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zebrad/components/
inbound.rs

1//! The inbound service handles requests from Zebra's peers.
2//!
3//! It downloads and verifies gossiped blocks and mempool transactions,
4//! when Zebra is close to the chain tip.
5//!
6//! It also responds to peer requests for blocks, transactions, and peer addresses.
7
8use std::{
9    collections::HashSet,
10    future::Future,
11    pin::Pin,
12    sync::Arc,
13    task::{Context, Poll},
14    time::Duration,
15};
16
17use futures::{
18    future::{FutureExt, TryFutureExt},
19    stream::Stream,
20};
21use tokio::sync::oneshot::{self, error::TryRecvError};
22use tower::{buffer::Buffer, timeout::Timeout, util::BoxService, Service, ServiceExt};
23
24use zebra_network::{self as zn, PeerSocketAddr};
25use zebra_state::{self as zs};
26
27use zebra_chain::{
28    block::{self, Block},
29    serialization::ZcashSerialize,
30    transaction::UnminedTxId,
31};
32use zebra_consensus::{router::RouterError, VerifyBlockError};
33use zebra_network::{AddressBook, InventoryResponse};
34use zebra_node_services::mempool;
35
36use crate::BoxError;
37
38// Re-use the syncer timeouts for consistency.
39use super::sync::{BLOCK_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT, BLOCK_VERIFY_TIMEOUT};
40
41use InventoryResponse::*;
42
43mod cached_peer_addr_response;
44pub(crate) mod downloads;
45
46use cached_peer_addr_response::CachedPeerAddrResponse;
47
48#[cfg(test)]
49mod tests;
50
51use downloads::Downloads as BlockDownloads;
52
53/// The maximum amount of time an inbound service response can take.
54///
55/// If the response takes longer than this time, it will be cancelled,
56/// and the peer might be disconnected.
57pub const MAX_INBOUND_RESPONSE_TIME: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
58
59/// The number of bytes the [`Inbound`] service will queue in response to a single block or
60/// transaction request, before ignoring any additional block or transaction IDs in that request.
61///
62/// This is the same as `zcashd`'s default send buffer limit:
63/// <https://github.com/zcash/zcash/blob/829dd94f9d253bb705f9e194f13cb8ca8e545e1e/src/net.h#L84>
64/// as used in `ProcessGetData()`:
65/// <https://github.com/zcash/zcash/blob/829dd94f9d253bb705f9e194f13cb8ca8e545e1e/src/main.cpp#L6410-L6412>
66pub const GETDATA_SENT_BYTES_LIMIT: usize = 1_000_000;
67
68/// The maximum number of blocks the [`Inbound`] service will queue in response to a block request,
69/// before ignoring any additional block IDs in that request.
70///
71/// This is the same as `zcashd`'s request limit:
72/// <https://github.com/zcash/zcash/blob/829dd94f9d253bb705f9e194f13cb8ca8e545e1e/src/main.h#L108>
73///
74/// (Zebra's request limit is one block in transit per peer, because it fans out block requests to
75/// many peers instead of just a few peers.)
76pub const GETDATA_MAX_BLOCK_COUNT: usize = 16;
77
78type BlockDownloadPeerSet =
79    Buffer<BoxService<zn::Request, zn::Response, zn::BoxError>, zn::Request>;
80type State = Buffer<BoxService<zs::Request, zs::Response, zs::BoxError>, zs::Request>;
81type Mempool = Buffer<BoxService<mempool::Request, mempool::Response, BoxError>, mempool::Request>;
82type SemanticBlockVerifier = Buffer<
83    BoxService<zebra_consensus::Request, block::Hash, RouterError>,
84    zebra_consensus::Request,
85>;
86type GossipedBlockDownloads =
87    BlockDownloads<Timeout<BlockDownloadPeerSet>, Timeout<SemanticBlockVerifier>, State>;
88
89/// The services used by the [`Inbound`] service.
90pub struct InboundSetupData {
91    /// A shared list of peer addresses.
92    pub address_book: Arc<std::sync::Mutex<AddressBook>>,
93
94    /// A service that can be used to download gossiped blocks.
95    pub block_download_peer_set: BlockDownloadPeerSet,
96
97    /// A service that verifies downloaded blocks.
98    ///
99    /// Given to `Inbound.block_downloads` after the required services are set up.
100    pub block_verifier: SemanticBlockVerifier,
101
102    /// A service that manages transactions in the memory pool.
103    pub mempool: Mempool,
104
105    /// A service that manages cached blockchain state.
106    pub state: State,
107
108    /// Allows efficient access to the best tip of the blockchain.
