go-ethereum/eth/catalyst/api.go

// Copyright 2021 The go-ethereum Authors
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// Package catalyst implements the temporary eth1/eth2 RPC integration.
package catalyst

import (
	"crypto/sha256"
	"encoding/binary"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"sync"
	"time"

	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/beacon"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/downloader"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
)

// Register adds the engine API to the full node.
func Register(stack *node.Node, backend *eth.Ethereum) error {
	log.Warn("Engine API enabled", "protocol", "eth")
	stack.RegisterAPIs([]rpc.API{
		{
			Namespace:     "engine",
			Service:       NewConsensusAPI(backend),
			Authenticated: true,
		},
	})
	return nil
}

const (
	// invalidBlockHitEviction is the number of times an invalid block can be
	// referenced in forkchoice update or new payload before it is attempted
	// to be reprocessed again.
	invalidBlockHitEviction = 128

	// invalidTipsetsCap is the max number of recent block hashes tracked that
	// have lead to some bad ancestor block. It's just an OOM protection.
	invalidTipsetsCap = 512
)

type ConsensusAPI struct {
	eth *eth.Ethereum

	remoteBlocks *headerQueue  // Cache of remote payloads received
	localBlocks  *payloadQueue // Cache of local payloads generated

	// The forkchoice update and new payload method require us to return the
	// latest valid hash in an invalid chain. To support that return, we need
	// to track historical bad blocks as well as bad tipsets in case a chain
	// is constantly built on it.
	//
	// There are a few important caveats in this mechanism:
	//   - The bad block tracking is ephemeral, in-memory only. We must never
	//     persist any bad block information to disk as a bug in Geth could end
	//     up blocking a valid chain, even if a later Geth update would accept
	//     it.
	//   - Bad blocks will get forgotten after a certain threshold of import
	//     attempts and will be retried. The rationale is that if the network
	//     really-really-really tries to feed us a block, we should give it a
	//     new chance, perhaps us being racey instead of the block being legit
	//     bad (this happened in Geth at a point with import vs. pending race).
	//   - Tracking all the blocks built on top of the bad one could be a bit
	//     problematic, so we will only track the head chain segment of a bad
	//     chain to allow discarding progressing bad chains and side chains,
	//     without tracking too much bad data.
	invalidBlocksHits map[common.Hash]int           // Emhemeral cache to track invalid blocks and their hit count
	invalidTipsets    map[common.Hash]*types.Header // Ephemeral cache to track invalid tipsets and their bad ancestor
	invalidLock       sync.Mutex                    // Protects the invalid maps from concurrent access

	forkChoiceLock sync.Mutex // Lock for the forkChoiceUpdated method
}

// NewConsensusAPI creates a new consensus api for the given backend.
// The underlying blockchain needs to have a valid terminal total difficulty set.
func NewConsensusAPI(eth *eth.Ethereum) *ConsensusAPI {
	if eth.BlockChain().Config().TerminalTotalDifficulty == nil {
		log.Warn("Engine API started but chain not configured for merge yet")
	}
	api := &ConsensusAPI{
		eth:               eth,
		remoteBlocks:      newHeaderQueue(),
		localBlocks:       newPayloadQueue(),
		invalidBlocksHits: make(map[common.Hash]int),
		invalidTipsets:    make(map[common.Hash]*types.Header),
	}
	eth.Downloader().SetBadBlockCallback(api.setInvalidAncestor)

	return api
}

// ForkchoiceUpdatedV1 has several responsibilities:
// If the method is called with an empty head block:
// 		we return success, which can be used to check if the engine API is enabled
// If the total difficulty was not reached:
// 		we return INVALID
// If the finalizedBlockHash is set:
// 		we check if we have the finalizedBlockHash in our db, if not we start a sync
// We try to set our blockchain to the headBlock
// If there are payloadAttributes:
// 		we try to assemble a block with the payloadAttributes and return its payloadID
func (api *ConsensusAPI) ForkchoiceUpdatedV1(update beacon.ForkchoiceStateV1, payloadAttributes *beacon.PayloadAttributesV1) (beacon.ForkChoiceResponse, error) {
	api.forkChoiceLock.Lock()
	defer api.forkChoiceLock.Unlock()

	log.Trace("Engine API request received", "method", "ForkchoiceUpdated", "head", update.HeadBlockHash, "finalized", update.FinalizedBlockHash, "safe", update.SafeBlockHash)
	if update.HeadBlockHash == (common.Hash{}) {
		log.Warn("Forkchoice requested update to zero hash")
		return beacon.STATUS_INVALID, nil // TODO(karalabe): Why does someone send us this?
	}

