pkg/beaconclient/beaconclient.go

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ type BeaconClient struct {
 	UniqueNodeIdentifier         int                  // The unique identifier within the cluster of this individual node.
 	KnownGapsProcess             KnownGapsProcessing  // object keeping track of knowngaps processing
 	CheckDb                      bool                 // Should we check the DB to see if the slot exists before processing it?
+	PerformBeaconStateProcessing bool                 // Should we process BeaconStates?
+	ProcessBeaconBlockProcessing bool                 // Should we process BeaconBlocks?
 
 	// Used for Head Tracking
 
@@ -110,6 +112,8 @@ func CreateBeaconClient(ctx context.Context, connectionProtocol string, bcAddres
 		Metrics:                      metrics,
 		UniqueNodeIdentifier:         uniqueNodeIdentifier,
 		CheckDb:                      checkDb,
+		ProcessBeaconBlockProcessing: true,
+		PerformBeaconStateProcessing: true,
 		//FinalizationTracking: createSseEvent[FinalizedCheckpoint](endpoint, bcFinalizedTopicEndpoint),
 	}, nil
 }

pkg/beaconclient/capturehistoric.go

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/vulcanize/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer/pkg/database/sql"
 	"github.com/vulcanize/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer/pkg/loghelper"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 func (bc *BeaconClient) CaptureHistoric(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int) []error {
 	log.Info("We are starting the historical processing service.")
 	bc.HistoricalProcess = HistoricProcessing{db: bc.Db, metrics: bc.Metrics, uniqueNodeIdentifier: bc.UniqueNodeIdentifier}
-	errs := handleBatchProcess(ctx, maxWorkers, bc.HistoricalProcess, bc.HistoricalProcess.db, bc.ServerEndpoint, bc.Metrics, bc.CheckDb, bc.Metrics.IncrementHistoricSlotProcessed)
+	errs := handleBatchProcess(ctx, maxWorkers, bc.HistoricalProcess, bc.SlotProcessingDetails(), bc.Metrics.IncrementHistoricSlotProcessed)
 	log.Debug("Exiting Historical")
 	return errs
 }
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ type batchHistoricError struct {
 // 4. Remove the slot entry from the DB.
 //
 // 5. Handle any errors.
-func handleBatchProcess(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int, bp BatchProcessing, db sql.Database, serverEndpoint string, metrics *BeaconClientMetrics, checkDb bool, incrementTracker func(uint64)) []error {
+func handleBatchProcess(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int, bp BatchProcessing, spd SlotProcessingDetails, incrementTracker func(uint64)) []error {
 	slotsCh := make(chan slotsToProcess)
 	workCh := make(chan int)
 	processedCh := make(chan slotsToProcess)
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ func handleBatchProcess(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int, bp BatchProcessing,
 	for w := 1; w <= maxWorkers; w++ {
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{"maxWorkers": maxWorkers}).Debug("Starting batch processing workers")
 
-		go processSlotRangeWorker(ctx, workCh, errCh, db, serverEndpoint, metrics, checkDb, incrementTracker)
+		go processSlotRangeWorker(ctx, workCh, errCh, spd, incrementTracker)
 	}
 
 	// Process all ranges and send each individual slot to the worker.

pkg/beaconclient/databasewrite.go

@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ func (dw *DatabaseWriter) upsertSlots() error {
 
 // Add the information for the signed_block to a transaction.
 func (dw *DatabaseWriter) transactSignedBeaconBlocks() error {
+	if nil == dw.rawSignedBeaconBlock || len(*dw.rawSignedBeaconBlock) == 0 {
+		log.Warn("Skipping writing of empty BeaconBlock.")
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	err := dw.upsertPublicBlocks(dw.DbSignedBeaconBlock.MhKey, dw.rawSignedBeaconBlock)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -262,6 +267,11 @@ func (dw *DatabaseWriter) upsertSignedBeaconBlock() error {
 
 // Add the information for the state to a transaction.
 func (dw *DatabaseWriter) transactBeaconState() error {
+	if nil == dw.rawBeaconState || len(*dw.rawBeaconState) == 0 {
+		log.Warn("Skipping writing of empty BeaconState.")
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	err := dw.upsertPublicBlocks(dw.DbBeaconState.MhKey, dw.rawBeaconState)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

pkg/beaconclient/healthcheck_test.go

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Healthcheck", func() {
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
 		var err error
-		Bc, err = beaconclient.CreateBeaconClient(context.Background(), "http", "localhost", 5052, 10, bcUniqueIdentifier, false)
+		Bc, err = beaconclient.CreateBeaconClient(context.Background(), "http", "localhost", 8005, 10, bcUniqueIdentifier, false)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 		errBc, err = beaconclient.CreateBeaconClient(context.Background(), "http", "blah-blah", 1010, 10, bcUniqueIdentifier, false)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())

pkg/beaconclient/processevents.go

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (bc *BeaconClient) handleHead() {
 			bc.StartingSlot = slot
 		}
 
