implement bitfield signing subsystem

Cargo.toml

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ members = [
 	"service",
 	"validation",
 
+	"node/bitfield-signing",
 	"node/core/proposer",
 	"node/network/bridge",
 	"node/network/pov-distribution",

node/bitfield-signing/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[package]
+name = "polkadot-node-bitfield-signing"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Peter Goodspeed-Niklaus <peter.r.goodspeedniklaus@gmail.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+bitvec = "0.17.4"
+derive_more = "0.99.9"
+futures = "0.3.5"
+log = "0.4.8"
+polkadot-primitives = { path = "../../primitives" }
+polkadot-node-subsystem = { path = "../subsystem" }
+keystore = { package = "sc-keystore", git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "master" }
+wasm-timer = "0.2.4"

node/bitfield-signing/src/lib.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+// Copyright 2020 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
+// This file is part of Polkadot.
+
+// Polkadot is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+
+// Polkadot is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Polkadot.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+//! The bitfield signing subsystem produces `SignedAvailabilityBitfield`s once per block.
+
+use bitvec::bitvec;
+use futures::{
+	channel::{mpsc, oneshot},
+	prelude::*,
+	stream, Future,
+};
+use keystore::KeyStorePtr;
+use polkadot_node_subsystem::{
+	messages::{
+		self, AllMessages, AvailabilityStoreMessage, BitfieldDistributionMessage,
+		BitfieldSigningMessage, CandidateBackingMessage, RuntimeApiMessage,
+	},
+	util::{self, JobManager, JobTrait, ToJobTrait, Validator},
+};
+use polkadot_primitives::v1::{AvailabilityBitfield, CoreOccupied, Hash};
+use std::{convert::TryFrom, pin::Pin, time::Duration};
+use wasm_timer::{Delay, Instant};
+
+/// Delay between starting a bitfield signing job and its attempting to create a bitfield.
+const JOB_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_millis(1500);
+
+/// Each `BitfieldSigningJob` prepares a signed bitfield for a single relay parent.
+pub struct BitfieldSigningJob;
+
+/// Messages which a `BitfieldSigningJob` is prepared to receive.
+pub enum ToJob {
+	BitfieldSigning(BitfieldSigningMessage),
+	Stop,
+}
+
+impl ToJobTrait for ToJob {
+	const STOP: Self = ToJob::Stop;
+
+	fn relay_parent(&self) -> Option<Hash> {
+		match self {
+			Self::BitfieldSigning(bsm) => bsm.relay_parent(),
+			Self::Stop => None,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<AllMessages> for ToJob {
+	type Error = ();
+
+	fn try_from(msg: AllMessages) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+		match msg {
+			AllMessages::BitfieldSigning(bsm) => Ok(ToJob::BitfieldSigning(bsm)),
+			_ => Err(()),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl From<BitfieldSigningMessage> for ToJob {
+	fn from(bsm: BitfieldSigningMessage) -> ToJob {
+		ToJob::BitfieldSigning(bsm)
+	}
+}
+
+/// Messages which may be sent from a `BitfieldSigningJob`.
+pub enum FromJob {
+	AvailabilityStore(AvailabilityStoreMessage),
+	BitfieldDistribution(BitfieldDistributionMessage),
+	CandidateBacking(CandidateBackingMessage),
+	RuntimeApi(RuntimeApiMessage),
+}
+
+impl From<FromJob> for AllMessages {
+	fn from(from_job: FromJob) -> AllMessages {
+		match from_job {
+			FromJob::AvailabilityStore(asm) => AllMessages::AvailabilityStore(asm),
+			FromJob::BitfieldDistribution(bdm) => AllMessages::BitfieldDistribution(bdm),
+			FromJob::CandidateBacking(cbm) => AllMessages::CandidateBacking(cbm),
+			FromJob::RuntimeApi(ram) => AllMessages::RuntimeApi(ram),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<AllMessages> for FromJob {
+	type Error = ();
+
+	fn try_from(msg: AllMessages) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+		match msg {
+			AllMessages::AvailabilityStore(asm) => Ok(Self::AvailabilityStore(asm)),
+			AllMessages::BitfieldDistribution(bdm) => Ok(Self::BitfieldDistribution(bdm)),
+			AllMessages::CandidateBacking(cbm) => Ok(Self::CandidateBacking(cbm)),
+			AllMessages::RuntimeApi(ram) => Ok(Self::RuntimeApi(ram)),
+			_ => Err(()),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/// Errors we may encounter in the course of executing the `BitfieldSigningSubsystem`.
+#[derive(Debug, derive_more::From)]
+pub enum Error {
+	/// error propagated from the utility subsystem
+	#[from]
+	Util(util::Error),
+	/// io error
+	#[from]
+	Io(std::io::Error),
+	/// a one shot channel was canceled
+	#[from]
+	Oneshot(oneshot::Canceled),
+	/// a mspc channel failed to send
+	#[from]
+	MpscSend(mpsc::SendError),
+	/// several errors collected into one
+	#[from]
+	Multiple(Vec<Error>),
+}
+
+// this function exists mainly to collect a bunch of potential error points into one.
+async fn get_core_availability(
+	relay_parent: Hash,
+	idx: usize,
+	core: Option<CoreOccupied>,
+	sender: &mpsc::Sender<FromJob>,
+) -> Result<bool, Error> {
+	use messages::{
+		AvailabilityStoreMessage::QueryPoVAvailable,
+		RuntimeApiRequest::CandidatePendingAvailability,
+	};
+	use FromJob::{AvailabilityStore, RuntimeApi};
+	use RuntimeApiMessage::Request;
+
+	// we have to (cheaply) clone this sender so we can mutate it to actually send anything
+	let mut sender = sender.clone();