	// Check whether we have the block yet in our database or not. If not, we'll
	// need to either trigger a sync, or to reject this forkchoice update for a
	// reason.
	block := api.eth.BlockChain().GetBlockByHash(update.HeadBlockHash)
	if block == nil {
		// If this block was previously invalidated, keep rejecting it here too
		if res := api.checkInvalidAncestor(update.HeadBlockHash, update.HeadBlockHash); res != nil {
			return beacon.ForkChoiceResponse{PayloadStatus: *res, PayloadID: nil}, nil
		}
		// If the head hash is unknown (was not given to us in a newPayload request),
		// we cannot resolve the header, so not much to do. This could be extended in
		// the future to resolve from the `eth` network, but it's an unexpected case
		// that should be fixed, not papered over.
		header := api.remoteBlocks.get(update.HeadBlockHash)
		if header == nil {
			log.Warn("Forkchoice requested unknown head", "hash", update.HeadBlockHash)
			return beacon.STATUS_SYNCING, nil
		}
		// Header advertised via a past newPayload request. Start syncing to it.
		// Before we do however, make sure any legacy sync in switched off so we
		// don't accidentally have 2 cycles running.
		if merger := api.eth.Merger(); !merger.TDDReached() {
			merger.ReachTTD()
			api.eth.Downloader().Cancel()
		}
		log.Info("Forkchoice requested sync to new head", "number", header.Number, "hash", header.Hash())
		if err := api.eth.Downloader().BeaconSync(api.eth.SyncMode(), header); err != nil {
			return beacon.STATUS_SYNCING, err
		}
		return beacon.STATUS_SYNCING, nil
	}
	// Block is known locally, just sanity check that the beacon client does not
	// attempt to push us back to before the merge.
	if block.Difficulty().BitLen() > 0 || block.NumberU64() == 0 {
		var (
			td  = api.eth.BlockChain().GetTd(update.HeadBlockHash, block.NumberU64())
			ptd = api.eth.BlockChain().GetTd(block.ParentHash(), block.NumberU64()-1)
			ttd = api.eth.BlockChain().Config().TerminalTotalDifficulty
		)
		if td == nil || (block.NumberU64() > 0 && ptd == nil) {
			log.Error("TDs unavailable for TTD check", "number", block.NumberU64(), "hash", update.HeadBlockHash, "td", td, "parent", block.ParentHash(), "ptd", ptd)
			return beacon.STATUS_INVALID, errors.New("TDs unavailable for TDD check")
		}
		if td.Cmp(ttd) < 0 {
			log.Error("Refusing beacon update to pre-merge", "number", block.NumberU64(), "hash", update.HeadBlockHash, "diff", block.Difficulty(), "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(int64(block.Time()), 0)))
			return beacon.ForkChoiceResponse{PayloadStatus: beacon.INVALID_TERMINAL_BLOCK, PayloadID: nil}, nil
		}
		if block.NumberU64() > 0 && ptd.Cmp(ttd) >= 0 {
			log.Error("Parent block is already post-ttd", "number", block.NumberU64(), "hash", update.HeadBlockHash, "diff", block.Difficulty(), "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(int64(block.Time()), 0)))
			return beacon.ForkChoiceResponse{PayloadStatus: beacon.INVALID_TERMINAL_BLOCK, PayloadID: nil}, nil
		}
	}
	valid := func(id *beacon.PayloadID) beacon.ForkChoiceResponse {
		return beacon.ForkChoiceResponse{
			PayloadStatus: beacon.PayloadStatusV1{Status: beacon.VALID, LatestValidHash: &update.HeadBlockHash},
			PayloadID:     id,
		}
	}
	if rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(api.eth.ChainDb(), block.NumberU64()) != update.HeadBlockHash {
		// Block is not canonical, set head.
		if latestValid, err := api.eth.BlockChain().SetCanonical(block); err != nil {
			return beacon.ForkChoiceResponse{PayloadStatus: beacon.PayloadStatusV1{Status: beacon.INVALID, LatestValidHash: &latestValid}}, err
		}
	} else if api.eth.BlockChain().CurrentBlock().Hash() == update.HeadBlockHash {
		// If the specified head matches with our local head, do nothing and keep
		// generating the payload. It's a special corner case that a few slots are
		// missing and we are requested to generate the payload in slot.
	} else {
		// If the head block is already in our canonical chain, the beacon client is
		// probably resyncing. Ignore the update.
		log.Info("Ignoring beacon update to old head", "number", block.NumberU64(), "hash", update.HeadBlockHash, "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(int64(block.Time()), 0)), "have", api.eth.BlockChain().CurrentBlock().NumberU64())
		return valid(nil), nil
	}
	api.eth.SetSynced()