-		go processHeadSlot(bc.Db, bc.ServerEndpoint, slot, head.Block, head.State, bc.PreviousSlot, bc.PreviousBlockRoot, bc.Metrics, bc.KnownGapTableIncrement, bc.CheckDb)
+		go processHeadSlot(slot, head.Block, head.State, bc.SlotProcessingDetails())
 
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{"head": head.Slot}).Debug("We finished calling processHeadSlot.")
 

pkg/beaconclient/processhistoric.go

@@ -97,14 +97,14 @@ func (hp HistoricProcessing) releaseDbLocks() error {
 }
 
 // Process the slot range.
-func processSlotRangeWorker(ctx context.Context, workCh <-chan int, errCh chan<- batchHistoricError, db sql.Database, serverAddress string, metrics *BeaconClientMetrics, checkDb bool, incrementTracker func(uint64)) {
+func processSlotRangeWorker(ctx context.Context, workCh <-chan int, errCh chan<- batchHistoricError, spd SlotProcessingDetails, incrementTracker func(uint64)) {
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return
 		case slot := <-workCh:
 			log.Debug("Handling slot: ", slot)
-			err, errProcess := handleHistoricSlot(ctx, db, serverAddress, slot, metrics, checkDb)
+			err, errProcess := handleHistoricSlot(ctx, slot, spd)
 			if err != nil {
 				errMs := batchHistoricError{
 					err:        err,

pkg/beaconclient/processknowngaps.go

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ type KnownGapsProcessing struct {
 func (bc *BeaconClient) ProcessKnownGaps(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int) []error {
 	log.Info("We are starting the known gaps processing service.")
 	bc.KnownGapsProcess = KnownGapsProcessing{db: bc.Db, uniqueNodeIdentifier: bc.UniqueNodeIdentifier, metrics: bc.Metrics}
-	errs := handleBatchProcess(ctx, maxWorkers, bc.KnownGapsProcess, bc.KnownGapsProcess.db, bc.ServerEndpoint, bc.Metrics, bc.CheckDb, bc.Metrics.IncrementKnownGapsProcessed)
+	errs := handleBatchProcess(ctx, maxWorkers, bc.KnownGapsProcess, bc.SlotProcessingDetails(), bc.Metrics.IncrementKnownGapsProcessed)
 	log.Debug("Exiting known gaps processing service")
 	return errs
 }

pkg/beaconclient/processslot.go

@@ -35,6 +35,39 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
+type SlotProcessingDetails struct {
+	Context                      context.Context      // A context generic context with multiple uses.
+	ServerEndpoint               string               // What is the endpoint of the beacon server.
+	Db                           sql.Database         // Database object used for reads and writes.
+	Metrics                      *BeaconClientMetrics // An object used to keep track of certain BeaconClient Metrics.
+	KnownGapTableIncrement       int                  // The max number of slots within a single known_gaps table entry.
+	CheckDb                      bool                 // Should we check the DB to see if the slot exists before processing it?
+	PerformBeaconStateProcessing bool                 // Should we process BeaconStates?
+	ProcessBeaconBlockProcessing bool                 // Should we process BeaconBlocks?
+
+	StartingSlot      int    // If we're performing head tracking. What is the first slot we processed.
+	PreviousSlot      int    // Whats the previous slot we processed
+	PreviousBlockRoot string // Whats the previous block root, used to check the next blocks parent.
+}
+
+func (bc *BeaconClient) SlotProcessingDetails() SlotProcessingDetails {
+	return SlotProcessingDetails{
+		Context:        bc.Context,
+		ServerEndpoint: bc.ServerEndpoint,
+		Db:             bc.Db,
+		Metrics:        bc.Metrics,
+
+		CheckDb:                      bc.CheckDb,
+		ProcessBeaconBlockProcessing: bc.ProcessBeaconBlockProcessing,
+		PerformBeaconStateProcessing: bc.PerformBeaconStateProcessing,
+
+		KnownGapTableIncrement: bc.KnownGapTableIncrement,
+		StartingSlot:           bc.StartingSlot,
+		PreviousSlot:           bc.PreviousSlot,
+		PreviousBlockRoot:      bc.PreviousBlockRoot,
+	}
+}
+
 type ProcessSlot struct {
 	// Generic
 
@@ -51,10 +84,10 @@ type ProcessSlot struct {
 	// BeaconBlock
 
 	SszSignedBeaconBlock  []byte             // The entire SSZ encoded SignedBeaconBlock
-	FullSignedBeaconBlock SignedBeaconBlock // The unmarshaled BeaconState object, the unmarshalling could have errors.
+	FullSignedBeaconBlock *SignedBeaconBlock // The unmarshaled BeaconState object, the unmarshalling could have errors.
 
