lighthouse/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests
Paul Hauner 02e2fd2fb8 Add early attester cache (#2872)
## Issue Addressed

NA

## Proposed Changes

Introduces a cache to attestation to produce atop blocks which will become the head, but are not fully imported (e.g., not inserted into the database).

Whilst attesting to a block before it's imported is rather easy, if we're going to produce that attestation then we also need to be able to:

1. Verify that attestation.
1. Respond to RPC requests for the `beacon_block_root`.

Attestation verification (1) is *partially* covered. Since we prime the shuffling cache before we insert the block into the early attester cache, we should be fine for all typical use-cases. However, it is possible that the cache is washed out before we've managed to insert the state into the database and then attestation verification will fail with a "missing beacon state"-type error.

Providing the block via RPC (2) is also partially covered, since we'll check the database *and* the early attester cache when responding a blocks-by-root request. However, we'll still omit the block from blocks-by-range requests (until the block lands in the DB). I *think* this is fine, since there's no guarantee that we return all blocks for those responses.

Another important consideration is whether or not the *parent* of the early attester block is available in the databse. If it were not, we might fail to respond to blocks-by-root request that are iterating backwards to collect a chain of blocks. I argue that *we will always have the parent of the early attester block in the database.* This is because we are holding the fork-choice write-lock when inserting the block into the early attester cache and we do not drop that until the block is in the database.
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attestation_production.rs Add early attester cache (#2872) 2022-01-11 01:35:55 +00:00
attestation_verification.rs Disable autotests for beacon_chain (#2658) 2021-12-02 14:26:52 +11:00
block_verification.rs Optimise slasher DB layout and switch to MDBX (#2776) 2021-12-21 08:23:17 +00:00
main.rs Add BeaconChainHarness tests for The Merge (#2661) 2021-12-02 14:26:52 +11:00
merge.rs Add BeaconChainHarness tests for The Merge (#2661) 2021-12-02 14:26:52 +11:00
op_verification.rs Disable autotests for beacon_chain (#2658) 2021-12-02 14:26:52 +11:00
store_tests.rs Add configurable block replayer (#2863) 2021-12-21 06:30:52 +00:00
sync_committee_verification.rs Disable autotests for beacon_chain (#2658) 2021-12-02 14:26:52 +11:00
tests.rs Disable autotests for beacon_chain (#2658) 2021-12-02 14:26:52 +11:00