+
+	// REVIEW: is it safe to ignore parathreads here, or do they also figure in the availability mapping?
+	if let Some(CoreOccupied::Parachain) = core {
+		let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+		sender
+			.send(RuntimeApi(Request(
+				relay_parent,
+				CandidatePendingAvailability(idx.into(), tx),
+			)))
+			.await?;
+		let committed_candidate_receipt = match rx.await? {
+			Some(ccr) => ccr,
+			None => return Ok(false),
+		};
+		let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+		sender
+			.send(AvailabilityStore(QueryPoVAvailable(
+				committed_candidate_receipt.descriptor.pov_hash,
+				tx,
+			)))
+			.await?;
+		return rx.await.map_err(Into::into);
+	}
+	Ok(false)
+}
+
+// the way this function works is not intuitive:
+//
+// - get the scheduler roster so we have a list of cores, in order.
+// - for each occupied core, fetch `candidate_pending_availability` from runtime
+// - from there, we can get the `CandidateDescriptor`
+// - from there, we can send a `AvailabilityStore::QueryPoV` and set the indexed bit to 1 if it returns Some(_)
+async fn construct_availability_bitfield(
+	relay_parent: Hash,
+	sender: &mut mpsc::Sender<FromJob>,
+) -> Result<AvailabilityBitfield, Error> {
+	use futures::lock::Mutex;
+
+	use messages::RuntimeApiRequest::ValidatorGroups;
+	use FromJob::RuntimeApi;
+	use RuntimeApiMessage::Request;
+
+	// request the validator groups so we can get the scheduler roster
+	let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+	sender
+		.send(RuntimeApi(Request(relay_parent, ValidatorGroups(tx))))
+		.await?;
+
+	// we now need sender to be immutable so we can copy the reference to multiple concurrent closures
+	let sender = &*sender;
+
+	// wait for the scheduler roster
+	let scheduler_roster = rx.await?;
+
+	// prepare outputs
+	let out =
+		Mutex::new(bitvec!(bitvec::order::Lsb0, u8; 0; scheduler_roster.availability_cores.len()));
+	// in principle, we know that we never want concurrent access to the _same_ bit within the vec;
+	// we could `let out_ref = out.as_mut_ptr();` here instead, and manually assign bits, avoiding
+	// any need to ever wait to lock this mutex.
+	// in practice, it's safer to just use the mutex, and speed optimizations should wait until
+	// benchmarking proves that they are necessary.
+	let out_ref = &out;
+	let errs = Mutex::new(Vec::new());
+	let errs_ref = &errs;
+
+	// Handle each (idx, core) pair concurrently
+	//
+	// In principle, this work is all concurrent, not parallel. In practice, we can't guarantee it, which is why
+	// we need the mutexes and explicit references above.
+	stream::iter(scheduler_roster.availability_cores.into_iter().enumerate())
+		.for_each_concurrent(None, |(idx, core)| async move {
+			let availability = match get_core_availability(relay_parent, idx, core, sender).await {
+				Ok(availability) => availability,
+				Err(err) => {
+					errs_ref.lock().await.push(err);
+					return;
+				}
+			};
+			out_ref.lock().await.set(idx, availability);
+		})
+		.await;
+
+	let errs = errs.into_inner();
+	if errs.is_empty() {
+		Ok(out.into_inner().into())
+	} else {
+		Err(errs.into())
+	}
+}
+
+impl JobTrait for BitfieldSigningJob {
+	type ToJob = ToJob;
+	type FromJob = FromJob;
+	type Error = Error;
+	type RunArgs = KeyStorePtr;
+
+	const NAME: &'static str = "BitfieldSigningJob";
+
+	/// Run a job for the parent block indicated
+	fn run(
+		relay_parent: Hash,
+		keystore: Self::RunArgs,
+		_receiver: mpsc::Receiver<ToJob>,
+		mut sender: mpsc::Sender<FromJob>,
+	) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<(), Self::Error>> + Send>> {
+		async move {
+			// figure out when to wait to
+			let wait_until = Instant::now() + JOB_DELAY;
+
+			// now do all the work we can before we need to wait for the availability store
+			// if we're not a validator, we can just succeed effortlessly
+			let validator = match Validator::new(relay_parent, keystore, sender.clone()).await {
+				Ok(validator) => validator,
+				Err(util::Error::NotAValidator) => return Ok(()),
+				Err(err) => return Err(Error::Util(err)),
+			};
+
+			// wait a bit before doing anything else
+			Delay::new_at(wait_until).await?;
+
+			let bitfield = construct_availability_bitfield(relay_parent, &mut sender).await?;
+			let signed_bitfield = validator.sign(bitfield);
+
+			// make an anonymous scope to contain some use statements to simplify creating the outbound message
+			{
+				use BitfieldDistributionMessage::DistributeBitfield;
+				use FromJob::BitfieldDistribution;
+
+				sender
+					.send(BitfieldDistribution(DistributeBitfield(
+						relay_parent,
+						signed_bitfield,
+					)))
+					.await
+					.map_err(Into::into)
+			}
+		}
+		.boxed()
+	}
+}
+
+/// BitfieldSigningSubsystem manages a number of bitfield signing jobs.
+pub type BitfieldSigningSubsystem<Spawner, Context> =
+	JobManager<Spawner, Context, BitfieldSigningJob>;

node/overseer/examples/minimal-example.rs

@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ fn main() {
 			candidate_selection: DummySubsystem,
 			statement_distribution: DummySubsystem,
 			availability_distribution: DummySubsystem,
+			bitfield_signing: DummySubsystem,
 			bitfield_distribution: DummySubsystem,
 			provisioner: DummySubsystem,
 			pov_distribution: DummySubsystem,