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//! The syncer downloads and verifies large numbers of blocks from peers to Zebra.
//!
//! It is used when Zebra is a long way behind the current chain tip.
use std::{cmp::max, collections::HashSet, convert, pin::Pin, task::Poll, time::Duration};
use color_eyre::eyre::{eyre, Report};
use futures::stream::{FuturesUnordered, StreamExt};
use indexmap::IndexSet;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use tokio::{
sync::watch,
task::JoinError,
time::{sleep, timeout},
};
use tower::{
builder::ServiceBuilder, hedge::Hedge, limit::ConcurrencyLimit, retry::Retry, timeout::Timeout,
Service, ServiceExt,
};
use zebra_chain::{
block::{self, Height, HeightDiff},
chain_tip::ChainTip,
};
use zebra_consensus::ParameterCheckpoint as _;
use zebra_network as zn;
use zebra_state as zs;
use crate::{
components::sync::downloads::BlockDownloadVerifyError, config::ZebradConfig, BoxError,
};
mod downloads;
pub mod end_of_support;
mod gossip;
mod progress;
mod recent_sync_lengths;
mod status;
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests;
use downloads::{AlwaysHedge, Downloads};
pub use downloads::VERIFICATION_PIPELINE_SCALING_MULTIPLIER;
pub use gossip::{gossip_best_tip_block_hashes, BlockGossipError};
pub use progress::show_block_chain_progress;
pub use recent_sync_lengths::RecentSyncLengths;
pub use status::SyncStatus;
/// Controls the number of peers used for each ObtainTips and ExtendTips request.
const FANOUT: usize = 3;
/// Controls how many times we will retry each block download.
///
/// Failing block downloads is important because it defends against peers who
/// feed us bad hashes. But spurious failures of valid blocks cause the syncer to
/// restart from the previous checkpoint, potentially re-downloading blocks.
///
/// We also hedge requests, so we may retry up to twice this many times. Hedged
/// retries may be concurrent, inner retries are sequential.
const BLOCK_DOWNLOAD_RETRY_LIMIT: usize = 3;
/// A lower bound on the user-specified checkpoint verification concurrency limit.
///
/// Set to the maximum checkpoint interval, so the pipeline holds around a checkpoint's
/// worth of blocks.
///
/// ## Security
///
/// If a malicious node is chosen for an ObtainTips or ExtendTips request, it can
/// provide up to 500 malicious block hashes. These block hashes will be
/// distributed across all available peers. Assuming there are around 50 connected
/// peers, the malicious node will receive approximately 10 of those block requests.
///
/// Malicious deserialized blocks can take up a large amount of RAM, see
/// [`super::inbound::downloads::MAX_INBOUND_CONCURRENCY`] and #1880 for details.
/// So we want to keep the lookahead limit reasonably small.
///
/// Once these malicious blocks start failing validation, the syncer will cancel all
/// the pending download and verify tasks, drop all the blocks, and start a new
/// ObtainTips with a new set of peers.
pub const MIN_CHECKPOINT_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT: usize = zebra_consensus::MAX_CHECKPOINT_HEIGHT_GAP;
/// The default for the user-specified lookahead limit.
///
/// See [`MIN_CHECKPOINT_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT`] for details.
pub const DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT: usize = MAX_TIPS_RESPONSE_HASH_COUNT * 2;
/// A lower bound on the user-specified concurrency limit.
///
/// If the concurrency limit is 0, Zebra can't download or verify any blocks.
pub const MIN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT: usize = 1;
/// The expected maximum number of hashes in an ObtainTips or ExtendTips response.
///
/// This is used to allow block heights that are slightly beyond the lookahead limit,
/// but still limit the number of blocks in the pipeline between the downloader and
/// the state.
///
/// See [`MIN_CHECKPOINT_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT`] for details.
pub const MAX_TIPS_RESPONSE_HASH_COUNT: usize = 500;
/// Controls how long we wait for a tips response to return.
///
/// ## Correctness
///
/// If this timeout is removed (or set too high), the syncer will sometimes hang.
///
/// If this timeout is set too low, the syncer will sometimes get stuck in a
/// failure loop.
pub const TIPS_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(6);
/// Controls how long we wait between gossiping successive blocks or transactions.
///
/// ## Correctness
///
/// If this timeout is set too high, blocks and transactions won't propagate through
/// the network efficiently.
///
/// If this timeout is set too low, the peer set and remote peers can get overloaded.
pub const PEER_GOSSIP_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_secs(7);
/// Controls how long we wait for a block download request to complete.
///
/// This timeout makes sure that the syncer doesn't hang when:
/// - the lookahead queue is full, and
/// - we are waiting for a request that is stuck.
///
/// See [`BLOCK_VERIFY_TIMEOUT`] for details.
///
/// ## Correctness
///
/// If this timeout is removed (or set too high), the syncer will sometimes hang.
///
/// If this timeout is set too low, the syncer will sometimes get stuck in a
/// failure loop.
///
/// We set the timeout so that it requires under 1 Mbps bandwidth for a full 2 MB block.
pub(super) const BLOCK_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(20);
/// Controls how long we wait for a block verify request to complete.
