/65` protocol, documented at
https://github.com/ethereum/devp2p/blob/master/caps/eth.md.
This is an intentionally simple patch, designed to not break, change or depend
on other functionality much, so that the "_old_ sync" methods can be run
usefully again and observed. This patch isn't "new sync" (a different set of
sync algorithms), but it is one of the foundations.
For a while now Nimbus Eth1 only supported protocol `eth/63`. But that's
obsolete, and very few nodes still support it. This meant Nimbus Eth1 would
make slow progress trying to sync, as most up to date clients rejected it.
The current specification is `eth/66`, and the functionality we really need is
in `eth/64`.
So why `eth/65`?
- `eth/64` is essential because of the `forkId` feature. But `eth/64` is on
its way out as well. Many clients, especially the most up to date Geth
running the current hard-forks (Berlin/London) don't talk `eth/64` any more.
- `eth/66` is the current specification, but some clients don't talk `eth/66`
yet. We'd like to have the best peer connectivity during tests, and
currently everything that talks `eth/66` also talks `eth/65`.
- Nimbus Eth1 RLPx only talks one version at a time. (Without changes to the
RLPx module. When those go in we'll add `eth/64..eth/66` for greater peer
reach and testing the `eth/66` behaviour. For simplicity and decoupling,
this patch contains just one version, the most useful.)
What are `eth/64` and `eth/65`?
- `eth/64` (EIP-2364) added `forkId` which allows nodes to distinguish between
Ethereum (ETH) and Ethereum Classic (ETC) blockchains, which share the same
genesis block. `forkId` also protects the system when a new hard fork is
going to be rolled out, by blocking interaction with out of date nodes. The
feature is required nowadays.
We send the right details to allow connection (this has been tested a lot),
but don't apply the full validation rules of EIP-2124/EIP-2364 in this patch.
It's to keep this patch simple (in its effects) and because those rules have
consequences best tested separately. In practice the other node will reject
us when we would reject it, so this is ok for testing, as long as it doesn't
get seriously deployed.
- `eth/65` added more efficient transaction pool methods.
- Then a later version of `eth/65` (without a new number) added typed
transactions, described in [EIP-2976](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-2976).
Why it's moved to `nimbus-eth1`:
- Mainly because `eth/64` onwards depend on the current state of block
synchronisation, as well as the blockchain's sequence of hard-fork block
numbers, both of which are part of `nimbus-eth1` run-time state. These
aren't available to pure `nim-eth` code. Although it would be possible to
add an API to let `nimbus-eth1` set these numbers, there isn't any point
because the protocol would still only be useful to `nimbus-eth1`.
Signed-off-by: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
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