nimbus-eth2/beacon_chain/consensus_object_pools/block_clearance.nim

# beacon_chain
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{.push raises: [Defect].}

import
  std/tables,
  chronicles,
  stew/[assign2, results],
  eth/keys,
  ../extras, ../beacon_clock,
  ../spec/[crypto, datatypes, digest, helpers, signatures, signatures_batch, state_transition],
  ./block_pools_types, ./blockchain_dag, ./block_quarantine

from libp2p/protocols/pubsub/pubsub import ValidationResult

export results, ValidationResult

# Clearance
# ---------------------------------------------
#
# This module is in charge of making the
# "quarantined" network blocks
# pass the firewall and be stored in the chain DAG

logScope:
  topics = "clearance"

template asSigVerified(x: SignedBeaconBlock): SigVerifiedSignedBeaconBlock =
  ## This converts a signed beacon block to a sig verified beacon clock.
  ## This assumes that their bytes representation is the same.
  ##
  ## At the GC-level, the GC is type-agnostic it's all type erased so
  ## casting between seq[Attestation] and seq[TrustedAttestation]
  ## will not disrupt GC operations.
  ##
  ## This SHOULD be used in function calls to avoid expensive temporary.
  ## see https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/pull/2250#discussion_r562010679
  cast[ptr SigVerifiedSignedBeaconBlock](signedBlock.unsafeAddr)[]

template asTrusted(x: SignedBeaconBlock or SigVerifiedBeaconBlock): TrustedSignedBeaconBlock =
  ## This converts a sigverified beacon block to a trusted beacon clock.
  ## This assumes that their bytes representation is the same.
  ##
  ## At the GC-level, the GC is type-agnostic it's all type erased so
  ## casting between seq[Attestation] and seq[TrustedAttestation]
  ## will not disrupt GC operations.
  ##
  ## This SHOULD be used in function calls to avoid expensive temporary.
  ## see https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/pull/2250#discussion_r562010679
  cast[ptr TrustedSignedBeaconBlock](signedBlock.unsafeAddr)[]

func getOrResolve*(dag: ChainDAGRef, quarantine: var QuarantineRef, root: Eth2Digest): BlockRef =
  ## Fetch a block ref, or nil if not found (will be added to list of
  ## blocks-to-resolve)
  result = dag.getRef(root)

  if result.isNil:
    quarantine.addMissing(root)

proc batchVerify(quarantine: var QuarantineRef, sigs: openArray[SignatureSet]): bool =
  var secureRandomBytes: array[32, byte]
  quarantine.rng[].brHmacDrbgGenerate(secureRandomBytes)

  # TODO: For now only enable serial batch verification
  return batchVerifySerial(quarantine.sigVerifCache, sigs, secureRandomBytes)

proc addRawBlock*(
      dag: var ChainDAGRef, quarantine: var QuarantineRef,
      signedBlock: SignedBeaconBlock, onBlockAdded: OnBlockAdded
     ): Result[BlockRef, (ValidationResult, BlockError)] {.gcsafe.}

proc addResolvedBlock(
       dag: var ChainDAGRef, quarantine: var QuarantineRef,
       state: var StateData, trustedBlock: TrustedSignedBeaconBlock,
       parent: BlockRef, cache: var StateCache,
       onBlockAdded: OnBlockAdded
     ) =
  # TODO move quarantine processing out of here
  doAssert getStateField(state, slot) == trustedBlock.message.slot,
    "state must match block"
  doAssert state.blck.root == trustedBlock.message.parent_root,
    "the StateData passed into the addResolved function not yet updated!"

  let
    blockRoot = trustedBlock.root
    blockRef = BlockRef.init(blockRoot, trustedBlock.message)
    blockEpoch = blockRef.slot.compute_epoch_at_slot()

  link(parent, blockRef)

  var epochRef = dag.findEpochRef(parent, blockEpoch)
  if epochRef == nil:
    let prevEpochRef =
      if blockEpoch < 1: nil else: dag.findEpochRef(parent, blockEpoch - 1)

    epochRef = EpochRef.init(state.data.data, cache, prevEpochRef)
    dag.addEpochRef(blockRef, epochRef)

  dag.blocks.incl(KeyedBlockRef.init(blockRef))
  trace "Populating block dag", key = blockRoot, val = blockRef