 	// BeaconState
-	FullBeaconState BeaconState // The unmarshaled BeaconState object, the unmarshalling could have errors.
+	FullBeaconState *BeaconState // The unmarshaled BeaconState object, the unmarshalling could have errors.
 	SszBeaconState  []byte       // The entire SSZ encoded BeaconState
 
 	// DB Write objects
@@ -79,7 +112,16 @@ type PerformanceMetrics struct {
 // This function will do all the work to process the slot and write it to the DB.
 // It will return the error and error process. The error process is used for providing reach detail to the
 // known_gaps table.
-func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string, slot int, blockRoot string, stateRoot string, previousSlot int, previousBlockRoot string, headOrHistoric string, metrics *BeaconClientMetrics, knownGapsTableIncrement int, checkDb bool) (error, string) {
+func processFullSlot(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	slot int,
+	blockRoot string,
+	stateRoot string,
+	previousSlot int,
+	previousBlockRoot string,
+	knownGapsTableIncrement int,
+	headOrHistoric string,
+	spd *SlotProcessingDetails) (error, string) {
 	select {
 	case <-ctx.Done():
 		return nil, ""
@@ -90,8 +132,8 @@ func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string,
 			BlockRoot:      blockRoot,
 			StateRoot:      stateRoot,
 			HeadOrHistoric: headOrHistoric,
-			Db:             db,
+			Db:             spd.Db,
-			Metrics:        metrics,
+			Metrics:        spd.Metrics,
 			PerformanceMetrics: PerformanceMetrics{
 				BeaconNodeBlockRetrievalTime: 0,
 				BeaconNodeStateRetrievalTime: 0,
@@ -108,6 +150,7 @@ func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string,
 
 		g, _ := errgroup.WithContext(context.Background())
 
+		if spd.PerformBeaconStateProcessing {
 			// Get the BeaconState.
 			g.Go(func() error {
 				select {
@@ -115,7 +158,7 @@ func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string,
 					return nil
 				default:
 					start := time.Now()
-				err := ps.getBeaconState(serverAddress)
+					err := ps.getBeaconState(spd.ServerEndpoint)
 					if err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
@@ -123,7 +166,9 @@ func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string,
 					return nil
 				}
 			})
+		}
 
+		if spd.ProcessBeaconBlockProcessing {
 			// Get the SignedBeaconBlock.
 			g.Go(func() error {
 				select {
@@ -131,7 +176,7 @@ func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string,
 					return nil
 				default:
 					start := time.Now()
-				err := ps.getSignedBeaconBlock(serverAddress)
+					err := ps.getSignedBeaconBlock(spd.ServerEndpoint)
 					if err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
@@ -139,6 +184,7 @@ func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string,
 					return nil
 				}
 			})
+		}
 
 		if err := g.Wait(); err != nil {
 			return err, "processSlot"
@@ -151,7 +197,7 @@ func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string,
 		}
 		ps.PerformanceMetrics.ParseBeaconObjectForHash = time.Since(parseBeaconTime)
 
-		if checkDb {
+		if spd.CheckDb {
 			checkDbTime := time.Now()
 			inDb, err := IsSlotInDb(ctx, ps.Db, strconv.Itoa(ps.Slot), finalBlockRoot, finalStateRoot)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -220,20 +266,23 @@ func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string,
 }
 
 // Handle a slot that is at head. A wrapper function for calling `handleFullSlot`.
-func processHeadSlot(db sql.Database, serverAddress string, slot int, blockRoot string, stateRoot string, previousSlot int, previousBlockRoot string, metrics *BeaconClientMetrics, knownGapsTableIncrement int, checkDb bool) {
+func processHeadSlot(slot int, blockRoot string, stateRoot string, spd SlotProcessingDetails) {
-	// Get the knownGaps at startUp.
+	// Get the knownGaps at startUp
-	if previousSlot == 0 && previousBlockRoot == "" {
+	if spd.PreviousSlot == 0 && spd.PreviousBlockRoot == "" {
-		writeStartUpGaps(db, knownGapsTableIncrement, slot, metrics)
+		writeStartUpGaps(spd.Db, spd.KnownGapTableIncrement, slot, spd.Metrics)
 	}
-	err, errReason := processFullSlot(context.Background(), db, serverAddress, slot, blockRoot, stateRoot, previousSlot, previousBlockRoot, "head", metrics, knownGapsTableIncrement, checkDb)
+	// TODO(telackey): Why context.Background()?
+	err, errReason := processFullSlot(context.Background(), slot, blockRoot, stateRoot,
+		spd.PreviousSlot, spd.PreviousBlockRoot, spd.KnownGapTableIncrement, "head", &spd)
 	if err != nil {
-		writeKnownGaps(db, knownGapsTableIncrement, slot, slot, err, errReason, metrics)
+		writeKnownGaps(spd.Db, spd.KnownGapTableIncrement, slot, slot, err, errReason, spd.Metrics)
 	}
 }
 
