Do first pass on Grants code

beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/beacon_chain.rs

@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ pub enum BlockProcessingOutcome {
     PerBlockProcessingError(BlockProcessingError),
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub enum AttestationProcessingOutcome {
+    Processed,
+    UnknownHeadBlock { beacon_block_root: Hash256 },
+}
+
 pub trait BeaconChainTypes {
     type Store: store::Store;
     type SlotClock: slot_clock::SlotClock;
@@ -511,28 +517,114 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> BeaconChain<T> {
     ///
     /// If valid, the attestation is added to the `op_pool` and aggregated with another attestation
     /// if possible.
-    pub fn process_attestation(&self, attestation: Attestation<T::EthSpec>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    pub fn process_attestation(
+        &self,
+        attestation: Attestation<T::EthSpec>,
+    ) -> Result<AttestationProcessingOutcome, Error> {
+        // From the store, load the attestation's "head block".
+        //
+        // An honest validator would have set this block to be the head of the chain (i.e., the
+        // result of running fork choice).
+        if let Some(attestation_head_block) = self
+            .store
+            .get::<BeaconBlock<T::EthSpec>>(&attestation.data.beacon_block_root)?
+        {
+            // Attempt to process the attestation using the `self.head()` state.
+            //
+            // This is purely an effort to avoid loading a `BeaconState` unnecessarily from the DB.
+            let outcome: Option<Result<AttestationProcessingOutcome, Error>> = {
+                // Take a read lock on the head beacon state.
+                //
+                // The purpose of this whole `let processed ...` block is to ensure that the read
+                // lock is dropped if we don't end up using the head beacon state.
+                let state = &self.head().beacon_state;
+
+                // If it turns out that the attestation was made using the head state, then there
+                // is no need to load a state from the database to process the attestation.
+                if state.current_epoch() == attestation_head_block.epoch()
+                    && state
+                        .get_block_root(attestation_head_block.slot)
+                        .map(|root| *root == attestation.data.beacon_block_root)
+                        .unwrap_or_else(|_| false)
+                {
+                    // The head state is able to be used to validate this attestation. No need to load
+                    // anything from the database.
+                    Some(self.process_attestation_for_state_and_block(
+                        attestation.clone(),
+                        state,
+                        &attestation_head_block,
+                    ))
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            };
+
+            // TODO: we could try and see if the "speculative state" (e.g., self.state) can support
+            // this, without needing to load it from the db.
+
+            if let Some(result) = outcome {
+                result
+            } else {
+                // The state required to verify this attestation must be loaded from the database.
+                let mut state: BeaconState<T::EthSpec> = self
+                    .store
+                    .get(&attestation_head_block.state_root)?
+                    .ok_or_else(|| Error::MissingBeaconState(attestation_head_block.state_root))?;
+
+                // Ensure the state loaded from the database matches the state of the attestation
+                // head block.
+                for _ in state.slot.as_u64()..attestation_head_block.slot.as_u64() {
+                    per_slot_processing(&mut state, &self.spec)?;
+                }
+
+                self.process_attestation_for_state_and_block(
+                    attestation,
+                    &state,
+                    &attestation_head_block,
+                )
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Reject any block where we have not processed `attestation.data.beacon_block_root`.
+            //
+            // This is likely overly restrictive, we could store the attestation for later
+            // processing.
+            warn!(
+                self.log,
+                "Dropping attestation for unknown block";
+                "block" => format!("{}", attestation.data.beacon_block_root)
+            );
+            Ok(AttestationProcessingOutcome::UnknownHeadBlock {
+                beacon_block_root: attestation.data.beacon_block_root,
+            })
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn process_attestation_for_state_and_block(
+        &self,
+        attestation: Attestation<T::EthSpec>,
+        state: &BeaconState<T::EthSpec>,
+        head_block: &BeaconBlock<T::EthSpec>,
+    ) -> Result<AttestationProcessingOutcome, Error> {
         self.metrics.attestation_processing_requests.inc();
         let timer = self.metrics.attestation_processing_times.start_timer();
 