///
/// This timeout makes sure that the syncer doesn't hang when:
/// - the lookahead queue is full, and
/// - all pending verifications:
/// - are waiting on a missing download request,
/// - are waiting on a download or verify request that has failed, but we have
/// deliberately ignored the error,
/// - are for blocks a long way ahead of the current tip, or
/// - are for invalid blocks which will never verify, because they depend on
/// missing blocks or transactions.
///
/// These conditions can happen during normal operation - they are not bugs.
///
/// This timeout also mitigates or hides the following kinds of bugs:
/// - all pending verifications:
/// - are waiting on a download or verify request that has failed, but we have
/// accidentally dropped the error,
/// - are waiting on a download request that has hung inside Zebra,
/// - are on tokio threads that are waiting for blocked operations.
///
/// ## Correctness
///
/// If this timeout is removed (or set too high), the syncer will sometimes hang.
///
/// If this timeout is set too low, the syncer will sometimes get stuck in a
/// failure loop.
///
/// We've observed spurious 15 minute timeouts when a lot of blocks are being committed to
/// the state. But there are also some blocks that seem to hang entirely, and never return.
///
/// So we allow about half the spurious timeout, which might cause some re-downloads.
pub(super) const BLOCK_VERIFY_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(8 * 60);
/// A shorter timeout used for the first few blocks after the final checkpoint.
///
/// This is a workaround for bug #5125, where the first fully validated blocks
/// after the final checkpoint fail with a timeout, due to a UTXO race condition.
const FINAL_CHECKPOINT_BLOCK_VERIFY_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2 * 60);
/// The number of blocks after the final checkpoint that get the shorter timeout.
///
/// We've only seen this error on the first few blocks after the final checkpoint.
const FINAL_CHECKPOINT_BLOCK_VERIFY_TIMEOUT_LIMIT: HeightDiff = 100;
/// Controls how long we wait to restart syncing after finishing a sync run.
///
/// This delay should be long enough to:
/// - allow zcashd peers to process pending requests. If the node only has a
/// few peers, we want to clear as much peer state as possible. In
/// particular, zcashd sends "next block range" hints, based on zcashd's
/// internal model of our sync progress. But we want to discard these hints,
/// so they don't get confused with ObtainTips and ExtendTips responses, and
/// - allow in-progress downloads to time out.
///
/// This delay is particularly important on instances with slow or unreliable
/// networks, and on testnet, which has a small number of slow peers.
///
/// Using a prime number makes sure that syncer fanouts don't synchronise with other crawls.
///
/// ## Correctness
///
/// If this delay is removed (or set too low), the syncer will
/// sometimes get stuck in a failure loop, due to leftover downloads from
/// previous sync runs.
const SYNC_RESTART_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_secs(67);
/// Controls how long we wait to retry a failed attempt to download
/// and verify the genesis block.
///
/// This timeout gives the crawler time to find better peers.
///
/// ## Security
///
/// If this timeout is removed (or set too low), Zebra will immediately retry
/// to download and verify the genesis block from its peers. This can cause
/// a denial of service on those peers.
///
/// If this timeout is too short, old or buggy nodes will keep making useless
/// network requests. If there are a lot of them, it could overwhelm the network.
const GENESIS_TIMEOUT_RETRY: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
/// Sync configuration section.
#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
#[serde(deny_unknown_fields, default)]
pub struct Config {
/// The number of parallel block download requests.
///
/// This is set to a low value by default, to avoid task and
/// network contention. Increasing this value may improve
/// performance on machines with a fast network connection.
#[serde(alias = "max_concurrent_block_requests")]
pub download_concurrency_limit: usize,
/// The number of blocks submitted in parallel to the checkpoint verifier.
///
/// Increasing this limit increases the buffer size, so it reduces
/// the impact of an individual block request failing. However, it
/// also increases memory and CPU usage if block validation stalls,
/// or there are some large blocks in the pipeline.
///
/// The block size limit is 2MB, so in theory, this could represent multiple
/// gigabytes of data, if we downloaded arbitrary blocks. However,
/// because we randomly load balance outbound requests, and separate
/// block download from obtaining block hashes, an adversary would
/// have to control a significant fraction of our peers to lead us
/// astray.
///
/// For reliable checkpoint syncing, Zebra enforces a
/// [`MIN_CHECKPOINT_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT`].
///
/// This is set to a high value by default, to avoid verification pipeline stalls.
/// Decreasing this value reduces RAM usage.
#[serde(alias = "lookahead_limit")]
pub checkpoint_verify_concurrency_limit: usize,
/// The number of blocks submitted in parallel to the full verifier.
///
/// This is set to a low value by default, to avoid verification timeouts on large blocks.
/// Increasing this value may improve performance on machines with many cores.
pub full_verify_concurrency_limit: usize,
/// The number of threads used to verify signatures, proofs, and other CPU-intensive code.
///
/// If the number of threads is not configured or zero, Zebra uses the number of logical cores.
/// If the number of logical cores can't be detected, Zebra uses one thread.