109    pub latest_chain_tip: zs::LatestChainTip,
110
111    /// A channel to send misbehavior reports to the [`AddressBook`].
112    pub misbehavior_sender: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<(PeerSocketAddr, u32)>,
113}
114
115/// Tracks the internal state of the [`Inbound`] service during setup.
116#[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
117pub enum Setup {
118    /// Waiting for service setup to complete.
119    ///
120    /// All requests are ignored.
121    Pending {
122        // Configuration
123        //
124        /// The configured full verification concurrency limit.
125        full_verify_concurrency_limit: usize,
126
127        // Services
128        //
129        /// A oneshot channel used to receive required services,
130        /// after they are set up.
131        setup: oneshot::Receiver<InboundSetupData>,
132    },
133
134    /// Setup is complete.
135    ///
136    /// All requests are answered.
137    Initialized {
138        // Services
139        //
140        /// An owned partial list of peer addresses used as a `GetAddr` response, and
141        /// a shared list of peer addresses used to periodically refresh the partial list.
142        ///
143        /// Refreshed from the address book in `poll_ready` method
144        /// after [`CACHED_ADDRS_REFRESH_INTERVAL`](cached_peer_addr_response::CACHED_ADDRS_REFRESH_INTERVAL).
145        cached_peer_addr_response: CachedPeerAddrResponse,
146
147        /// A `futures::Stream` that downloads and verifies gossiped blocks.
148        block_downloads: Pin<Box<GossipedBlockDownloads>>,
149
150        /// A service that manages transactions in the memory pool.
151        mempool: Mempool,
152
153        /// A service that manages cached blockchain state.
154        state: State,
155
156        /// A channel to send misbehavior reports to the [`AddressBook`].
157        misbehavior_sender: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<(PeerSocketAddr, u32)>,
158    },
159
160    /// Temporary state used in the inbound service's internal initialization code.
161    ///
162    /// If this state occurs outside the service initialization code, the service panics.
163    FailedInit,
164
165    /// Setup failed, because the setup channel permanently failed.
166    /// The service keeps returning readiness errors for every request.
167    FailedRecv {
168        /// The original channel error.
169        error: SharedRecvError,
170    },
171}
172
173/// A wrapper around `Arc<TryRecvError>` that implements `Error`.
174#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug, Clone)]
175#[error(transparent)]
176pub struct SharedRecvError(Arc<TryRecvError>);
177
178impl From<TryRecvError> for SharedRecvError {
179    fn from(source: TryRecvError) -> Self {
180        Self(Arc::new(source))
181    }
182}
183
184/// Uses the node state to respond to inbound peer requests.
185///
186/// This service, wrapped in appropriate middleware, is passed to
187/// `zebra_network::init` to respond to inbound peer requests.
188///
189/// The `Inbound` service is responsible for:
190///
191/// - supplying network data like peer addresses to other nodes;
192/// - supplying chain data like blocks to other nodes;
193/// - supplying mempool transactions to other nodes;
194/// - receiving gossiped transactions; and
195/// - receiving gossiped blocks.
196///
197/// Because the `Inbound` service is responsible for participating in the gossip
198/// protocols used for transaction and block diffusion, there is a potential
199/// overlap with the `ChainSync` and `Mempool` components.
200///
201/// The division of responsibility is that:
202///
203/// The `ChainSync` and `Mempool` components are *internally driven*,
204/// periodically polling the network to check for new blocks or transactions.
205///
206/// The `Inbound` service is *externally driven*, responding to block gossip
207/// by attempting to download and validate advertised blocks.
208///
209/// Gossiped transactions are forwarded to the mempool downloader,
210/// which unifies polled and gossiped transactions into a single download list.
211pub struct Inbound {
212    /// Provides service dependencies, if they are available.
213    ///
214    /// Some services are unavailable until Zebra has completed setup.
215    setup: Setup,
216}
217
218impl Inbound {
219    /// Create a new inbound service.
220    ///
221    /// Dependent services are sent via the `setup` channel after initialization.
222    pub fn new(
223        full_verify_concurrency_limit: usize,
224        setup: oneshot::Receiver<InboundSetupData>,
225    ) -> Inbound {
226        Inbound {
227            setup: Setup::Pending {
228                full_verify_concurrency_limit,
229                setup,
230            },
231        }
232    }
233
234    /// Remove `self.setup`, temporarily replacing it with an invalid state.
