# beacon_chain # Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Status Research & Development GmbH # Licensed and distributed under either of # * MIT license (license terms in the root directory or at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). # * Apache v2 license (license terms in the root directory or at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0). # at your option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms. {.push raises: [Defect].} import std/math, stew/results, chronicles, chronos, metrics, ../spec/datatypes/[phase0, altair], ../spec/[forks, signatures_batch], ../consensus_object_pools/[ attestation_pool, block_clearance, blockchain_dag, block_quarantine, spec_cache], ./consensus_manager, ".."/[beacon_clock], ../sszdump export sszdump, signatures_batch # Block Processor # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # The block processor moves blocks from "Incoming" to "Consensus verified" declareHistogram beacon_store_block_duration_seconds, "storeBlock() duration", buckets = [0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, Inf] type BlockEntry* = object blck*: ForkedSignedBeaconBlock resfut*: Future[Result[void, BlockError]] queueTick*: Moment # Moment when block was enqueued validationDur*: Duration # Time it took to perform gossip validation src*: MsgSource BlockProcessor* = object ## This manages the processing of blocks from different sources ## Blocks and attestations are enqueued in a gossip-validated state ## ## from: ## - Gossip (when synced) ## - SyncManager (during sync) ## - RequestManager (missing ancestor blocks) ## ## are then consensus-verified and added to: ## - the blockchain DAG ## - database ## - attestation pool ## - fork choice ## ## The processor will also reinsert blocks from the quarantine, should a ## parent be found. # Config # ---------------------------------------------------------------- dumpEnabled: bool dumpDirInvalid: string dumpDirIncoming: string # Producers # ---------------------------------------------------------------- blockQueue: AsyncQueue[BlockEntry] # Consumer # ---------------------------------------------------------------- consensusManager: ref ConsensusManager ## Blockchain DAG, AttestationPool and Quarantine validatorMonitor: ref ValidatorMonitor getBeaconTime: GetBeaconTimeFn verifier: BatchVerifier # Initialization # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ proc new*(T: type BlockProcessor, dumpEnabled: bool, dumpDirInvalid, dumpDirIncoming: string, rng: ref BrHmacDrbgContext, taskpool: TaskPoolPtr, consensusManager: ref ConsensusManager, validatorMonitor: ref ValidatorMonitor, getBeaconTime: GetBeaconTimeFn): ref BlockProcessor = (ref BlockProcessor)( dumpEnabled: dumpEnabled, dumpDirInvalid: dumpDirInvalid, dumpDirIncoming: dumpDirIncoming, blockQueue: newAsyncQueue[BlockEntry](), consensusManager: consensusManager, validatorMonitor: validatorMonitor, getBeaconTime: getBeaconTime, verifier: BatchVerifier(rng: rng, taskpool: taskpool) ) # Sync callbacks # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ proc hasBlocks*(self: BlockProcessor): bool = self.blockQueue.len() > 0 # Storage # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ proc dumpInvalidBlock*( self: BlockProcessor, signedBlock: ForkySignedBeaconBlock) = if self.dumpEnabled: dump(self.dumpDirInvalid, signedBlock) proc dumpBlock[T]( self: BlockProcessor, signedBlock: ForkySignedBeaconBlock, res: Result[T, BlockError]) = if self.dumpEnabled and res.isErr: case res.error of BlockError.Invalid: self.dumpInvalidBlock(signedBlock) of BlockError.MissingParent: dump(self.dumpDirIncoming, signedBlock) else: discard proc storeBackfillBlock( self: var BlockProcessor, signedBlock: ForkySignedBeaconBlock): Result[void, BlockError] = # The block is certainly not missing any more self.consensusManager.quarantine[].missing.del(signedBlock.root) let res = self.consensusManager.dag.addBackfillBlock(signedBlock) if res.isErr(): case res.error of BlockError.MissingParent: if signedBlock.message.parent_root in self.consensusManager.quarantine[].unviable: # DAG doesn't know about unviable ancestor blocks - we do! Translate # this to the appropriate error so that sync etc doesn't retry the block self.consensusManager.quarantine[].addUnviable(signedBlock.root) return err(BlockError.UnviableFork) of BlockError.UnviableFork: # Track unviables so that descendants can be discarded properly self.consensusManager.quarantine[].addUnviable(signedBlock.root) else: discard res proc storeBlock*( self: var BlockProcessor, src: MsgSource, wallTime: BeaconTime, signedBlock: ForkySignedBeaconBlock, queueTick: Moment = Moment.now(), validationDur = Duration()): Result[BlockRef, BlockError] = ## storeBlock is the main entry point for unvalidated blocks - all untrusted ## blocks, regardless of origin, pass through here. When storing a block, ## we will add it to the dag and pass it to all block consumers that need ## to know about it, such as the fork choice and the monitoring let attestationPool = self.consensusManager.attestationPool startTick = Moment.now() wallSlot = wallTime.slotOrZero() vm = self.validatorMonitor dag = self.consensusManager.dag # The block is certainly not missing any more self.consensusManager.quarantine[].missing.del(signedBlock.root) # We'll also remove the block as an orphan: it's unlikely the parent is # missing if we get this far - should that be the case, the block will # be re-added later self.consensusManager.quarantine[].removeOrphan(signedBlock) type Trusted = typeof signedBlock.asTrusted() let blck = dag.addHeadBlock(self.verifier, signedBlock) do ( blckRef: BlockRef, trustedBlock: Trusted, epochRef: EpochRef): # Callback add to fork choice if valid attestationPool[].addForkChoice( epochRef, blckRef, trustedBlock.message, wallTime) vm[].registerBeaconBlock( src, wallTime, trustedBlock.message) for attestation in trustedBlock.message.body.attestations: for validator_index in get_attesting_indices( epochRef, attestation.data.slot, CommitteeIndex.init(attestation.data.index).expect( "index has been checked"), attestation.aggregation_bits): vm[].registerAttestationInBlock(attestation.data, validator_index, trustedBlock.message) withState(dag[].clearanceState.data): when stateFork >= BeaconStateFork.Altair and Trusted isnot phase0.TrustedSignedBeaconBlock: # altair+ for i in trustedBlock.message.body.sync_aggregate.sync_committee_bits.oneIndices(): vm[].registerSyncAggregateInBlock( trustedBlock.message.slot, trustedBlock.root, state.data.current_sync_committee.pubkeys.data[i]) self.dumpBlock(signedBlock, blck) # There can be a scenario where we receive a block we already received. # However this block was before the last finalized epoch and so its parent # was pruned from the ForkChoice. if blck.isErr(): case blck.error() of BlockError.MissingParent: if signedBlock.message.parent_root in self.consensusManager.quarantine[].unviable: # DAG doesn't know about unviable ancestor blocks - we do! Translate # this to the appropriate error so that sync etc doesn't retry the block self.consensusManager.quarantine[].addUnviable(signedBlock.root) return err(BlockError.UnviableFork) if not self.consensusManager.quarantine[].addOrphan( dag.finalizedHead.slot, ForkedSignedBeaconBlock.init(signedBlock)): debug "Block quarantine full", blockRoot = shortLog(signedBlock.root), blck = shortLog(signedBlock.message), signature = shortLog(signedBlock.signature) of BlockError.UnviableFork: # Track unviables so that descendants can be discarded properly self.consensusManager.quarantine[].addUnviable(signedBlock.root) else: discard return blck let storeBlockTick = Moment.now() # Eagerly update head: the incoming block "should" get selected self.consensusManager[].updateHead(wallTime.slotOrZero) let updateHeadTick = Moment.now() queueDur = startTick - queueTick storeBlockDur = storeBlockTick - startTick updateHeadDur = updateHeadTick - storeBlockTick beacon_store_block_duration_seconds.observe(storeBlockDur.toFloatSeconds()) debug "Block processed", localHeadSlot = self.consensusManager.dag.head.slot, blockSlot = blck.get().slot, validationDur, queueDur, storeBlockDur, updateHeadDur for quarantined in self.consensusManager.quarantine[].pop(blck.get().root): # Process the blocks that had the newly accepted block as parent self.addBlock(MsgSource.gossip, quarantined) blck # Enqueue # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ proc addBlock*( self: var BlockProcessor, src: MsgSource, blck: ForkedSignedBeaconBlock, resfut: Future[Result[void, BlockError]] = nil, validationDur = Duration()) = ## Enqueue a Gossip-validated block for consensus verification # Backpressure: # There is no backpressure here - producers must wait for `resfut` to # constrain their own processing # Producers: # - Gossip (when synced) # - SyncManager (during sync) # - RequestManager (missing ancestor blocks) withBlck(blck): if blck.message.slot <= self.consensusManager.dag.finalizedHead.slot: # let backfill blocks skip the queue - these are always "fast" to process # because there are no state rewinds to deal with let res = self.storeBackfillBlock(blck) if resFut != nil: resFut.complete(res) return try: self.blockQueue.addLastNoWait(BlockEntry( blck: blck, resfut: resfut, queueTick: Moment.now(), validationDur: validationDur, src: src)) except AsyncQueueFullError: raiseAssert "unbounded queue" # Event Loop # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ proc processBlock(self: var BlockProcessor, entry: BlockEntry) = logScope: blockRoot = shortLog(entry.blck.root) let wallTime = self.getBeaconTime() (afterGenesis, wallSlot) = wallTime.toSlot() if not afterGenesis: error "Processing block before genesis, clock turned back?" quit 1 let res = withBlck(entry.blck): self.storeBlock(entry.src, wallTime, blck, entry.queueTick, entry.validationDur) if entry.resfut != nil: entry.resfut.complete( if res.isOk(): Result[void, BlockError].ok() else: Result[void, BlockError].err(res.error())) proc runQueueProcessingLoop*(self: ref BlockProcessor) {.async.} = while true: # Cooperative concurrency: one block per loop iteration - because # we run both networking and CPU-heavy things like block processing # on the same thread, we need to make sure that there is steady progress # on the networking side or we get long lockups that lead to timeouts. const # We cap waiting for an idle slot in case there's a lot of network traffic # taking up all CPU - we don't want to _completely_ stop processing blocks # in this case - doing so also allows us to benefit from more batching / # larger network reads when under load. idleTimeout = 10.milliseconds discard await idleAsync().withTimeout(idleTimeout) self[].processBlock(await self[].blockQueue.popFirst())