use crate::{metrics, BeaconChain, BeaconChainTypes}; use lmd_ghost::LmdGhost; use state_processing::common::get_attesting_indices; use std::sync::Arc; use store::{Error as StoreError, Store}; use types::{ Attestation, BeaconBlock, BeaconState, BeaconStateError, Epoch, EthSpec, Hash256, Slot, }; type Result = std::result::Result; #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)] pub enum Error { MissingBlock(Hash256), MissingState(Hash256), BackendError(String), BeaconStateError(BeaconStateError), StoreError(StoreError), } pub struct ForkChoice { store: Arc, backend: T::LmdGhost, /// Used for resolving the `0x00..00` alias back to genesis. /// /// Does not necessarily need to be the _actual_ genesis, it suffices to be the finalized root /// whenever the struct was instantiated. genesis_block_root: Hash256, } impl ForkChoice { /// Instantiate a new fork chooser. /// /// "Genesis" does not necessarily need to be the absolute genesis, it can be some finalized /// block. pub fn new(store: Arc, backend: T::LmdGhost, genesis_block_root: Hash256) -> Self { Self { store: store.clone(), backend, genesis_block_root, } } pub fn find_head(&self, chain: &BeaconChain) -> Result { let timer = metrics::start_timer(&metrics::FORK_CHOICE_FIND_HEAD_TIMES); let start_slot = |epoch: Epoch| epoch.start_slot(T::EthSpec::slots_per_epoch()); // From the specification: // // Let justified_head be the descendant of finalized_head with the highest epoch that has // been justified for at least 1 epoch ... If no such descendant exists, // set justified_head to finalized_head. let (start_state, start_block_root, start_block_slot) = { let state = &chain.head().beacon_state; let (block_root, block_slot) = if state.current_epoch() + 1 > state.current_justified_checkpoint.epoch { ( state.current_justified_checkpoint.root, start_slot(state.current_justified_checkpoint.epoch), ) } else { ( state.finalized_checkpoint.root, start_slot(state.finalized_checkpoint.epoch), ) }; let block = chain .store .get::>(&block_root)? .ok_or_else(|| Error::MissingBlock(block_root))?; // Resolve the `0x00.. 00` alias back to genesis let block_root = if block_root == Hash256::zero() { self.genesis_block_root } else { block_root }; let state = chain .store .get::>(&block.state_root)? .ok_or_else(|| Error::MissingState(block.state_root))?; (state, block_root, block_slot) }; // A function that returns the weight for some validator index. let weight = |validator_index: usize| -> Option { start_state .validators .get(validator_index) .map(|v| v.effective_balance) }; let result = self .backend .find_head(start_block_slot, start_block_root, weight) .map_err(Into::into); metrics::stop_timer(timer); result } /// Process all attestations in the given `block`. /// /// Assumes the block (and therefore it's attestations) are valid. It is a logic error to /// provide an invalid block. pub fn process_block( &self, state: &BeaconState, block: &BeaconBlock, block_root: Hash256, ) -> Result<()> { let timer = metrics::start_timer(&metrics::FORK_CHOICE_PROCESS_BLOCK_TIMES); // Note: we never count the block as a latest message, only attestations. // // I (Paul H) do not have an explicit reference to this, but I derive it from this // document: // // https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.7.0/specs/core/0_fork-choice.md for attestation in &block.body.attestations { // If the `data.beacon_block_root` block is not known to us, simply ignore the latest // vote. if let Some(block) = self .store .get::>(&attestation.data.beacon_block_root)? { self.process_attestation(state, attestation, &block)?; } } // This does not apply a vote to the block, it just makes fork choice aware of the block so // it can still be identified as the head even if it doesn't have any votes. // // A case where a block without any votes can be the head is where it is the only child of // a block that has the majority of votes applied to it. self.backend.process_block(block, block_root)?; metrics::stop_timer(timer); Ok(()) } /// Process an attestation which references `block` in `attestation.data.beacon_block_root`. /// /// Assumes the attestation is valid. pub fn process_attestation( &self, state: &BeaconState, attestation: &Attestation, block: &BeaconBlock, ) -> Result<()> { let timer = metrics::start_timer(&metrics::FORK_CHOICE_PROCESS_ATTESTATION_TIMES); let block_hash = attestation.data.beacon_block_root; // Ignore any attestations to the zero hash. // // This is an edge case that results from the spec aliasing the zero hash to the genesis // block. Attesters may attest to the zero hash if they have never seen a block. // // We have two options here: // // 1. Apply all zero-hash attestations to the zero hash. // 2. Ignore all attestations to the zero hash. // // (1) becomes weird once we hit finality and fork choice drops the genesis block. (2) is // fine because votes to the genesis block are not useful; all validators implicitly attest // to genesis just by being present in the chain. // // Additionally, don't add any block hash to fork choice unless we have imported the block. if block_hash != Hash256::zero() { let validator_indices = get_attesting_indices(state, &attestation.data, &attestation.aggregation_bits)?; for validator_index in validator_indices { self.backend .process_attestation(validator_index, block_hash, block.slot)?; } } metrics::stop_timer(timer); Ok(()) } /// Returns the latest message for a given validator, if any. /// /// Returns `(block_root, block_slot)`. pub fn latest_message(&self, validator_index: usize) -> Option<(Hash256, Slot)> { self.backend.latest_message(validator_index) } /// Runs an integrity verification function on the underlying fork choice algorithm. /// /// Returns `Ok(())` if the underlying fork choice has maintained it's integrity, /// `Err(description)` otherwise. pub fn verify_integrity(&self) -> core::result::Result<(), String> { self.backend.verify_integrity() } /// Inform the fork choice that the given block (and corresponding root) have been finalized so /// it may prune it's storage. /// /// `finalized_block_root` must be the root of `finalized_block`. pub fn process_finalization( &self, finalized_block: &BeaconBlock, finalized_block_root: Hash256, ) -> Result<()> { self.backend .update_finalized_root(finalized_block, finalized_block_root) .map_err(Into::into) } } impl From for Error { fn from(e: BeaconStateError) -> Error { Error::BeaconStateError(e) } } impl From for Error { fn from(e: StoreError) -> Error { Error::StoreError(e) } } impl From for Error { fn from(e: String) -> Error { Error::BackendError(e) } }