ensure test messages avoid the chain

cmd/lotus-provider/proving.go

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ var wdPostCmd = &cli.Command{
 	},
 }
 
+// wdPostTaskCmd writes to harmony_task and wdpost_partition_tasks, then waits for the result.
+// It is intended to be used to test the windowpost scheduler.
+// The end of the compute task puts the task_id onto wdpost_proofs, which is read by the submit task.
+// The submit task will not send test tasks to the chain, and instead will write the result to harmony_test.
+// The result is read by this command, and printed to stdout.
 var wdPostTaskCmd = &cli.Command{
 	Name:    "task",
 	Aliases: []string{"scheduled", "schedule", "async", "asynchronous"},
@@ -113,6 +118,9 @@ var wdPostTaskCmd = &cli.Command{
 	},
 }
 
+// This command is intended to be used to verify PoSt compute performance.
+// It will not send any messages to the chain. Since it can compute any deadline, output may be incorrectly timed for the chain.
+// The entire processing happens in this process while you wait. It does not use the scheduler.
 var wdPostHereCmd = &cli.Command{
 	Name:    "here",
 	Aliases: []string{"cli"},

lib/harmony/harmonydb/sql/20231120-testing1.sql

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ CREATE TABLE harmony_test (
     options text,
     result text
 );
+ALTER TABLE wdpost_proofs ADD COLUMN test_task_id bigint;

provider/lpmessage/sender.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var log = logging.Logger("lpmessage")
 
 type str string // makes ctx value collissions impossible
 
-var CtxTaskID str = "task_id"
+var CtxTestTaskID str = "task_id"
 
 type SenderAPI interface {
 	StateAccountKey(ctx context.Context, addr address.Address, tsk types.TipSetKey) (address.Address, error)
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (s *Sender) Send(ctx context.Context, msg *types.Message, mss *api.MessageS
 
 	var idCount int
 	err = s.db.QueryRow(ctx, `SELECT COUNT(*) FROM harmony_test WHERE task_id=$1`,
-		ctx.Value(CtxTaskID)).Scan(&idCount)
+		ctx.Value(CtxTestTaskID)).Scan(&idCount)
 	if err != nil {
 		return cid.Undef, xerrors.Errorf("reading harmony_test: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (s *Sender) Send(ctx context.Context, msg *types.Message, mss *api.MessageS
 			if err != nil {
 				return false, xerrors.Errorf("marshaling message: %w", err)
 			}
-			id := ctx.Value(CtxTaskID)
+			id := ctx.Value(CtxTestTaskID)
 			tx.Exec(`UPDATE harmony_test SET result=$1 WHERE task_id=$2`, string(data), id)
 			log.Infof("SKIPPED sending test message to chain. Query harmony_test WHERE task_id= %v", id)
 			return true, nil // nothing committed

provider/lpwindow/compute_task.go

@@ -161,6 +161,14 @@ func (t *WdPostTask) Do(taskID harmonytask.TaskID, stillOwned func() bool) (done
 		return false, xerrors.Errorf("marshaling PoSt: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	testTaskID := 0
+	testTaskIDCt := 0
+	if err = t.db.QueryRow(context.Background(), `SELECT COUNT(*) FROM harmony_test WHERE task_id = $1`, taskID).Scan(&testTaskIDCt); err != nil {
+		return false, xerrors.Errorf("querying for test task: %w", err)
+	}
+	if testTaskIDCt == 1 {
+		testTaskID = int(taskID)
+	}
 	// Insert into wdpost_proofs table
 	n, err := t.db.Exec(context.Background(),
 		`INSERT INTO wdpost_proofs (
@@ -170,15 +178,18 @@ func (t *WdPostTask) Do(taskID harmonytask.TaskID, stillOwned func() bool) (done
 	                           partition,
 	                           submit_at_epoch,
 	                           submit_by_epoch,
-                               proof_params)
-	    			 VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7)`,
+                               proof_params,
+							   test_task_id)
+	    			 VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8)`,
 		spID,
 		pps,
 		deadline.Index,
 		partIdx,
 		deadline.Open,
 		deadline.Close,
-		msgbuf.Bytes())
+		msgbuf.Bytes(),
+		testTaskID,
+	)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("WdPostTask.Do() failed to insert into wdpost_proofs: %v", err)

provider/lpwindow/submit_task.go

@@ -78,11 +78,12 @@ func (w *WdPostSubmitTask) Do(taskID harmonytask.TaskID, stillOwned func() bool)
 	var pps, submitAtEpoch, submitByEpoch abi.ChainEpoch
 	var earlyParamBytes []byte
 	var dbTask uint64
+	var testTaskID uint64
 
 	err = w.db.QueryRow(
-		context.Background(), `SELECT sp_id, proving_period_start, deadline, partition, submit_at_epoch, submit_by_epoch, proof_params, submit_task_id
+		context.Background(), `SELECT sp_id, proving_period_start, deadline, partition, submit_at_epoch, submit_by_epoch, proof_params, submit_task_id, test_task_id
 		FROM wdpost_proofs WHERE submit_task_id = $1`, taskID,
-	).Scan(&spID, &pps, &deadline, &partition, &submitAtEpoch, &submitByEpoch, &earlyParamBytes, &dbTask)
+	).Scan(&spID, &pps, &deadline, &partition, &submitAtEpoch, &submitByEpoch, &earlyParamBytes, &dbTask, &testTaskID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, xerrors.Errorf("query post proof: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ func (w *WdPostSubmitTask) Do(taskID harmonytask.TaskID, stillOwned func() bool)
 		return false, xerrors.Errorf("preparing proof message: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), lpmessage.CtxTaskID, taskID)
+	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), lpmessage.CtxTestTaskID, testTaskID)
 	smsg, err := w.sender.Send(ctx, msg, mss, "wdpost")
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, xerrors.Errorf("sending proof message: %w", err)