/// For details, see [the `rayon` documentation](https://docs.rs/rayon/latest/rayon/struct.ThreadPoolBuilder.html#method.num_threads).
pub parallel_cpu_threads: usize,
}
impl Default for Config {
fn default() -> Self {
Self {
// 2/3 of the default outbound peer limit.
download_concurrency_limit: 50,
// A few max-length checkpoints.
checkpoint_verify_concurrency_limit: DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT,
// This default is deliberately very low, so Zebra can verify a few large blocks in under 60 seconds,
// even on machines with only a few cores.
//
// This lets users see the committed block height changing in every progress log,
// and avoids hangs due to out-of-order verifications flooding the CPUs.
//
// TODO:
// - limit full verification concurrency based on block transaction counts?
// - move more disk work to blocking tokio threads,
// and CPU work to the rayon thread pool inside blocking tokio threads
full_verify_concurrency_limit: 20,
// Use one thread per CPU.
//
// If this causes tokio executor starvation, move CPU-intensive tasks to rayon threads,
// or reserve a few cores for tokio threads, based on `num_cpus()`.
parallel_cpu_threads: 0,
}
}
}
/// Helps work around defects in the bitcoin protocol by checking whether
/// the returned hashes actually extend a chain tip.
#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
struct CheckedTip {
tip: block::Hash,
expected_next: block::Hash,
}
pub struct ChainSync<ZN, ZS, ZV, ZSTip>
where
ZN: Service<zn::Request, Response = zn::Response, Error = BoxError>
+ Send
+ Sync
+ Clone
+ 'static,
ZN::Future: Send,
ZS: Service<zs::Request, Response = zs::Response, Error = BoxError>
+ Send
+ Sync
+ Clone
+ 'static,
ZS::Future: Send,
ZV: Service<zebra_consensus::Request, Response = block::Hash, Error = BoxError>
+ Send
+ Sync
+ Clone
+ 'static,
ZV::Future: Send,
ZSTip: ChainTip + Clone + Send + 'static,
{
// Configuration
//
/// The genesis hash for the configured network
genesis_hash: block::Hash,
/// The largest block height for the checkpoint verifier, based on the current config.
max_checkpoint_height: Height,
/// The configured checkpoint verification concurrency limit, after applying the minimum limit.
checkpoint_verify_concurrency_limit: usize,
/// The configured full verification concurrency limit, after applying the minimum limit.
full_verify_concurrency_limit: usize,
// Services
//
/// A network service which is used to perform ObtainTips and ExtendTips
/// requests.
///
/// Has no retry logic, because failover is handled using fanout.
tip_network: Timeout<ZN>,
/// A service which downloads and verifies blocks, using the provided
/// network and verifier services.
downloads: Pin<
Box<
Downloads<
Hedge<ConcurrencyLimit<Retry<zn::RetryLimit, Timeout<ZN>>>, AlwaysHedge>,
Timeout<ZV>,
ZSTip,
>,
>,
>,
/// The cached block chain state.
state: ZS,
/// Allows efficient access to the best tip of the blockchain.
latest_chain_tip: ZSTip,
// Internal sync state
//
/// The tips that the syncer is currently following.
prospective_tips: HashSet<CheckedTip>,
/// The lengths of recent sync responses.
recent_syncs: RecentSyncLengths,
/// Receiver that is `true` when the downloader is past the lookahead limit.
/// This is based on the downloaded block height and the state tip height.
past_lookahead_limit_receiver: zs::WatchReceiver<bool>,
}
/// Polls the network to determine whether further blocks are available and
/// downloads them.
///
/// This component is used for initial block sync, but the `Inbound` service is
/// responsible for participating in the gossip protocols used for block
/// diffusion.
impl<ZN, ZS, ZV, ZSTip> ChainSync<ZN, ZS, ZV, ZSTip>
where
ZN: Service<zn::Request, Response = zn::Response, Error = BoxError>
+ Send
+ Sync
+ Clone
+ 'static,
ZN::Future: Send,
ZS: Service<zs::Request, Response = zs::Response, Error = BoxError>
+ Send
+ Sync
+ Clone
+ 'static,
ZS::Future: Send,
ZV: Service<zebra_consensus::Request, Response = block::Hash, Error = BoxError>
+ Send
+ Sync
+ Clone
+ 'static,
ZV::Future: Send,
ZSTip: ChainTip + Clone + Send + 'static,
{
/// Returns a new syncer instance, using:
/// - chain: the zebra-chain `Network` to download (Mainnet or Testnet)
/// - peers: the zebra-network peers to contact for downloads
/// - verifier: the zebra-consensus verifier that checks the chain
/// - state: the zebra-state that stores the chain
/// - latest_chain_tip: the latest chain tip from `state`
///
/// Also returns a [`SyncStatus`] to check if the syncer has likely reached the chain tip.
