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Michael Sproul
3b61ac9cbf Optimise slasher DB layout and switch to MDBX (#2776)
## Issue Addressed

Closes #2286
Closes #2538
Closes #2342

## Proposed Changes

Part II of major slasher optimisations after #2767

These changes will be backwards-incompatible due to the move to MDBX (and the schema change) 😱 

* [x] Shrink attester keys from 16 bytes to 7 bytes.
* [x] Shrink attester records from 64 bytes to 6 bytes.
* [x] Separate `DiskConfig` from regular `Config`.
* [x] Add configuration for the LRU cache size.
* [x] Add a "migration" that deletes any legacy LMDB database.
2021-12-21 08:23:17 +00:00
Michael Sproul
7d644103c6 Tweak slasher DB schema and pruning (#1948)
## Issue Addressed

Resolves #1890

## Proposed Changes

Change the slasher database schema to key indexed attestations by `(target_epoch, indexed_attestation_root)` instead of just `indexed_attestation_root`. This allows more straight-forward pruning (linear scan), that is also "re-entrant". By re-entrant, we mean that a pruning pass that gets stuck because of a `MapFull` error can attempt to commit midway, and be resumed later without issue. The previous pruning strategy for indexed attestations did not have this property. There was also a flaw in the previous pruning that could leave "zombie" indexed attestations in the database (ones not referenced by any attester record), which could build up and contribute to bloat (although in practice I think they occur quite infrequently).

## Additional Info

During testing I noticed that a `MapFull` error can still occur during the commit of the transaction itself, which is irritating, but not unbearable. This PR should at least reduce the frequency with which users need to manually resize their DB, and if the `MapFull` on commit rears its ugly head too often we could use a dynamic strategy (temporarily increase the size of the map until the transaction commits).

The extra bytes for the epoch make the database a bit heavier, so the size estimate docs have been updated to reflect this. This is also a breaking schema change, so anyone using a v0 database from a few hours ago will need to drop it and update 😅
2020-11-23 21:33:51 +00:00
Michael Sproul
5828ff1204 Implement slasher (#1567)
This is an implementation of a slasher that lives inside the BN and can be enabled via `lighthouse bn --slasher`.

Features included in this PR:

- [x] Detection of attester slashing conditions (double votes, surrounds existing, surrounded by existing)
- [x] Integration into Lighthouse's attestation verification flow
- [x] Detection of proposer slashing conditions
- [x] Extraction of attestations from blocks as they are verified
- [x] Compression of chunks
- [x] Configurable history length
- [x] Pruning of old attestations and blocks
- [x] More tests

Future work:

* Focus on a slice of history separate from the most recent N epochs (e.g. epochs `current - K` to `current - M`)
* Run out-of-process
* Ingest attestations from the chain without a resync

Design notes are here https://hackmd.io/@sproul/HJSEklmPL
2020-11-23 03:43:22 +00:00