	// If the beacon client also advertised a finalized block, mark the local
	// chain final and completely in PoS mode.
	if update.FinalizedBlockHash != (common.Hash{}) {
		if merger := api.eth.Merger(); !merger.PoSFinalized() {
			merger.FinalizePoS()
		}
		// If the finalized block is not in our canonical tree, somethings wrong
		finalBlock := api.eth.BlockChain().GetBlockByHash(update.FinalizedBlockHash)
		if finalBlock == nil {
			log.Warn("Final block not available in database", "hash", update.FinalizedBlockHash)
			return beacon.STATUS_INVALID, beacon.InvalidForkChoiceState.With(errors.New("final block not available in database"))
		} else if rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(api.eth.ChainDb(), finalBlock.NumberU64()) != update.FinalizedBlockHash {
			log.Warn("Final block not in canonical chain", "number", block.NumberU64(), "hash", update.HeadBlockHash)
			return beacon.STATUS_INVALID, beacon.InvalidForkChoiceState.With(errors.New("final block not in canonical chain"))
		}
		// Set the finalized block
		api.eth.BlockChain().SetFinalized(finalBlock)
	}
	// Check if the safe block hash is in our canonical tree, if not somethings wrong
	if update.SafeBlockHash != (common.Hash{}) {
		safeBlock := api.eth.BlockChain().GetBlockByHash(update.SafeBlockHash)
		if safeBlock == nil {
			log.Warn("Safe block not available in database")
			return beacon.STATUS_INVALID, beacon.InvalidForkChoiceState.With(errors.New("safe block not available in database"))
		}
		if rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(api.eth.ChainDb(), safeBlock.NumberU64()) != update.SafeBlockHash {
			log.Warn("Safe block not in canonical chain")
			return beacon.STATUS_INVALID, beacon.InvalidForkChoiceState.With(errors.New("safe block not in canonical chain"))
		}
	}
	// If payload generation was requested, create a new block to be potentially
	// sealed by the beacon client. The payload will be requested later, and we
	// might replace it arbitrarily many times in between.
	if payloadAttributes != nil {
		// Create an empty block first which can be used as a fallback
		empty, err := api.eth.Miner().GetSealingBlockSync(update.HeadBlockHash, payloadAttributes.Timestamp, payloadAttributes.SuggestedFeeRecipient, payloadAttributes.Random, true)
		if err != nil {
			log.Error("Failed to create empty sealing payload", "err", err)
			return valid(nil), beacon.InvalidPayloadAttributes.With(err)
		}
		// Send a request to generate a full block in the background.
		// The result can be obtained via the returned channel.
		resCh, err := api.eth.Miner().GetSealingBlockAsync(update.HeadBlockHash, payloadAttributes.Timestamp, payloadAttributes.SuggestedFeeRecipient, payloadAttributes.Random, false)
		if err != nil {
			log.Error("Failed to create async sealing payload", "err", err)
			return valid(nil), beacon.InvalidPayloadAttributes.With(err)
		}
		id := computePayloadId(update.HeadBlockHash, payloadAttributes)
		api.localBlocks.put(id, &payload{empty: empty, result: resCh})
		return valid(&id), nil
	}
	return valid(nil), nil
}