pub fn new(
config: &ZebradConfig,
max_checkpoint_height: Height,
peers: ZN,
verifier: ZV,
state: ZS,
latest_chain_tip: ZSTip,
) -> (Self, SyncStatus) {
let mut download_concurrency_limit = config.sync.download_concurrency_limit;
let mut checkpoint_verify_concurrency_limit =
config.sync.checkpoint_verify_concurrency_limit;
let mut full_verify_concurrency_limit = config.sync.full_verify_concurrency_limit;
if download_concurrency_limit < MIN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT {
warn!(
"configured download concurrency limit {} too low, increasing to {}",
config.sync.download_concurrency_limit, MIN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT,
);
download_concurrency_limit = MIN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT;
}
if checkpoint_verify_concurrency_limit < MIN_CHECKPOINT_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT {
warn!(
"configured checkpoint verify concurrency limit {} too low, increasing to {}",
config.sync.checkpoint_verify_concurrency_limit, MIN_CHECKPOINT_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT,
);
checkpoint_verify_concurrency_limit = MIN_CHECKPOINT_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT;
}
if full_verify_concurrency_limit < MIN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT {
warn!(
"configured full verify concurrency limit {} too low, increasing to {}",
config.sync.full_verify_concurrency_limit, MIN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT,
);
full_verify_concurrency_limit = MIN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT;
}
let tip_network = Timeout::new(peers.clone(), TIPS_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT);
// The Hedge middleware is the outermost layer, hedging requests
// between two retry-wrapped networks. The innermost timeout
// layer is relatively unimportant, because slow requests will
// probably be pre-emptively hedged.
//
// The Hedge goes outside the Retry, because the Retry layer
// abstracts away spurious failures from individual peers
// making a less-fallible network service, and the Hedge layer
// tries to reduce latency of that less-fallible service.
let block_network = Hedge::new(
ServiceBuilder::new()
.concurrency_limit(download_concurrency_limit)
.retry(zn::RetryLimit::new(BLOCK_DOWNLOAD_RETRY_LIMIT))
.timeout(BLOCK_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT)
.service(peers),
AlwaysHedge,
20,
0.95,
2 * SYNC_RESTART_DELAY,
);
// We apply a timeout to the verifier to avoid hangs due to missing earlier blocks.
let verifier = Timeout::new(verifier, BLOCK_VERIFY_TIMEOUT);
let (sync_status, recent_syncs) = SyncStatus::new();
let (past_lookahead_limit_sender, past_lookahead_limit_receiver) = watch::channel(false);
let past_lookahead_limit_receiver = zs::WatchReceiver::new(past_lookahead_limit_receiver);
let downloads = Box::pin(Downloads::new(
block_network,
verifier,
latest_chain_tip.clone(),
past_lookahead_limit_sender,
max(
checkpoint_verify_concurrency_limit,
full_verify_concurrency_limit,
),
max_checkpoint_height,
));
let new_syncer = Self {
genesis_hash: config.network.network.genesis_hash(),
max_checkpoint_height,
checkpoint_verify_concurrency_limit,
full_verify_concurrency_limit,
tip_network,
downloads,
state,
latest_chain_tip,
prospective_tips: HashSet::new(),
recent_syncs,
past_lookahead_limit_receiver,
};
(new_syncer, sync_status)
}
/// Runs the syncer to synchronize the chain and keep it synchronized.
#[instrument(skip(self))]
pub async fn sync(mut self) -> Result<(), Report> {
// We can't download the genesis block using our normal algorithm,
// due to protocol limitations
self.request_genesis().await?;
loop {
if self.try_to_sync().await.is_err() {
self.downloads.cancel_all();
}
self.update_metrics();
info!(
timeout = ?SYNC_RESTART_DELAY,
state_tip = ?self.latest_chain_tip.best_tip_height(),
"waiting to restart sync"
);
sleep(SYNC_RESTART_DELAY).await;
}
}
/// Tries to synchronize the chain as far as it can.
///
/// Obtains some prospective tips and iteratively tries to extend them and download the missing
/// blocks.
///
/// Returns `Ok` if it was able to synchronize as much of the chain as it could, and then ran
/// out of prospective tips. This happens when synchronization finishes or if Zebra ended up
/// following a fork. Either way, Zebra should attempt to obtain some more tips.
///
/// Returns `Err` if there was an unrecoverable error and restarting the synchronization is
/// necessary. This includes outer timeouts, where an entire syncing step takes an extremely
/// long time. (These usually indicate hangs.)
#[instrument(skip(self))]
async fn try_to_sync(&mut self) -> Result<(), Report> {
self.prospective_tips = HashSet::new();
info!(
state_tip = ?self.latest_chain_tip.best_tip_height(),
"starting sync, obtaining new tips"
);
let mut extra_hashes = timeout(SYNC_RESTART_DELAY, self.obtain_tips())
.await
.map_err(Into::into)
// TODO: replace with flatten() when it stabilises (#70142)
.and_then(convert::identity)
.map_err(|e| {
info!("temporary error obtaining tips: {:#}", e);
e
})?;
self.update_metrics();
while !self.prospective_tips.is_empty() || !extra_hashes.is_empty() {
// Avoid hangs due to service readiness or other internal operations
extra_hashes = timeout(BLOCK_VERIFY_TIMEOUT, self.try_to_sync_once(extra_hashes))
.await
.map_err(Into::into)
// TODO: replace with flatten() when it stabilises (#70142)
.and_then(convert::identity)?;
}
info!("exhausted prospective tip set");
Ok(())
}
/// Tries to synchronize the chain once, using the existing `extra_hashes`.
///
/// Tries to extend the existing tips and download the missing blocks.
