Ethereum consensus client in Rust
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Paul Hauner 2cd3e3a768 Avoid duplicate committee cache loads (#3574)
## Issue Addressed

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## Proposed Changes

I have observed scenarios on Goerli where Lighthouse was receiving attestations which reference the same, un-cached shuffling on multiple threads at the same time. Lighthouse was then loading the same state from database and determining the shuffling on multiple threads at the same time. This is unnecessary load on the disk and RAM.

This PR modifies the shuffling cache so that each entry can be either:

- A committee
- A promise for a committee (i.e., a `crossbeam_channel::Receiver`)

Now, in the scenario where we have thread A and thread B simultaneously requesting the same un-cached shuffling, we will have the following:

1. Thread A will take the write-lock on the shuffling cache, find that there's no cached committee and then create a "promise" (a `crossbeam_channel::Sender`) for a committee before dropping the write-lock.
1. Thread B will then be allowed to take the write-lock for the shuffling cache and find the promise created by thread A. It will block the current thread waiting for thread A to fulfill that promise.
1. Thread A will load the state from disk, obtain the shuffling, send it down the channel, insert the entry into the cache and then continue to verify the attestation.
1. Thread B will then receive the shuffling from the receiver, be un-blocked and then continue to verify the attestation.

In the case where thread A fails to generate the shuffling and drops the sender, the next time that specific shuffling is requested we will detect that the channel is disconnected and return a `None` entry for that shuffling. This will cause the shuffling to be re-calculated.

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.github Docker builds in GitHub actions (#3523) 2022-08-29 18:31:27 +00:00
account_manager Builder Specs v0.2.0 (#3134) 2022-07-30 00:22:37 +00:00
beacon_node Avoid duplicate committee cache loads (#3574) 2022-09-16 08:54:03 +00:00
book Fix builder gas limit docs (#3569) 2022-09-13 01:57:46 +00:00
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common Support histogram buckets (#3391) 2022-09-13 01:57:44 +00:00
consensus Avoid duplicate committee cache loads (#3574) 2022-09-16 08:54:03 +00:00
crypto crypto/bls: make blst dependency optional (#3387) 2022-08-08 23:56:59 +00:00
database_manager Use async code when interacting with EL (#3244) 2022-07-03 05:36:50 +00:00
lcli Add flag 'log-color' preserving color of log redirected to file. (#3538) 2022-09-06 05:58:27 +00:00
lighthouse Remove strict fee recipient (#3552) 2022-09-08 23:46:02 +00:00
scripts Builder Specs v0.2.0 (#3134) 2022-07-30 00:22:37 +00:00
slasher Modularise slasher backend (#3443) 2022-08-15 01:30:56 +00:00
testing Fix ganache test endpoint for ipv6 machines (#3563) 2022-09-13 01:57:45 +00:00
validator_client Remove strict fee recipient (#3552) 2022-09-08 23:46:02 +00:00
.dockerignore Exclude EE build dirs from Docker context (#3174) 2022-05-09 23:43:31 +00:00
.editorconfig Add editorconfig template 2019-03-11 15:09:57 +11:00
.gitignore Allow setting web3signer version through environment (#3368) 2022-07-27 03:20:01 +00:00
.gitmodules Replace EF tests submodule with a makefile 2019-09-08 04:19:54 +10:00
bors.toml Add merge support to simulator (#3292) 2022-07-18 23:15:40 +00:00
Cargo.lock Avoid duplicate committee cache loads (#3574) 2022-09-16 08:54:03 +00:00
Cargo.toml Subscribe to subnets only when needed (#3419) 2022-09-05 00:22:48 +00:00
CONTRIBUTING.md [Contribution docs] Add GitPOAP Badge to Display Number of Minted GitPOAPs for Contributors (#3343) 2022-08-09 02:27:04 +00:00
Cross.toml Update Cross config for v0.2.2 (#3286) 2022-06-29 04:50:36 +00:00
Dockerfile docker rust version update (#3353) 2022-07-20 18:18:25 +00:00
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SECURITY.md Add how users should report security vulnerabilities for this repository (#2562) 2021-09-07 01:54:05 +00:00

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