 // Handle a historic slot. A wrapper function for calling `handleFullSlot`.
-func handleHistoricSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string, slot int, metrics *BeaconClientMetrics, checkDb bool) (error, string) {
+func handleHistoricSlot(ctx context.Context, slot int, spd SlotProcessingDetails) (error, string) {
-	return processFullSlot(ctx, db, serverAddress, slot, "", "", 0, "", "historic", metrics, 1, checkDb)
+	return processFullSlot(ctx, slot, "", "", 0, "",
+		1, "historic", &spd)
 }
 
 // Update the SszSignedBeaconBlock and FullSignedBeaconBlock object with their respective values.
@@ -250,7 +299,7 @@ func (ps *ProcessSlot) getSignedBeaconBlock(serverAddress string) error {
 
 	if err != nil || rc != 200 {
 		loghelper.LogSlotError(strconv.Itoa(ps.Slot), err).Error("Unable to properly query the slot.")
-		ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock = SignedBeaconBlock{}
+		ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock = nil
 		ps.SszSignedBeaconBlock = []byte{}
 		ps.ParentBlockRoot = ""
 		ps.Status = "skipped"
@@ -261,14 +310,14 @@ func (ps *ProcessSlot) getSignedBeaconBlock(serverAddress string) error {
 	err = signedBeaconBlock.UnmarshalSSZ(sszSignedBeaconBlock)
 	if err != nil {
 		loghelper.LogSlotError(strconv.Itoa(ps.Slot), err).Error("Unable to unmarshal SignedBeaconBlock for slot.")
-		ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock = SignedBeaconBlock{}
+		ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock = nil
 		ps.SszSignedBeaconBlock = []byte{}
 		ps.ParentBlockRoot = ""
 		ps.Status = "skipped"
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock = signedBeaconBlock
+	ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock = &signedBeaconBlock
 	ps.SszSignedBeaconBlock = sszSignedBeaconBlock
 
 	ps.ParentBlockRoot = toHex(ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock.Block().ParentRoot())
@@ -298,13 +347,17 @@ func (ps *ProcessSlot) getBeaconState(serverEndpoint string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	ps.FullBeaconState = beaconState
+	ps.FullBeaconState = &beaconState
 	ps.SszBeaconState = sszBeaconState
 	return nil
 }
 
 // Check to make sure that the previous block we processed is the parent of the current block.
 func (ps *ProcessSlot) checkPreviousSlot(tx sql.Tx, ctx context.Context, previousSlot int, previousBlockRoot string, knownGapsTableIncrement int) {
+	if nil == ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock {
+		log.Debug("Can't check previous slot, no current slot.")
+		return
+	}
 	parentRoot := toHex(ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock.Block().ParentRoot())
 	slot := int(ps.FullBeaconState.Slot())
 	if previousSlot == slot {
@@ -368,19 +421,29 @@ func (ps *ProcessSlot) provideFinalHash() (string, string, string, error) {
 		if ps.StateRoot != "" {
 			stateRoot = ps.StateRoot
 		} else {
+			if nil != ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock {
 				stateRoot = toHex(ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock.Block().StateRoot())
-			log.Debug("StateRoot: ", stateRoot)
+				log.Debug("BeaconBlock StateRoot: ", stateRoot)
+			} else {
+				log.Debug("BeaconBlock StateRoot: <nil beacon block>")
+			}
 		}
 
 		if ps.BlockRoot != "" {
 			blockRoot = ps.BlockRoot
 		} else {
+			if nil != ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock {
 				rawBlockRoot := ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock.Block().HashTreeRoot()
 				blockRoot = toHex(rawBlockRoot)
 				log.WithFields(log.Fields{"blockRoot": blockRoot}).Debug("Block Root from ssz")
+			} else {
+				log.Debug("BeaconBlock HashTreeRoot: <nil beacon block>")
 			}
+		}
+		if nil != ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock {
 			eth1BlockHash = toHex(ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock.Block().Body().Eth1Data().BlockHash)
 		}
+	}
 	return blockRoot, stateRoot, eth1BlockHash, nil
 }