///
/// Returns `Ok(extra_hashes)` if it was able to extend once and synchronize sone of the chain.
/// Returns `Err` if there was an unrecoverable error and restarting the synchronization is
/// necessary.
#[instrument(skip(self))]
async fn try_to_sync_once(
&mut self,
mut extra_hashes: IndexSet<block::Hash>,
) -> Result<IndexSet<block::Hash>, Report> {
// Check whether any block tasks are currently ready.
while let Poll::Ready(Some(rsp)) = futures::poll!(self.downloads.next()) {
// Some temporary errors are ignored, and syncing continues with other blocks.
// If it turns out they were actually important, syncing will run out of blocks, and
// the syncer will reset itself.
self.handle_block_response(rsp)?;
}
self.update_metrics();
// Pause new downloads while the syncer or downloader are past their lookahead limits.
//
// To avoid a deadlock or long waits for blocks to expire, we ignore the download
// lookahead limit when there are only a small number of blocks waiting.
while self.downloads.in_flight() >= self.lookahead_limit(extra_hashes.len())
|| (self.downloads.in_flight() >= self.lookahead_limit(extra_hashes.len()) / 2
&& self.past_lookahead_limit_receiver.cloned_watch_data())
{
trace!(
tips.len = self.prospective_tips.len(),
in_flight = self.downloads.in_flight(),
extra_hashes = extra_hashes.len(),
lookahead_limit = self.lookahead_limit(extra_hashes.len()),
state_tip = ?self.latest_chain_tip.best_tip_height(),
"waiting for pending blocks",
);
let response = self.downloads.next().await.expect("downloads is nonempty");
self.handle_block_response(response)?;
self.update_metrics();
}
// Once we're below the lookahead limit, we can request more blocks or hashes.
if !extra_hashes.is_empty() {
debug!(
tips.len = self.prospective_tips.len(),
in_flight = self.downloads.in_flight(),
extra_hashes = extra_hashes.len(),
lookahead_limit = self.lookahead_limit(extra_hashes.len()),
state_tip = ?self.latest_chain_tip.best_tip_height(),
"requesting more blocks",
);
let response = self.request_blocks(extra_hashes).await;
extra_hashes = Self::handle_hash_response(response)?;
} else {
info!(
tips.len = self.prospective_tips.len(),
in_flight = self.downloads.in_flight(),
extra_hashes = extra_hashes.len(),
lookahead_limit = self.lookahead_limit(extra_hashes.len()),
state_tip = ?self.latest_chain_tip.best_tip_height(),
"extending tips",
);
extra_hashes = self.extend_tips().await.map_err(|e| {
info!("temporary error extending tips: {:#}", e);
e
})?;
}
self.update_metrics();
Ok(extra_hashes)
}
/// Given a block_locator list fan out request for subsequent hashes to
/// multiple peers
#[instrument(skip(self))]
async fn obtain_tips(&mut self) -> Result<IndexSet<block::Hash>, Report> {
let block_locator = self
.state
.ready()
.await
.map_err(|e| eyre!(e))?
.call(zebra_state::Request::BlockLocator)
.await
.map(|response| match response {
zebra_state::Response::BlockLocator(block_locator) => block_locator,
_ => unreachable!(
"GetBlockLocator request can only result in Response::BlockLocator"
),
})
.map_err(|e| eyre!(e))?;
debug!(
tip = ?block_locator.first().expect("we have at least one block locator object"),
?block_locator,
"got block locator and trying to obtain new chain tips"
);
let mut requests = FuturesUnordered::new();
for attempt in 0..FANOUT {
if attempt > 0 {
// Let other tasks run, so we're more likely to choose a different peer.
//
// TODO: move fanouts into the PeerSet, so we always choose different peers (#2214)
tokio::task::yield_now().await;
}
let ready_tip_network = self.tip_network.ready().await;
requests.push(tokio::spawn(ready_tip_network.map_err(|e| eyre!(e))?.call(
zn::Request::FindBlocks {
known_blocks: block_locator.clone(),
stop: None,
},
)));
}
let mut download_set = IndexSet::new();
while let Some(res) = requests.next().await {
match res
.unwrap_or_else(|e @ JoinError { .. }| {
if e.is_panic() {
panic!("panic in obtain tips task: {e:?}");
} else {
info!(
"task error during obtain tips task: {e:?},\
is Zebra shutting down?"
);
Err(e.into())
}
})
.map_err::<Report, _>(|e| eyre!(e))
{
Ok(zn::Response::BlockHashes(hashes)) => {
trace!(?hashes);
// zcashd sometimes appends an unrelated hash at the start
// or end of its response.
//
// We can't discard the first hash, because it might be a
// block we want to download. So we just accept any
// out-of-order first hashes.
// We use the last hash for the tip, and we want to avoid bad
// tips. So we discard the last hash. (We don't need to worry
// about missed downloads, because we will pick them up again
// in ExtendTips.)
let hashes = match hashes.as_slice() {
[] => continue,
[rest @ .., _last] => rest,
};
let mut first_unknown = None;
for (i, &hash) in hashes.iter().enumerate() {
if !self.state_contains(hash).await? {
first_unknown = Some(i);
break;
}
}
debug!(hashes.len = ?hashes.len(), ?first_unknown);
let unknown_hashes = if let Some(index) = first_unknown {
&hashes[index..]