// ExchangeTransitionConfigurationV1 checks the given configuration against
// the configuration of the node.
func (api *ConsensusAPI) ExchangeTransitionConfigurationV1(config beacon.TransitionConfigurationV1) (*beacon.TransitionConfigurationV1, error) {
	if config.TerminalTotalDifficulty == nil {
		return nil, errors.New("invalid terminal total difficulty")
	}
	ttd := api.eth.BlockChain().Config().TerminalTotalDifficulty
	if ttd == nil || ttd.Cmp(config.TerminalTotalDifficulty.ToInt()) != 0 {
		log.Warn("Invalid TTD configured", "geth", ttd, "beacon", config.TerminalTotalDifficulty)
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid ttd: execution %v consensus %v", ttd, config.TerminalTotalDifficulty)
	}

	if config.TerminalBlockHash != (common.Hash{}) {
		if hash := api.eth.BlockChain().GetCanonicalHash(uint64(config.TerminalBlockNumber)); hash == config.TerminalBlockHash {
			return &beacon.TransitionConfigurationV1{
				TerminalTotalDifficulty: (*hexutil.Big)(ttd),
				TerminalBlockHash:       config.TerminalBlockHash,
				TerminalBlockNumber:     config.TerminalBlockNumber,
			}, nil
		}
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid terminal block hash")
	}
	return &beacon.TransitionConfigurationV1{TerminalTotalDifficulty: (*hexutil.Big)(ttd)}, nil
}

// GetPayloadV1 returns a cached payload by id.
func (api *ConsensusAPI) GetPayloadV1(payloadID beacon.PayloadID) (*beacon.ExecutableDataV1, error) {
	log.Trace("Engine API request received", "method", "GetPayload", "id", payloadID)
	data := api.localBlocks.get(payloadID)
	if data == nil {
		return nil, beacon.UnknownPayload
	}
	return data, nil
}

