lighthouse/beacon_node/beacon_chain
Jimmy Chen 75aea7054c Enshrine head state shuffling in the shuffling_cache (#4296)
## Issue Addressed

#4281 

## Proposed Changes

- Change `ShufflingCache` implementation from using `LruCache` to a custom cache that removes entry with lowest epoch instead of oldest insertion time.
- Protect the "enshrined" head shufflings when inserting new committee cache entries. The shuffling ids matching the head's previous, current, and future epochs will never be ejected from the cache during `Self::insert_cache_item`.

## Additional Info

There is a bonus point on shuffling preferences in the issue description that hasn't been implemented yet, as I haven't figured out a good way to do this:

> However I'm not convinced since there are some complexities around tie-breaking when two entries have the same epoch. Perhaps preferring entries in the canonical chain is best? 

We should be able to check if a block is on the canonical chain by:

```rust
canonical_head
        .fork_choice_read_lock()
        .contains_block(root)
```

However we need to interleave the shuffling and fork choice locks, which may cause deadlocks if we're not careful (mentioned by @paulhauner). Alternatively, we could use the `state.block_roots` field of the `chain.canonical_head.snapshot.beacon_state`, which avoids deadlock but requires more work.

I'd like to get some feedback on review & testing before I dig deeper into the preferences stuff, as having the canonical head preference may already be quite useful in preventing the issue raised.


Co-authored-by: Jimmy Chen <jimmy@sigmaprime.io>
2023-05-19 05:13:05 +00:00
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src Enshrine head state shuffling in the shuffling_cache (#4296) 2023-05-19 05:13:05 +00:00
tests Implement el_offline and use it in the VC (#4295) 2023-05-17 05:51:56 +00:00
Cargo.toml Split common crates out into their own repos (#3890) 2023-04-28 01:15:40 +00:00