  # Resolved blocks should be stored in database
  dag.putBlock(trustedBlock)

  var foundHead: BlockRef
  for head in dag.heads.mitems():
    if head.isAncestorOf(blockRef):

      head = blockRef

      foundHead = head
      break

  if foundHead.isNil:
    foundHead = blockRef
    dag.heads.add(foundHead)

  debug "Block resolved",
    blck = shortLog(trustedBlock.message),
    blockRoot = shortLog(blockRoot),
    heads = dag.heads.len()

  state.blck = blockRef

  # Notify others of the new block before processing the quarantine, such that
  # notifications for parents happens before those of the children
  if onBlockAdded != nil:
    onBlockAdded(blockRef, trustedBlock, epochRef, state.data)

  # Now that we have the new block, we should see if any of the previously
  # unresolved blocks magically become resolved
  # TODO This code is convoluted because when there are more than ~1.5k
  #      blocks being synced, there's a stack overflow as `add` gets called
  #      for the whole chain of blocks. Instead we use this ugly field in `dag`
  #      which could be avoided by refactoring the code
  # TODO unit test the logic, in particular interaction with fork choice block parents
  if not quarantine.inAdd:
    quarantine.inAdd = true
    defer: quarantine.inAdd = false
    var entries = 0
    while entries != quarantine.orphans.len:
      entries = quarantine.orphans.len # keep going while quarantine is shrinking
      var resolved: seq[SignedBeaconBlock]
      for _, v in quarantine.orphans:
        if v.message.parent_root in dag:
          resolved.add(v)

      for v in resolved:
        discard addRawBlock(dag, quarantine, v, onBlockAdded)

proc addRawBlockCheckStateTransition(
       dag: var ChainDAGRef, quarantine: var QuarantineRef,
       signedBlock: SomeSignedBeaconBlock, cache: var StateCache
     ): (ValidationResult, BlockError) =
  ## addRawBlock - Ensure block can be applied on a state
  let
    poolPtr = unsafeAddr dag # safe because restore is short-lived
  func restore(v: var HashedBeaconState) =
    # TODO address this ugly workaround - there should probably be a
    #      `state_transition` that takes a `StateData` instead and updates
    #      the block as well
    doAssert v.addr == addr poolPtr.clearanceState.data
    assign(poolPtr.clearanceState, poolPtr.headState)

  if not state_transition(dag.runtimePreset, dag.clearanceState.data, signedBlock,
                          cache, dag.updateFlags + {slotProcessed}, restore):
    info "Invalid block"

    return (ValidationResult.Reject, Invalid)
  return (ValidationResult.Accept, default(BlockError))

proc addRawBlockKnownParent(
       dag: var ChainDAGRef, quarantine: var QuarantineRef,
       signedBlock: SignedBeaconBlock,
       parent: BlockRef,
       onBlockAdded: OnBlockAdded
     ): Result[BlockRef, (ValidationResult, BlockError)] =
  ## addRawBlock - Block has a parent

  if parent.slot >= signedBlock.message.slot:
    # A block whose parent is newer than the block itself is clearly invalid -
    # discard it immediately
    debug "Invalid block slot",
      parentBlock = shortLog(parent)

    return err((ValidationResult.Reject, Invalid))

  if (parent.slot < dag.finalizedHead.slot) or
      (parent.slot == dag.finalizedHead.slot and
        parent != dag.finalizedHead.blck):
    # We finalized a block that's newer than the parent of this block - this
    # block, although recent, is thus building on a history we're no longer
    # interested in pursuing. This can happen if a client produces a block
    # while syncing - ie it's own head block will be old, but it'll create
    # a block according to the wall clock, in its own little world - this is
    # correct - from their point of view, the head block they have is the
    # latest thing that happened on the chain and they're performing their
    # duty correctly.
    debug "Unviable block, dropping",
      finalizedHead = shortLog(dag.finalizedHead),
      tail = shortLog(dag.tail)

    return err((ValidationResult.Ignore, Unviable))

  # The block might have been in either of `orphans` or `missing` - we don't
  # want any more work done on its behalf
  quarantine.removeOrphan(signedBlock)

  # The block is resolved, now it's time to validate it to ensure that the
  # blocks we add to the database are clean for the given state


  # TODO if the block is from the future, we should not be resolving it (yet),
  #      but maybe we should use it as a hint that our clock is wrong?
  var cache = StateCache()
  updateStateData(
    dag, dag.clearanceState, parent.atSlot(signedBlock.message.slot), true, cache)

