chain/exchange/client.go

@@ -284,16 +284,18 @@ func (c *client) validateCompressedIndices(chain []*BSTipSet) error {
 				len(msgs.SecpkIncludes), blocksNum)
 		}
 
+		blsLen := uint64(len(msgs.Bls))
+		secpLen := uint64(len(msgs.Secpk))
 		for blockIdx := 0; blockIdx < blocksNum; blockIdx++ {
 			for _, mi := range msgs.BlsIncludes[blockIdx] {
-				if int(mi) >= len(msgs.Bls) {
+				if mi >= blsLen {
 					return xerrors.Errorf("index in BlsIncludes (%d) exceeds number of messages (%d)",
 						mi, len(msgs.Bls))
 				}
 			}
 
 			for _, mi := range msgs.SecpkIncludes[blockIdx] {
-				if int(mi) >= len(msgs.Secpk) {
+				if mi >= secpLen {
 					return xerrors.Errorf("index in SecpkIncludes (%d) exceeds number of messages (%d)",
 						mi, len(msgs.Secpk))
 				}
@@ -315,18 +317,36 @@ func (c *client) GetBlocks(ctx context.Context, tsk types.TipSetKey, count int)
 		)
 	}
 
-	req := &Request{
+	var ret []*types.TipSet
-		Head:    tsk.Cids(),
+	start := tsk.Cids()
-		Length:  uint64(count),
+	for len(ret) < count {
-		Options: Headers,
+		req := &Request{
+			Head:    start,
+			Length:  uint64(count - len(ret)),
+			Options: Headers,
+		}
+
+		validRes, err := c.doRequest(ctx, req, nil, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to doRequest: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		if len(validRes.tipsets) == 0 {
+			return nil, xerrors.Errorf("doRequest fetched zero tipsets: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		ret = append(ret, validRes.tipsets...)
+
+		last := validRes.tipsets[len(validRes.tipsets)-1]
+		if last.Height() <= 1 {
+			// we've walked all the way up to genesis, return
+			break
+		}
+
+		start = last.Parents().Cids()
 	}
 
-	validRes, err := c.doRequest(ctx, req, nil, nil)
+	return ret, nil
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return validRes.tipsets, nil
 }
 
 // GetFullTipSet implements Client.GetFullTipSet(). Refer to the godocs there.
@@ -341,12 +361,16 @@ func (c *client) GetFullTipSet(ctx context.Context, peer peer.ID, tsk types.TipS
 
 	validRes, err := c.doRequest(ctx, req, &peer, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to doRequest: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return validRes.toFullTipSets()[0], nil
+	fullTipsets := validRes.toFullTipSets()
-	// If `doRequest` didn't fail we are guaranteed to have at least
+
-	//  *one* tipset here, so it's safe to index directly.
+	if len(fullTipsets) == 0 {
+		return nil, xerrors.New("unexpectedly got no tipsets in exchange")
+	}
+
+	return fullTipsets[0], nil
 }
 
 // GetChainMessages implements Client.GetChainMessages(). Refer to the godocs there.

chain/exchange/interfaces.go

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ type Server interface {
 // used by the Syncer.
 type Client interface {
 	// GetBlocks fetches block headers from the network, from the provided
-	// tipset *backwards*, returning as many tipsets as the count parameter,
+	// tipset *backwards*, returning as many tipsets as the count parameter.
-	// or less.
+	// The ONLY case in which we return fewer than `count` tipsets is if we hit genesis.
 	GetBlocks(ctx context.Context, tsk types.TipSetKey, count int) ([]*types.TipSet, error)
 
 	// GetChainMessages fetches messages from the network, starting from the first provided tipset