235    fn take_setup(&mut self) -> Setup {
236        let mut setup = Setup::FailedInit;
237        std::mem::swap(&mut self.setup, &mut setup);
238        setup
239    }
240}
241
242impl Service<zn::Request> for Inbound {
243    type Response = zn::Response;
244    type Error = zn::BoxError;
245    type Future =
246        Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<Self::Response, Self::Error>> + Send + 'static>>;
247
248    fn poll_ready(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
249        // Check whether the setup is finished, but don't wait for it to
250        // become ready before reporting readiness. We expect to get it "soon",
251        // and reporting unreadiness might cause unwanted load-shedding, since
252        // the load-shed middleware is unable to distinguish being unready due
253        // to load from being unready while waiting on setup.
254
255        // Every setup variant handler must provide a result
256        let result;
257
258        self.setup = match self.take_setup() {
259            Setup::Pending {
260                full_verify_concurrency_limit,
261                mut setup,
262            } => match setup.try_recv() {
263                Ok(setup_data) => {
264                    let InboundSetupData {
265                        address_book,
266                        block_download_peer_set,
267                        block_verifier,
268                        mempool,
269                        state,
270                        latest_chain_tip,
271                        misbehavior_sender,
272                    } = setup_data;
273
274                    let cached_peer_addr_response = CachedPeerAddrResponse::new(address_book);
275
276                    let block_downloads = Box::pin(BlockDownloads::new(
277                        full_verify_concurrency_limit,
278                        Timeout::new(block_download_peer_set, BLOCK_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT),
279                        Timeout::new(block_verifier, BLOCK_VERIFY_TIMEOUT),
280                        state.clone(),
281                        latest_chain_tip,
282                    ));
283
284                    result = Ok(());
285                    Setup::Initialized {
286                        cached_peer_addr_response,
287                        block_downloads,
288                        mempool,
289                        state,
290                        misbehavior_sender,
291                    }
292                }
293                Err(TryRecvError::Empty) => {
294                    // There's no setup data yet, so keep waiting for it.
295                    //
296                    // We could use Future::poll() to get a waker and return Poll::Pending here.
297                    // But we want to drop excess requests during startup instead. Otherwise,
298                    // the inbound service gets overloaded, and starts disconnecting peers.
299                    result = Ok(());
300                    Setup::Pending {
301                        full_verify_concurrency_limit,
302                        setup,
303                    }
304                }
305                Err(error @ TryRecvError::Closed) => {
306                    // Mark the service as failed, because setup failed
307                    error!(?error, "inbound setup failed");
308                    let error: SharedRecvError = error.into();
309                    result = Err(error.clone().into());
310                    Setup::FailedRecv { error }
311                }
312            },
313            // Make sure previous setups were left in a valid state
314            Setup::FailedInit => unreachable!("incomplete previous Inbound initialization"),
315            // If setup failed, report service failure
316            Setup::FailedRecv { error } => {
317                result = Err(error.clone().into());
318                Setup::FailedRecv { error }
319            }
320            // Clean up completed download tasks, ignoring their results
321            Setup::Initialized {
322                cached_peer_addr_response,
323                mut block_downloads,
324                mempool,
325                state,
326                misbehavior_sender,
327            } => {
328                // # Correctness
329                //
330                // Clear the stream but ignore the final Pending return value.
331                // If we returned Pending here, and there were no waiting block downloads,
332                // then inbound requests would wait for the next block download, and hang forever.
333                while let Poll::Ready(Some(result)) = block_downloads.as_mut().poll_next(cx) {
334                    let Err((err, Some(advertiser_addr))) = result else {
335                        continue;
336                    };
337
338                    let Ok(err) = err.downcast::<VerifyBlockError>() else {
339                        continue;
340                    };
341
342                    if err.misbehavior_score() != 0 {
343                        let _ =
344                            misbehavior_sender.try_send((advertiser_addr, err.misbehavior_score()));
345                    }
346                }
347
348                result = Ok(());
349
350                Setup::Initialized {
351                    cached_peer_addr_response,
352                    block_downloads,
353                    mempool,
354                    state,
355                    misbehavior_sender,
356                }
357            }
358        };
359
360        // Make sure we're leaving the setup in a valid state
361        if matches!(self.setup, Setup::FailedInit) {
362            unreachable!("incomplete Inbound initialization after poll_ready state handling");
363        }
364
365        // TODO:
366        //  * do we want to propagate backpressure from the download queue or its outbound network?
367        //    currently, the download queue waits for the outbound network in the download future,
368        //    and drops new requests after it reaches a hard-coded limit. This is the
369        //    "load shed directly" pattern from #1618.
370        //  * currently, the state service is always ready, unless its buffer is full.