  # First batch verify crypto
  if skipBLSValidation notin dag.updateFlags:
    # TODO: remove skipBLSValidation

    var sigs: seq[SignatureSet]
    if not sigs.collectSignatureSets(signedBlock, dag.clearanceState.data.data, cache):
      # A PublicKey or Signature isn't on the BLS12-381 curve
      return err((ValidationResult.Reject, Invalid))
    if not quarantine.batchVerify(sigs):
      return err((ValidationResult.Reject, Invalid))

  static: doAssert sizeof(SignedBeaconBlock) == sizeof(SigVerifiedSignedBeaconBlock)
  let (valRes, blockErr) = addRawBlockCheckStateTransition(
    dag, quarantine, signedBlock.asSigVerified(), cache)
  if valRes != ValidationResult.Accept:
    return err((valRes, blockErr))

  # Careful, clearanceState.data has been updated but not blck - we need to
  # create the BlockRef first!
  addResolvedBlock(
    dag, quarantine, dag.clearanceState,
    signedBlock.asTrusted(),
    parent, cache,
    onBlockAdded)

  return ok dag.clearanceState.blck

proc addRawBlockUnresolved(
       dag: var ChainDAGRef,
       quarantine: var QuarantineRef,
       signedBlock: SignedBeaconBlock
     ): Result[BlockRef, (ValidationResult, BlockError)] =
  ## addRawBlock - Block is unresolved / has no parent

  # This is an unresolved block - add it to the quarantine, which will cause its
  # parent to be scheduled for downloading
  if not quarantine.add(dag, signedBlock):
    debug "Block quarantine full"

  if signedBlock.message.parent_root in quarantine.missing or
      containsOrphan(quarantine, signedBlock):
    debug "Unresolved block (parent missing or orphaned)",
      orphans = quarantine.orphans.len,
      missing = quarantine.missing.len

    return err((ValidationResult.Ignore, MissingParent))

  # TODO if we receive spam blocks, one heurestic to implement might be to wait
  #      for a couple of attestations to appear before fetching parents - this
  #      would help prevent using up network resources for spam - this serves
  #      two purposes: one is that attestations are likely to appear for the
  #      block only if it's valid / not spam - the other is that malicious
  #      validators that are not proposers can sign invalid blocks and send
  #      them out without penalty - but signing invalid attestations carries
  #      a risk of being slashed, making attestations a more valuable spam
  #      filter.
  debug "Unresolved block (parent missing)",
    orphans = quarantine.orphans.len,
    missing = quarantine.missing.len

  return err((ValidationResult.Ignore, MissingParent))

proc addRawBlock*(
       dag: var ChainDAGRef, quarantine: var QuarantineRef,
       signedBlock: SignedBeaconBlock,
       onBlockAdded: OnBlockAdded
     ): Result[BlockRef, (ValidationResult, BlockError)] =
  ## Try adding a block to the chain, verifying first that it passes the state
  ## transition function and contains correct cryptographic signature.
  ##
  ## Cryptographic checks can be skipped by adding skipBLSValidation to dag.updateFlags

  logScope:
    blck = shortLog(signedBlock.message)
    blockRoot = shortLog(signedBlock.root)

  template blck(): untyped = signedBlock.message # shortcuts without copy
  template blockRoot(): untyped = signedBlock.root

  if blockRoot in dag:
    debug "Block already exists"

    # We should not call the block added callback for blocks that already
    # existed in the pool, as that may confuse consumers such as the fork
    # choice. While the validation result won't be accessed, it's IGNORE,
    # according to the spec.
    return err((ValidationResult.Ignore, Duplicate))

  quarantine.missing.del(blockRoot)

  # If the block we get is older than what we finalized already, we drop it.
  # One way this can happen is that we start resolving a block and finalization
  # happens in the meantime - the block we requested will then be stale
  # by the time it gets here.
  if blck.slot <= dag.finalizedHead.slot:
    debug "Old block, dropping",
      finalizedHead = shortLog(dag.finalizedHead),
      tail = shortLog(dag.tail)

    # Doesn't correspond to any specific validation condition, and still won't
    # be used, but certainly would be IGNORE.
    return err((ValidationResult.Ignore, Unviable))

  let parent = dag.getRef(blck.parent_root)

  if parent != nil:
    return addRawBlockKnownParent(dag, quarantine, signedBlock, parent, onBlockAdded)
  return addRawBlockUnresolved(dag, quarantine, signedBlock)