// NewPayloadV1 creates an Eth1 block, inserts it in the chain, and returns the status of the chain.
func (api *ConsensusAPI) NewPayloadV1(params beacon.ExecutableDataV1) (beacon.PayloadStatusV1, error) {
	log.Trace("Engine API request received", "method", "ExecutePayload", "number", params.Number, "hash", params.BlockHash)
	block, err := beacon.ExecutableDataToBlock(params)
	if err != nil {
		log.Debug("Invalid NewPayload params", "params", params, "error", err)
		return beacon.PayloadStatusV1{Status: beacon.INVALIDBLOCKHASH}, nil
	}
	// If we already have the block locally, ignore the entire execution and just
	// return a fake success.
	if block := api.eth.BlockChain().GetBlockByHash(params.BlockHash); block != nil {
		log.Warn("Ignoring already known beacon payload", "number", params.Number, "hash", params.BlockHash, "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(int64(block.Time()), 0)))
		hash := block.Hash()
		return beacon.PayloadStatusV1{Status: beacon.VALID, LatestValidHash: &hash}, nil
	}
	// If this block was rejected previously, keep rejecting it
	if res := api.checkInvalidAncestor(block.Hash(), block.Hash()); res != nil {
		return *res, nil
	}
	// If the parent is missing, we - in theory - could trigger a sync, but that
	// would also entail a reorg. That is problematic if multiple sibling blocks
	// are being fed to us, and even more so, if some semi-distant uncle shortens
	// our live chain. As such, payload execution will not permit reorgs and thus
	// will not trigger a sync cycle. That is fine though, if we get a fork choice
	// update after legit payload executions.
	parent := api.eth.BlockChain().GetBlock(block.ParentHash(), block.NumberU64()-1)
	if parent == nil {
		return api.delayPayloadImport(block)
	}
	// We have an existing parent, do some sanity checks to avoid the beacon client
	// triggering too early
	var (
		ptd  = api.eth.BlockChain().GetTd(parent.Hash(), parent.NumberU64())
		ttd  = api.eth.BlockChain().Config().TerminalTotalDifficulty
		gptd = api.eth.BlockChain().GetTd(parent.ParentHash(), parent.NumberU64()-1)
	)
	if ptd.Cmp(ttd) < 0 {
		log.Warn("Ignoring pre-merge payload", "number", params.Number, "hash", params.BlockHash, "td", ptd, "ttd", ttd)
		return beacon.INVALID_TERMINAL_BLOCK, nil
	}
	if parent.Difficulty().BitLen() > 0 && gptd != nil && gptd.Cmp(ttd) >= 0 {
		log.Error("Ignoring pre-merge parent block", "number", params.Number, "hash", params.BlockHash, "td", ptd, "ttd", ttd)
		return beacon.INVALID_TERMINAL_BLOCK, nil
	}
	if block.Time() <= parent.Time() {
		log.Warn("Invalid timestamp", "parent", block.Time(), "block", block.Time())
		return api.invalid(errors.New("invalid timestamp"), parent.Header()), nil
	}
	// Another cornercase: if the node is in snap sync mode, but the CL client
	// tries to make it import a block. That should be denied as pushing something
	// into the database directly will conflict with the assumptions of snap sync
	// that it has an empty db that it can fill itself.
	if api.eth.SyncMode() != downloader.FullSync {
		return api.delayPayloadImport(block)
	}
	if !api.eth.BlockChain().HasBlockAndState(block.ParentHash(), block.NumberU64()-1) {
		api.remoteBlocks.put(block.Hash(), block.Header())
		log.Warn("State not available, ignoring new payload")
		return beacon.PayloadStatusV1{Status: beacon.ACCEPTED}, nil
	}
	log.Trace("Inserting block without sethead", "hash", block.Hash(), "number", block.Number)
	if err := api.eth.BlockChain().InsertBlockWithoutSetHead(block); err != nil {
		log.Warn("NewPayloadV1: inserting block failed", "error", err)

		api.invalidLock.Lock()
		api.invalidBlocksHits[block.Hash()] = 1
		api.invalidTipsets[block.Hash()] = block.Header()
		api.invalidLock.Unlock()

		return api.invalid(err, parent.Header()), nil
	}
	// We've accepted a valid payload from the beacon client. Mark the local
	// chain transitions to notify other subsystems (e.g. downloader) of the
	// behavioral change.
	if merger := api.eth.Merger(); !merger.TDDReached() {
		merger.ReachTTD()
		api.eth.Downloader().Cancel()
	}
	hash := block.Hash()
	return beacon.PayloadStatusV1{Status: beacon.VALID, LatestValidHash: &hash}, nil
}

// computePayloadId computes a pseudo-random payloadid, based on the parameters.
func computePayloadId(headBlockHash common.Hash, params *beacon.PayloadAttributesV1) beacon.PayloadID {
	// Hash
	hasher := sha256.New()
	hasher.Write(headBlockHash[:])
	binary.Write(hasher, binary.BigEndian, params.Timestamp)
	hasher.Write(params.Random[:])
	hasher.Write(params.SuggestedFeeRecipient[:])
	var out beacon.PayloadID
	copy(out[:], hasher.Sum(nil)[:8])
	return out
}

// delayPayloadImport stashes the given block away for import at a later time,
// either via a forkchoice update or a sync extension. This method is meant to
// be called by the newpayload command when the block seems to be ok, but some
// prerequisite prevents it from being processed (e.g. no parent, or snap sync).
func (api *ConsensusAPI) delayPayloadImport(block *types.Block) (beacon.PayloadStatusV1, error) {
	// Sanity check that this block's parent is not on a previously invalidated
	// chain. If it is, mark the block as invalid too.
	if res := api.checkInvalidAncestor(block.ParentHash(), block.Hash()); res != nil {
		return *res, nil
	}
	// Stash the block away for a potential forced forkchoice update to it
	// at a later time.
	api.remoteBlocks.put(block.Hash(), block.Header())

