//! The `BeaconProposer` cache stores the proposer indices for some epoch. //! //! This cache is keyed by `(epoch, block_root)` where `block_root` is the block root at //! `end_slot(epoch - 1)`. We make the assertion that the proposer shuffling is identical for all //! blocks in `epoch` which share the common ancestor of `block_root`. //! //! The cache is a fairly unintelligent LRU cache that is not pruned after finality. This makes it //! very simple to reason about, but it might store values that are useless due to finalization. The //! values it stores are very small, so this should not be an issue. use lru::LruCache; use smallvec::SmallVec; use types::{BeaconStateError, Epoch, EthSpec, Fork, Hash256, Slot, Unsigned}; /// The number of sets of proposer indices that should be cached. const CACHE_SIZE: usize = 16; /// This value is fairly unimportant, it's used to avoid heap allocations. The result of it being /// incorrect is non-substantial from a consensus perspective (and probably also from a /// performance perspective). const TYPICAL_SLOTS_PER_EPOCH: usize = 32; /// For some given slot, this contains the proposer index (`index`) and the `fork` that should be /// used to verify their signature. pub struct Proposer { pub index: usize, pub fork: Fork, } /// The list of proposers for some given `epoch`, alongside the `fork` that should be used to verify /// their signatures. pub struct EpochBlockProposers { /// The epoch to which the proposers pertain. epoch: Epoch, /// The fork that should be used to verify proposer signatures. fork: Fork, /// A list of length `T::EthSpec::slots_per_epoch()`, representing the proposers for each slot /// in that epoch. /// /// E.g., if `self.epoch == 1`, then `self.proposers[0]` contains the proposer for slot `32`. proposers: SmallVec<[usize; TYPICAL_SLOTS_PER_EPOCH]>, } /// A cache to store the proposers for some epoch. /// /// See the module-level documentation for more information. pub struct BeaconProposerCache { cache: LruCache<(Epoch, Hash256), EpochBlockProposers>, } impl Default for BeaconProposerCache { fn default() -> Self { Self { cache: LruCache::new(CACHE_SIZE), } } } impl BeaconProposerCache { /// If it is cached, returns the proposer for the block at `slot` where the block has the /// ancestor block root of `shuffling_decision_block` at `end_slot(slot.epoch() - 1)`. pub fn get( &mut self, shuffling_decision_block: Hash256, slot: Slot, ) -> Option { let epoch = slot.epoch(T::slots_per_epoch()); let key = (epoch, shuffling_decision_block); if let Some(cache) = self.cache.get(&key) { // This `if` statement is likely unnecessary, but it feels like good practice. if epoch == cache.epoch { cache .proposers .get(slot.as_usize() % T::SlotsPerEpoch::to_usize()) .map(|&index| Proposer { index, fork: cache.fork, }) } else { None } } else { None } } /// Insert the proposers into the cache. /// /// See `Self::get` for a description of `shuffling_decision_block`. /// /// The `fork` value must be valid to verify proposer signatures in `epoch`. pub fn insert( &mut self, epoch: Epoch, shuffling_decision_block: Hash256, proposers: Vec, fork: Fork, ) -> Result<(), BeaconStateError> { let key = (epoch, shuffling_decision_block); if !self.cache.contains(&key) { self.cache.put( key, EpochBlockProposers { epoch, fork, proposers: proposers.into(), }, ); } Ok(()) } }