-        if let Some(state) = self.get_attestation_state(&attestation) {
-            if self
-                .fork_choice
-                .should_process_attestation(&state, &attestation)?
-            {
-                let indexed_attestation = common::get_indexed_attestation(&state, &attestation)?;
-                per_block_processing::is_valid_indexed_attestation(
-                    &state,
-                    &indexed_attestation,
-                    &self.spec,
-                )?;
-                self.fork_choice.process_attestation(&state, &attestation)?;
-            }
+        if self
+            .fork_choice
+            .should_process_attestation(state, &attestation)?
+        {
+            // TODO: check validation.
+            let indexed_attestation = common::get_indexed_attestation(state, &attestation)?;
+            per_block_processing::is_valid_indexed_attestation(
+                state,
+                &indexed_attestation,
+                &self.spec,
+            )?;
+            self.fork_choice.process_attestation(&state, &attestation)?;
         }
 
         let result = self
             .op_pool
-            .insert_attestation(attestation, &*self.state.read(), &self.spec);
+            .insert_attestation(attestation, state, &self.spec);
 
         timer.observe_duration();
 
@@ -540,14 +632,32 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> BeaconChain<T> {
             self.metrics.attestation_processing_successes.inc();
         }
 
-        result.map_err(|e| BeaconChainError::AttestationValidationError(e))
+        result
+            .map(|_| AttestationProcessingOutcome::Processed)
+            .map_err(|e| Error::AttestationValidationError(e))
     }
 
+    fn state_can_process_attestation(
+        state: &BeaconState<T::EthSpec>,
+        data: &AttestationData,
+        head_block: &BeaconBlock<T::EthSpec>,
+    ) -> bool {
+        (state.current_epoch() - 1 <= data.target.epoch)
+            && (data.target.epoch <= state.current_epoch() + 1)
+            && state
+                .get_block_root(head_block.slot)
+                .map(|root| *root == data.beacon_block_root)
+                .unwrap_or_else(|_| false)
+    }
+
+    /*
     /// Retrieves the `BeaconState` used to create the attestation.
     fn get_attestation_state(
         &self,
         attestation: &Attestation<T::EthSpec>,
     ) -> Option<BeaconState<T::EthSpec>> {
+        let state = &self.head().beacon_state;
+
         // Current state is used if the attestation targets a historic block and a slot within an
         // equal or adjacent epoch.
         let slots_per_epoch = T::EthSpec::slots_per_epoch();
@@ -580,6 +690,7 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> BeaconChain<T> {
             _ => None,
         }
     }
+    */
 
     /// Accept some deposit and queue it for inclusion in an appropriate block.
     pub fn process_deposit(

beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/errors.rs

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ pub enum BeaconChainError {
     MissingBeaconState(Hash256),
     SlotProcessingError(SlotProcessingError),
     MetricsError(String),
+    NoStateForAttestation {
+        beacon_block_root: Hash256,
+    },
     AttestationValidationError(AttestationValidationError),
     IndexedAttestationValidationError(IndexedAttestationValidationError),
 }

beacon_node/network/src/sync/simple_sync.rs

@@ -630,7 +630,12 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> SimpleSync<T> {
         _network: &mut NetworkContext<T::EthSpec>,
     ) {
         match self.chain.process_attestation(msg) {
-            Ok(()) => info!(self.log, "ImportedAttestation"; "source" => "gossip"),
+            Ok(outcome) => info!(
+                self.log,
+                "Processed attestation";
+                "source" => "gossip",
+                "outcome" => format!("{:?}", outcome)
+            ),
             Err(e) => {
                 warn!(self.log, "InvalidAttestation"; "source" => "gossip", "error" => format!("{:?}", e))
             }

eth2/types/src/beacon_block.rs

@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ impl<T: EthSpec> BeaconBlock<T> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns the epoch corresponding to `self.slot`.
+    pub fn epoch(&self) -> Epoch {
+        self.slot.epoch(T::slots_per_epoch())
+    }
+
     /// Returns the `signed_root` of the block.
     ///
     /// Spec v0.8.1