} else {
continue;
};
trace!(?unknown_hashes);
let new_tip = if let Some(end) = unknown_hashes.rchunks_exact(2).next() {
CheckedTip {
tip: end[0],
expected_next: end[1],
}
} else {
debug!("discarding response that extends only one block");
continue;
};
// Make sure we get the same tips, regardless of the
// order of peer responses
if !download_set.contains(&new_tip.expected_next) {
debug!(?new_tip,
"adding new prospective tip, and removing existing tips in the new block hash list");
self.prospective_tips
.retain(|t| !unknown_hashes.contains(&t.expected_next));
self.prospective_tips.insert(new_tip);
} else {
debug!(
?new_tip,
"discarding prospective tip: already in download set"
);
}
// security: the first response determines our download order
//
// TODO: can we make the download order independent of response order?
let prev_download_len = download_set.len();
download_set.extend(unknown_hashes);
let new_download_len = download_set.len();
let new_hashes = new_download_len - prev_download_len;
debug!(new_hashes, "added hashes to download set");
metrics::histogram!("sync.obtain.response.hash.count")
.record(new_hashes as f64);
}
Ok(_) => unreachable!("network returned wrong response"),
// We ignore this error because we made multiple fanout requests.
Err(e) => debug!(?e),
}
}
debug!(?self.prospective_tips);
// Check that the new tips we got are actually unknown.
for hash in &download_set {
debug!(?hash, "checking if state contains hash");
if self.state_contains(*hash).await? {
return Err(eyre!("queued download of hash behind our chain tip"));
}
}
let new_downloads = download_set.len();
debug!(new_downloads, "queueing new downloads");
metrics::gauge!("sync.obtain.queued.hash.count").set(new_downloads as f64);
// security: use the actual number of new downloads from all peers,
// so the last peer to respond can't toggle our mempool
self.recent_syncs.push_obtain_tips_length(new_downloads);
let response = self.request_blocks(download_set).await;
Self::handle_hash_response(response).map_err(Into::into)
}
#[instrument(skip(self))]
async fn extend_tips(&mut self) -> Result<IndexSet<block::Hash>, Report> {
let tips = std::mem::take(&mut self.prospective_tips);
let mut download_set = IndexSet::new();
debug!(tips = ?tips.len(), "trying to extend chain tips");
for tip in tips {
debug!(?tip, "asking peers to extend chain tip");
let mut responses = FuturesUnordered::new();
for attempt in 0..FANOUT {
if attempt > 0 {
// Let other tasks run, so we're more likely to choose a different peer.
//
// TODO: move fanouts into the PeerSet, so we always choose different peers (#2214)
tokio::task::yield_now().await;
}
let ready_tip_network = self.tip_network.ready().await;
responses.push(tokio::spawn(ready_tip_network.map_err(|e| eyre!(e))?.call(
zn::Request::FindBlocks {
known_blocks: vec![tip.tip],
stop: None,
},
)));
}
while let Some(res) = responses.next().await {
match res
.expect("panic in spawned extend tips request")
.map_err::<Report, _>(|e| eyre!(e))
{
Ok(zn::Response::BlockHashes(hashes)) => {
debug!(first = ?hashes.first(), len = ?hashes.len());
trace!(?hashes);
// zcashd sometimes appends an unrelated hash at the
// start or end of its response. Check the first hash
// against the previous response, and discard mismatches.
let unknown_hashes = match hashes.as_slice() {
[expected_hash, rest @ ..] if expected_hash == &tip.expected_next => {
rest
}
// If the first hash doesn't match, retry with the second.
[first_hash, expected_hash, rest @ ..]
if expected_hash == &tip.expected_next =>
{
debug!(?first_hash,
?tip.expected_next,
?tip.tip,
"unexpected first hash, but the second matches: using the hashes after the match");
rest
}
// We ignore these responses
[] => continue,
[single_hash] => {
debug!(?single_hash,
?tip.expected_next,
?tip.tip,
"discarding response containing a single unexpected hash");
continue;
}
[first_hash, second_hash, rest @ ..] => {
debug!(?first_hash,
?second_hash,
rest_len = ?rest.len(),
?tip.expected_next,
?tip.tip,
"discarding response that starts with two unexpected hashes");
continue;
}
};
// We use the last hash for the tip, and we want to avoid
// bad tips. So we discard the last hash. (We don't need
// to worry about missed downloads, because we will pick
// them up again in the next ExtendTips.)
let unknown_hashes = match unknown_hashes {
[] => continue,
[rest @ .., _last] => rest,
};
let new_tip = if let Some(end) = unknown_hashes.rchunks_exact(2).next() {
CheckedTip {
tip: end[0],
expected_next: end[1],
}
} else {
debug!("discarding response that extends only one block");
continue;
};
trace!(?unknown_hashes);
// Make sure we get the same tips, regardless of the
// order of peer responses
if !download_set.contains(&new_tip.expected_next) {
debug!(?new_tip,
"adding new prospective tip, and removing any existing tips in the new block hash list");
self.prospective_tips
.retain(|t| !unknown_hashes.contains(&t.expected_next));
self.prospective_tips.insert(new_tip);
} else {
debug!(
?new_tip,
"discarding prospective tip: already in download set"
);
}
// security: the first response determines our download order
//
// TODO: can we make the download order independent of response order?
let prev_download_len = download_set.len();
download_set.extend(unknown_hashes);
let new_download_len = download_set.len();
let new_hashes = new_download_len - prev_download_len;
debug!(new_hashes, "added hashes to download set");
metrics::histogram!("sync.extend.response.hash.count")
.record(new_hashes as f64);
}
Ok(_) => unreachable!("network returned wrong response"),
// We ignore this error because we made multiple fanout requests.
