import bitops, chronicles, options, tables, ssz, beacon_chain_db, state_transition, extras, spec/[crypto, datatypes, digest], beacon_node_types proc link(parent, child: BlockRef) = doAssert (not (parent.root == Eth2Digest() or child.root == Eth2Digest())), "blocks missing root!" doAssert parent.root != child.root, "self-references not allowed" child.parent = parent parent.children.add(child) proc init*(T: type BlockPool, db: BeaconChainDB): BlockPool = # TODO we require that the db contains both a head and a tail block - # asserting here doesn't seem like the right way to go about it however.. # TODO head is updated outside of block pool but read here - ugly. let tail = db.getTailBlock() head = db.getHeadBlock() doAssert tail.isSome(), "Missing tail block, database corrupt?" doAssert head.isSome(), "Missing head block, database corrupt?" let headRoot = head.get() tailRoot = tail.get() tailRef = BlockRef(root: tailRoot) var blocks = {tailRef.root: tailRef}.toTable() if headRoot != tailRoot: var curRef: BlockRef for root, _ in db.getAncestors(headRoot): if root == tailRef.root: assert(not curRef.isNil) link(tailRef, curRef) curRef = curRef.parent break if curRef == nil: curRef = BlockRef(root: root) else: link(BlockRef(root: root), curRef) curRef = curRef.parent blocks[curRef.root] = curRef doAssert curRef == tailRef, "head block does not lead to tail, database corrupt?" var blocksBySlot = initTable[uint64, seq[BlockRef]]() for _, b in tables.pairs(blocks): let slot = db.getBlock(b.root).get().slot blocksBySlot.mgetOrPut(slot.uint64, @[]).add(b) BlockPool( pending: initTable[Eth2Digest, BeaconBlock](), unresolved: initTable[Eth2Digest, UnresolvedBlock](), blocks: blocks, blocksBySlot: blocksBySlot, tail: BlockData( data: db.getBlock(tailRef.root).get(), refs: tailRef, ), db: db ) proc addSlotMapping(pool: BlockPool, slot: uint64, br: BlockRef) = proc addIfMissing(s: var seq[BlockRef], v: BlockRef) = if v notin s: s.add(v) pool.blocksBySlot.mgetOrPut(slot, @[]).addIfMissing(br) proc updateState*( pool: BlockPool, state: var StateData, blck: BlockRef) {.gcsafe.} proc add*( pool: var BlockPool, state: var StateData, blockRoot: Eth2Digest, blck: BeaconBlock): bool {.gcsafe.} = ## return false indicates that the block parent was missing and should be ## fetched ## the state parameter may be updated to include the given block, if ## everything checks out # TODO reevaluate passing the state in like this # TODO reevaluate this API - it's pretty ugly with the bool return doAssert blockRoot == hash_tree_root_final(blck) # Already seen this block?? if blockRoot in pool.blocks: debug "Block already exists", slot = humaneSlotNum(blck.slot), stateRoot = shortLog(blck.state_root), parentRoot = shortLog(blck.parent_root), blockRoot = shortLog(blockRoot) return true # The tail block points to a cutoff time beyond which we don't store blocks - # if we receive a block with an earlier slot, there's no hope of ever # resolving it if blck.slot <= pool.tail.data.slot: debug "Old block, dropping", slot = humaneSlotNum(blck.slot), tailSlot = humaneSlotNum(pool.tail.data.slot), stateRoot = shortLog(blck.state_root), parentRoot = shortLog(blck.parent_root), blockRoot = shortLog(blockRoot) return true let parent = pool.blocks.getOrDefault(blck.parent_root) if parent != nil: # The block might have been in either of these - we don't want any more # work done on its behalf pool.unresolved.del(blockRoot) pool.pending.del(blockRoot) # 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 updateState(pool, state, parent) skipSlots(state.data, parent.root, blck.slot - 1) if not updateState(state.data, parent.root, blck, {}): # TODO find a better way to log all this block data notice "Invalid block", blockRoot = shortLog(blockRoot), slot = humaneSlotNum(blck.slot), stateRoot = shortLog(blck.state_root), parentRoot = shortLog(blck.parent_root), signature = shortLog(blck.signature), proposer_slashings = blck.body.proposer_slashings.len, attester_slashings = blck.body.attester_slashings.len, attestations = blck.body.attestations.len, deposits = blck.body.deposits.len, voluntary_exits = blck.body.voluntary_exits.len, transfers = blck.body.transfers.len let blockRef = BlockRef( root: blockRoot ) link(parent, blockRef) pool.blocks[blockRoot] = blockRef pool.addSlotMapping(blck.slot.uint64, blockRef) # Resolved blocks should be stored in database pool.db.putBlock(blockRoot, blck) info "Block resolved", blockRoot = shortLog(blockRoot), slot = humaneSlotNum(blck.slot), stateRoot = shortLog(blck.state_root), parentRoot = shortLog(blck.parent_root), signature = shortLog(blck.signature), proposer_slashings = blck.body.proposer_slashings.len, attester_slashings = blck.body.attester_slashings.len, attestations = blck.body.attestations.len, deposits = blck.body.deposits.len, voluntary_exits = blck.body.voluntary_exits.len, transfers = blck.body.transfers.len # Now that we have the new block, we should see if any of the previously # unresolved blocks magically become resolved # TODO there are more efficient ways of doing this, that also don't risk # running out of stack etc let retries = pool.pending for k, v in retries: discard pool.add(state, k, v) return true # TODO possibly, it makes sense to check the database - that would allow sync # to simply fill up the database with random blocks the other clients # think are useful - but, it would also risk filling the database with # junk that's not part of the block graph if blck.parent_root in pool.unresolved: return true # This is an unresolved block - put it on the unresolved list for now... # 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", slot = humaneSlotNum(blck.slot), stateRoot = shortLog(blck.state_root), parentRoot = shortLog(blck.parent_root), blockRoot = shortLog(blockRoot) pool.unresolved[blck.parent_root] = UnresolvedBlock() pool.pending[blockRoot] = blck false proc get*(pool: BlockPool, blck: BlockRef): BlockData = ## Retrieve the associated block body of a block reference doAssert (not blck.isNil), "Trying to get nil BlockRef" let data = pool.db.getBlock(blck.root) doAssert data.isSome, "BlockRef without backing data, database corrupt?" BlockData(data: data.get(), refs: blck) proc get*(pool: BlockPool, root: Eth2Digest): Option[BlockData] = ## Retrieve a resolved block reference and its associated body, if available let refs = pool.blocks.getOrDefault(root) if not refs.isNil: some(pool.get(refs)) else: none(BlockData) proc getOrResolve*(pool: var BlockPool, root: Eth2Digest): BlockRef = ## Fetch a block ref, or nil if not found (will be added to list of ## blocks-to-resolve) result = pool.blocks.getOrDefault(root) if result.isNil: pool.unresolved[root] = UnresolvedBlock() iterator blockRootsForSlot*(pool: BlockPool, slot: uint64|Slot): Eth2Digest = for br in pool.blocksBySlot.getOrDefault(slot.uint64, @[]): yield br.root proc checkUnresolved*(pool: var BlockPool): seq[Eth2Digest] = ## Return a list of blocks that we should try to resolve from other client - ## to be called periodically but not too often (once per slot?) var done: seq[Eth2Digest] for k, v in pool.unresolved.mpairs(): if v.tries > 8: done.add(k) else: inc v.tries for k in done: # TODO Need to potentially remove from pool.pending - this is currently a # memory leak here! pool.unresolved.del(k) # simple (simplistic?) exponential backoff for retries.. for k, v in pool.unresolved.pairs(): if v.tries.popcount() == 1: result.add(k) proc skipAndUpdateState( state: var BeaconState, blck: BeaconBlock, flags: UpdateFlags, afterUpdate: proc (state: BeaconState)): bool = skipSlots(state, blck.parent_root, blck.slot - 1, afterUpdate) let ok = updateState(state, blck.parent_root, blck, flags) afterUpdate(state) ok proc maybePutState(pool: BlockPool, state: BeaconState) = # TODO we save state at every epoch start but never remove them - we also # potentially save multiple states per slot if reorgs happen, meaning # we could easily see a state explosion if state.slot mod SLOTS_PER_EPOCH == 0: info "Storing state", stateSlot = humaneSlotNum(state.slot), stateRoot = shortLog(hash_tree_root_final(state)) # TODO cache? pool.db.putState(state) proc updateState*( pool: BlockPool, state: var StateData, blck: BlockRef) = # Rewind or advance state such that it matches the given block - this may # include replaying from an earlier snapshot if blck is on a different branch # or has advanced to a higher slot number than blck var ancestors = @[pool.get(blck)] # We need to check the slot because the state might have moved forwards # without blocks if state.blck.root == blck.root and state.data.slot == ancestors[0].data.slot: return # State already at the right spot # Common case: blck points to a block that is one step ahead of state if state.blck.root == ancestors[0].data.parent_root and state.data.slot + 1 == ancestors[0].data.slot: let ok = skipAndUpdateState( state.data, ancestors[0].data, {skipValidation}) do (state: BeaconState): pool.maybePutState(state) doAssert ok, "Blocks in database should never fail to apply.." state.blck = blck state.root = ancestors[0].data.state_root return # It appears that the parent root of the proposed new block is different from # what we expected. We will have to rewind the state to a point along the # chain of ancestors of the new block. We will do this by loading each # successive parent block and checking if we can find the corresponding state # in the database. while not ancestors[^1].refs.parent.isNil: let parent = pool.get(ancestors[^1].refs.parent) ancestors.add parent if pool.db.containsState(parent.data.state_root): break let ancestor = ancestors[^1] ancestorState = pool.db.getState(ancestor.data.state_root) if ancestorState.isNone(): # TODO this should only happen if the database is corrupt - we walked the # list of parent blocks and couldn't find a corresponding state in the # database, which should never happen (at least we should have the # tail state in there!) error "Couldn't find ancestor state or block parent missing!", blockRoot = shortLog(blck.root) doAssert false, "Oh noes, we passed big bang!" notice "Replaying state transitions", stateSlot = humaneSlotNum(state.data.slot), stateRoot = shortLog(ancestor.data.state_root), prevStateSlot = humaneSlotNum(ancestorState.get().slot), ancestors = ancestors.len state.data = ancestorState.get() # If we come this far, we found the state root. The last block on the stack # is the one that produced this particular state, so we can pop it # TODO it might be possible to use the latest block hashes from the state to # do this more efficiently.. whatever! # Time to replay all the blocks between then and now. We skip the one because # it's the one that we found the state with, and it has already been # applied for i in countdown(ancestors.len - 2, 0): let last = ancestors[i] skipSlots( state.data, last.data.parent_root, last.data.slot - 1) do(state: BeaconState): pool.maybePutState(state) let ok = updateState( state.data, last.data.parent_root, last.data, {skipValidation}) doAssert ok, "We only keep validated blocks in the database, should never fail" state.blck = blck state.root = ancestors[0].data.state_root pool.maybePutState(state.data) proc loadTailState*(pool: BlockPool): StateData = ## Load the state associated with the current tail in the pool StateData( data: pool.db.getState(pool.tail.data.state_root).get(), root: pool.tail.data.state_root, blck: pool.tail.refs )