When we receive messages, we're provided with a message ID we can use to
prevent handling an item multiple times. That doesn't prevent us from *sending*
an item multiple times though. Thanks to the UID system, we can now not send if
already present.
Alternatively, we can remove the ordered message ID for just the UID, allowing
duplicates to be sent without issue, and handled on the receiving end.
Reduces lock contention.
Additionally changes block_key to include the genesis. While not technically
needed, the lack of genesis introduced a side effect where any Tributary on the
the database could return the block of any other Tributary. While that wasn't a
security issue, returning it suggested it was on-chain when it wasn't. This may
have been usable to create issues.
We had a race condition where'd we be informed of blocks 1 .. 3, and
immediately add 1 .. 3. Because we immediately tried to add 2 after 1, it'd
fail since the tip was still the genesis, yet 2 needs the tip to be 1.
Adding a channel, while ugly, was the simplest way to accomplish this.
Also has any added block be broadcasted. Else there's a race condition where a
node which syncs up to the most recent block does so, yet fails to add the next
block when it's committed to.
This defines the tart of a very complex series of locks I'm really unhappy
with. At the same time, there's not immediately a better solution. This also
should work without issue.
add_active_tributary writes the spec to disk before it returns, so even if the
VecDeque it pushes to isn't popped, the tributary will still be loaded on boot.
Removes last_block as an argument from Tendermint. It now loads from the DB as
needed. While slightly less performant, it's easiest and should be fine.
Impls a LocalP2p for testing.
Moves rebroadcasting into Tendermint, since it's what knows if a message is
fully valid + original.
Removes TributarySpec::validators() HashMap, as its non-determinism caused
different instances to have different round robin schedules. It was already
prior moved to a Vec for this issue, so I'm unsure why this remnant existed.
Also renames the GH no-std workflow from the prior commit.
When a Substrate block occurs, the coordinator is expected to emit
SubstrateBlock. This causes the processor to begin a variety of plans. The
processor now emits SubstrateBlockAck, explicitly listing all plan IDs, before
starting signing.
This lets the coordinator provide a SubstrateBlock transaction, and with it,
recognize all plan IDs as valid.
Prior, we would've had to have a spotty algorithm based upon the upcoming
Preprocess messages, or if we immediately provided the SubstrateBlock
transaction, then wait for the processor to inform us of the contained plans.
This creates an explicitly proper async flow not reliant on waiting for data
availability.
Alternatively, we could've replaced Preprocess with (Block, Vec<Preprocess>).
This would've been more efficient, yet also clunky due to the multiple usages
of the Preprocess message.
Necessary as our Tributary chains needed to agree when a Serai block has
occurred, and when a Monero block has occurred. Since those could happen at the
same time, some validators may put SeraiBlock before ExternalBlock and vice
versa, causing a chain halt. Now they can have distinct ordering queues.
The existing code was almost entirely applicable. It just needed to be scoped
with an ID. While the handle function is now a bit convoluted, I don't see a
better option.
There is the ability to cause state bloat by flooding Tributary.
KeyGen/Sign specifically shouldn't allow bloat since we check the
commitments/preprocesses/shares for validity. Accordingly, any invalid data
(such as bloat) should be detected.
It was posssible to place bloat after the valid data. Doing so would be
considered a valid KeyGen/Sign message, yet could add up to 50k kB per sign.
Achieves feasible performance in the ed448 which makes it potentially viable
for real world usage.
Accordingly prepares a new release, updating the README.
[0; 32] is a magic for no block has been set yet due to this being the first
key pair. If [0; 32] is the latest finalized block, the processor determines
an activation block based on timestamps.
This doesn't use an Option for ergonomic reasons.
It originally wasn't an enum so software which had yet to update before an
integration wouldn't error (as now enums are strictly typed). The strict typing
is preferable though.
SubstrateBlock's provision of the most recently acknowledged block has
equivalent information with the same latency. Accordingly, there's no need for
it.