Err(e) => debug!(?e),
}
}
}
let new_downloads = download_set.len();
debug!(new_downloads, "queueing new downloads");
metrics::gauge!("sync.extend.queued.hash.count").set(new_downloads as f64);
// security: use the actual number of new downloads from all peers,
// so the last peer to respond can't toggle our mempool
self.recent_syncs.push_extend_tips_length(new_downloads);
let response = self.request_blocks(download_set).await;
Self::handle_hash_response(response).map_err(Into::into)
}
/// Download and verify the genesis block, if it isn't currently known to
/// our node.
async fn request_genesis(&mut self) -> Result<(), Report> {
// Due to Bitcoin protocol limitations, we can't request the genesis
// block using our standard tip-following algorithm:
// - getblocks requires at least one hash
// - responses start with the block *after* the requested block, and
// - the genesis hash is used as a placeholder for "no matches".
//
// So we just download and verify the genesis block here.
while !self.state_contains(self.genesis_hash).await? {
info!("starting genesis block download and verify");
let response = timeout(SYNC_RESTART_DELAY, self.request_genesis_once())
.await
.map_err(Into::into);
// 3 layers of results is not ideal, but we need the timeout on the outside.
match response {
Ok(Ok(Ok(response))) => self
.handle_block_response(Ok(response))
.expect("never returns Err for Ok"),
// Handle fatal errors
Ok(Err(fatal_error)) => Err(fatal_error)?,
// Handle timeouts and block errors
Err(error) | Ok(Ok(Err(error))) => {
// TODO: exit syncer on permanent service errors (NetworkError, VerifierError)
if Self::should_restart_sync(&error) {
warn!(
?error,
"could not download or verify genesis block, retrying"
);
} else {
info!(
?error,
"temporary error downloading or verifying genesis block, retrying"
);
}
tokio::time::sleep(GENESIS_TIMEOUT_RETRY).await;
}
}
}
Ok(())
}
/// Try to download and verify the genesis block once.
///
/// Fatal errors are returned in the outer result, temporary errors in the inner one.
async fn request_genesis_once(
&mut self,
) -> Result<Result<(Height, block::Hash), BlockDownloadVerifyError>, Report> {
let response = self.downloads.download_and_verify(self.genesis_hash).await;
Self::handle_response(response).map_err(|e| eyre!(e))?;
let response = self.downloads.next().await.expect("downloads is nonempty");
Ok(response)
}
/// Queue download and verify tasks for each block that isn't currently known to our node.
///
/// TODO: turn obtain and extend tips into a separate task, which sends hashes via a channel?
async fn request_blocks(
&mut self,
mut hashes: IndexSet<block::Hash>,
) -> Result<IndexSet<block::Hash>, BlockDownloadVerifyError> {
let lookahead_limit = self.lookahead_limit(hashes.len());
debug!(
hashes.len = hashes.len(),
?lookahead_limit,
"requesting blocks",
);
let extra_hashes = if hashes.len() > lookahead_limit {
hashes.split_off(lookahead_limit)
} else {
IndexSet::new()
};
for hash in hashes.into_iter() {
self.downloads.download_and_verify(hash).await?;
}
Ok(extra_hashes)
}
/// The configured lookahead limit, based on the currently verified height,
/// and the number of hashes we haven't queued yet.
fn lookahead_limit(&self, new_hashes: usize) -> usize {
let max_checkpoint_height: usize = self
.max_checkpoint_height
.0
.try_into()
.expect("fits in usize");
// When the state is empty, we want to verify using checkpoints
let verified_height: usize = self
.latest_chain_tip
.best_tip_height()
.unwrap_or(Height(0))
.0
.try_into()
.expect("fits in usize");
if verified_height >= max_checkpoint_height {
self.full_verify_concurrency_limit
} else if (verified_height + new_hashes) >= max_checkpoint_height {
// If we're just about to start full verification, allow enough for the remaining checkpoint,
// and also enough for a separate full verification lookahead.
let checkpoint_hashes = verified_height + new_hashes - max_checkpoint_height;
self.full_verify_concurrency_limit + checkpoint_hashes
} else {
self.checkpoint_verify_concurrency_limit
}
}
/// Handles a response for a requested block.
///
/// See [`Self::handle_response`] for more details.
