Expand eth1 block cache, add more logs (#1938)

## Issue Addressed

NA

## Proposed Changes

- Caches later blocks than is required by `ETH1_FOLLOW_DISTANCE`.
- Adds logging to `warn` if the eth1 cache is insufficiently primed.
- Use `max_by_key` instead of `max_by` in `BeaconChain::Eth1Chain` since it's simpler.
- Rename `voting_period_start_timestamp` to `voting_target_timestamp` for accuracy.

## Additional Info

The reason for eating into the `ETH1_FOLLOW_DISTANCE` and caching blocks that are closer to the head is due to possibility for `SECONDS_PER_ETH1_BLOCK` to be incorrect (as is the case for the Pyrmont testnet on Goerli).

If `SECONDS_PER_ETH1_BLOCK` is too short, we'll skip back too far from the head and skip over blocks that would be valid [`is_candidate_block`](https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v1.0.0/specs/phase0/validator.md#eth1-data) blocks. This was the case on the Pyrmont testnet and resulted in Lighthouse choosing blocks that were about 30 minutes older than is ideal.
This commit is contained in:
Paul Hauner
2020-11-21 00:26:15 +00:00
parent 3b405f10ea
commit 48f73b21e6
6 changed files with 114 additions and 19 deletions

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@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ fn get_sync_status<T: EthSpec>(
let period = T::SlotsPerEth1VotingPeriod::to_u64();
// Since `period` is a "constant", we assume it is set sensibly.
let voting_period_start_slot = (current_slot / period) * period;
let voting_period_start_timestamp = {
let voting_target_timestamp = {
let period_start = slot_start_seconds::<T>(
genesis_time,
spec.milliseconds_per_slot,
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ fn get_sync_status<T: EthSpec>(
// Lighthouse is "cached and ready" when it has cached enough blocks to cover the start of the
// current voting period.
let lighthouse_is_cached_and_ready =
latest_cached_block_timestamp.map_or(false, |t| t >= voting_period_start_timestamp);
latest_cached_block_timestamp.map_or(false, |t| t >= voting_target_timestamp);
Some(Eth1SyncStatusData {
head_block_number,
head_block_timestamp,
latest_cached_block_number,
latest_cached_block_timestamp,
voting_period_start_timestamp,
voting_target_timestamp,
eth1_node_sync_status_percentage,
lighthouse_is_cached_and_ready,
})
@@ -450,13 +450,14 @@ impl<T: EthSpec> Eth1ChainBackend<T> for CachingEth1Backend<T> {
// If no votes exist, choose `state.eth1_data` as default vote.
votes_to_consider
.iter()
.max_by(|(_, x), (_, y)| x.cmp(y))
.max_by_key(|(_, block_number)| *block_number)
.map(|vote| {
let vote = vote.0.clone();
debug!(
self.log,
"No valid eth1_data votes";
"outcome" => "Casting vote corresponding to last candidate eth1 block",
"vote" => ?vote
);
vote
})