	// Although we don't want to trigger a sync, if there is one already in
	// progress, try to extend if with the current payload request to relieve
	// some strain from the forkchoice update.
	if err := api.eth.Downloader().BeaconExtend(api.eth.SyncMode(), block.Header()); err == nil {
		log.Debug("Payload accepted for sync extension", "number", block.NumberU64(), "hash", block.Hash())
		return beacon.PayloadStatusV1{Status: beacon.SYNCING}, nil
	}
	// Either no beacon sync was started yet, or it rejected the delivered
	// payload as non-integratable on top of the existing sync. We'll just
	// have to rely on the beacon client to forcefully update the head with
	// a forkchoice update request.
	log.Warn("Ignoring payload with missing parent", "number", block.NumberU64(), "hash", block.Hash(), "parent", block.ParentHash())
	return beacon.PayloadStatusV1{Status: beacon.ACCEPTED}, nil
}

// setInvalidAncestor is a callback for the downloader to notify us if a bad block
// is encountered during the async sync.
func (api *ConsensusAPI) setInvalidAncestor(invalid *types.Header, origin *types.Header) {
	api.invalidLock.Lock()
	defer api.invalidLock.Unlock()

	api.invalidTipsets[origin.Hash()] = invalid
	api.invalidBlocksHits[invalid.Hash()]++
}

// checkInvalidAncestor checks whether the specified chain end links to a known
// bad ancestor. If yes, it constructs the payload failure response to return.
func (api *ConsensusAPI) checkInvalidAncestor(check common.Hash, head common.Hash) *beacon.PayloadStatusV1 {
	api.invalidLock.Lock()
	defer api.invalidLock.Unlock()

	// If the hash to check is unknown, return valid
	invalid, ok := api.invalidTipsets[check]
	if !ok {
		return nil
	}
	// If the bad hash was hit too many times, evict it and try to reprocess in
	// the hopes that we have a data race that we can exit out of.
	badHash := invalid.Hash()

	api.invalidBlocksHits[badHash]++
	if api.invalidBlocksHits[badHash] >= invalidBlockHitEviction {
		log.Warn("Too many bad block import attempt, trying", "number", invalid.Number, "hash", badHash)
		delete(api.invalidBlocksHits, badHash)

		for descendant, badHeader := range api.invalidTipsets {
			if badHeader.Hash() == badHash {
				delete(api.invalidTipsets, descendant)
			}
		}
		return nil
	}
	// Not too many failures yet, mark the head of the invalid chain as invalid
	if check != head {
		log.Warn("Marked new chain head as invalid", "hash", head, "badnumber", invalid.Number, "badhash", badHash)
		for len(api.invalidTipsets) >= invalidTipsetsCap {
			for key := range api.invalidTipsets {
				delete(api.invalidTipsets, key)
				break
			}
		}
		api.invalidTipsets[head] = invalid
	}
	failure := "links to previously rejected block"
	return &beacon.PayloadStatusV1{
		Status:          beacon.INVALID,
		LatestValidHash: &invalid.ParentHash,
		ValidationError: &failure,
	}
}

// invalid returns a response "INVALID" with the latest valid hash supplied by latest or to the current head
// if no latestValid block was provided.
func (api *ConsensusAPI) invalid(err error, latestValid *types.Header) beacon.PayloadStatusV1 {
	currentHash := api.eth.BlockChain().CurrentBlock().Hash()
	if latestValid != nil {
		// Set latest valid hash to 0x0 if parent is PoW block
		currentHash = common.Hash{}
		if latestValid.Difficulty.BitLen() == 0 {
			// Otherwise set latest valid hash to parent hash
			currentHash = latestValid.Hash()
		}
	}
	errorMsg := err.Error()
	return beacon.PayloadStatusV1{Status: beacon.INVALID, LatestValidHash: &currentHash, ValidationError: &errorMsg}
}