#[allow(unknown_lints)]
fn handle_block_response(
&mut self,
response: Result<(Height, block::Hash), BlockDownloadVerifyError>,
) -> Result<(), BlockDownloadVerifyError> {
match response {
Ok((height, hash)) => {
trace!(?height, ?hash, "verified and committed block to state");
Ok(())
}
Err(_) => Self::handle_response(response),
}
}
/// Handles a response to block hash submission, passing through any extra hashes.
///
/// See [`Self::handle_response`] for more details.
#[allow(unknown_lints)]
fn handle_hash_response(
response: Result<IndexSet<block::Hash>, BlockDownloadVerifyError>,
) -> Result<IndexSet<block::Hash>, BlockDownloadVerifyError> {
match response {
Ok(extra_hashes) => Ok(extra_hashes),
Err(_) => Self::handle_response(response).map(|()| IndexSet::new()),
}
}
/// Handles a response to a syncer request.
///
/// Returns `Ok` if the request was successful, or if an expected error occurred,
/// so that the synchronization can continue normally.
///
/// Returns `Err` if an unexpected error occurred, to force the synchronizer to restart.
#[allow(unknown_lints)]
fn handle_response<T>(
response: Result<T, BlockDownloadVerifyError>,
) -> Result<(), BlockDownloadVerifyError> {
match response {
Ok(_t) => Ok(()),
Err(error) => {
// TODO: exit syncer on permanent service errors (NetworkError, VerifierError)
if Self::should_restart_sync(&error) {
Err(error)
} else {
Ok(())
}
}
}
}
/// Returns `true` if the hash is present in the state, and `false`
/// if the hash is not present in the state.
pub(crate) async fn state_contains(&mut self, hash: block::Hash) -> Result<bool, Report> {
match self
.state
.ready()
.await
.map_err(|e| eyre!(e))?
.call(zebra_state::Request::KnownBlock(hash))
.await
.map_err(|e| eyre!(e))?
{
zs::Response::KnownBlock(loc) => Ok(loc.is_some()),
_ => unreachable!("wrong response to known block request"),
}
}
fn update_metrics(&mut self) {
metrics::gauge!("sync.prospective_tips.len",).set(self.prospective_tips.len() as f64);
metrics::gauge!("sync.downloads.in_flight",).set(self.downloads.in_flight() as f64);
}
/// Return if the sync should be restarted based on the given error
/// from the block downloader and verifier stream.
fn should_restart_sync(e: &BlockDownloadVerifyError) -> bool {
match e {
// Structural matches: downcasts
BlockDownloadVerifyError::Invalid { error, .. } if error.is_duplicate_request() => {
debug!(error = ?e, "block was already verified, possibly from a previous sync run, continuing");
false
}
// Structural matches: direct
BlockDownloadVerifyError::CancelledDuringDownload { .. }
| BlockDownloadVerifyError::CancelledDuringVerification { .. } => {
debug!(error = ?e, "block verification was cancelled, continuing");
false
}
BlockDownloadVerifyError::BehindTipHeightLimit { .. } => {
debug!(
error = ?e,
"block height is behind the current state tip, \
assuming the syncer will eventually catch up to the state, continuing"
);
false
}
BlockDownloadVerifyError::DuplicateBlockQueuedForDownload { .. } => {
debug!(
error = ?e,
"queued duplicate block hash for download, \
assuming the syncer will eventually resolve duplicates, continuing"
);
false
}
// String matches
//
// We want to match VerifyChainError::Block(VerifyBlockError::Commit(ref source)),
// but that type is boxed.
// TODO:
// - turn this check into a function on VerifyChainError, like is_duplicate_request()
BlockDownloadVerifyError::Invalid { error, .. }
if format!("{error:?}").contains("block is already committed to the state")
|| format!("{error:?}")
.contains("block has already been sent to be committed to the state") =>
{
// TODO: improve this by checking the type (#2908)
debug!(error = ?e, "block is already committed or pending a commit, possibly from a previous sync run, continuing");
false
}
BlockDownloadVerifyError::DownloadFailed { ref error, .. }
if format!("{error:?}").contains("NotFound") =>
{
// Covers these errors:
// - NotFoundResponse
// - NotFoundRegistry
//
// TODO: improve this by checking the type (#2908)
// restart after a certain number of NotFound errors?
debug!(error = ?e, "block was not found, possibly from a peer that doesn't have the block yet, continuing");
false
}
_ => {
// download_and_verify downcasts errors from the block verifier
// into VerifyChainError, and puts the result inside one of the
// BlockDownloadVerifyError enumerations. This downcast could
// become incorrect e.g. after some refactoring, and it is difficult
// to write a test to check it. The test below is a best-effort
// attempt to catch if that happens and log it.
//
// TODO: add a proper test and remove this
// https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/issues/2909
let err_str = format!("{e:?}");
if err_str.contains("AlreadyVerified")
|| err_str.contains("AlreadyInChain")
|| err_str.contains("block is already committed to the state")
|| err_str.contains("block has already been sent to be committed to the state")
|| err_str.contains("NotFound")
{
error!(?e,
"a BlockDownloadVerifyError that should have been filtered out was detected, \
which possibly indicates a programming error in the downcast inside \
zebrad::components::sync::downloads::Downloads::download_and_verify"
)
}
warn!(?e, "error downloading and verifying block");
true
}
}
}
}