371        //    So we might also want to propagate backpressure from its buffer.
372        //  * poll_ready needs to be implemented carefully, to avoid hangs or deadlocks.
373        //    See #1593 for details.
374        Poll::Ready(result)
375    }
376
377    /// Call the inbound service.
378    ///
379    /// Errors indicate that the peer has done something wrong or unexpected,
380    /// and will cause callers to disconnect from the remote peer.
381    #[instrument(name = "inbound", skip(self, req))]
382    fn call(&mut self, req: zn::Request) -> Self::Future {
383        let (cached_peer_addr_response, block_downloads, mempool, state) = match &mut self.setup {
384            Setup::Initialized {
385                cached_peer_addr_response,
386                block_downloads,
387                mempool,
388                state,
389                misbehavior_sender: _,
390            } => (cached_peer_addr_response, block_downloads, mempool, state),
391            _ => {
392                debug!("ignoring request from remote peer during setup");
393                return async { Ok(zn::Response::Nil) }.boxed();
394            }
395        };
396
397        match req {
398            zn::Request::Peers => {
399                // # Security
400                //
401                // We truncate the list to not reveal our entire peer set in one call.
402                // But we don't monitor repeated requests and the results are shuffled,
403                // a crawler could just send repeated queries and get the full list.
404                //
405                // # Correctness
406                //
407                // If the address book is busy, try again inside the future. If it can't be locked
408                // twice, ignore the request.
409                cached_peer_addr_response.try_refresh();
410                let response = cached_peer_addr_response.value();
411
412                async move {
413                    Ok(response)
414                }.boxed()
415            }
416            zn::Request::BlocksByHash(hashes) => {
417                // We return an available or missing response to each inventory request,
418                // unless the request is empty, or it reaches a response limit.
419                if hashes.is_empty() {
420                    return async { Ok(zn::Response::Nil) }.boxed();
421                }
422
423                let state = state.clone();
424
425                async move {
426                    let mut blocks: Vec<InventoryResponse<(Arc<Block>, Option<PeerSocketAddr>), block::Hash>> = Vec::new();
427                    let mut total_size = 0;
428
429                    // Ignore any block hashes past the response limit.
430                    // This saves us expensive database lookups.
431                    for &hash in hashes.iter().take(GETDATA_MAX_BLOCK_COUNT) {
432                        // We check the limit after including at least one block, so that we can
433                        // send blocks greater than 1 MB (but only one at a time)
434                        if total_size >= GETDATA_SENT_BYTES_LIMIT {
435                            break;
436                        }
437
438                        let response = state.clone().ready().await?.call(zs::Request::Block(hash.into())).await?;
439
440                        // Add the block responses to the list, while updating the size limit.
441                        //
442                        // If there was a database error, return the error,
443                        // and stop processing further chunks.
444                        match response {
445                            zs::Response::Block(Some(block)) => {
446                                // If checking the serialized size of the block performs badly,
447                                // return the size from the state using a wrapper type.
448                                total_size += block.zcash_serialized_size();
449
450                                blocks.push(Available((block, None)))
451                            },
452                            // We don't need to limit the size of the missing block IDs list,
453                            // because it is already limited to the size of the getdata request
454                            // sent by the peer. (Their content and encodings are the same.)
455                            zs::Response::Block(None) => blocks.push(Missing(hash)),
456                            _ => unreachable!("wrong response from state"),
457                        }
458
459                    }
460
461                    // The network layer handles splitting this response into multiple `block`
462                    // messages, and a `notfound` message if needed.
463                    Ok(zn::Response::Blocks(blocks))
464                }.boxed()
465            }
466            zn::Request::TransactionsById(req_tx_ids) => {
467                // We return an available or missing response to each inventory request,
468                // unless the request is empty, or it reaches a response limit.
469                if req_tx_ids.is_empty() {
470                    return async { Ok(zn::Response::Nil) }.boxed();
471                }
472
473                let request = mempool::Request::TransactionsById(req_tx_ids.clone());
474                mempool.clone().oneshot(request).map_ok(move |resp| {
475                    let mut total_size = 0;
476
477                    let transactions = match resp {
478                        mempool::Response::Transactions(transactions) => transactions,
479                        _ => unreachable!("Mempool component should always respond to a `TransactionsById` request with a `Transactions` response"),
480                    };
481
482                    // Work out which transaction IDs were missing.
483                    let available_tx_ids: HashSet<UnminedTxId> = transactions.iter().map(|tx| tx.id).collect();
484                    // We don't need to limit the size of the missing transaction IDs list,
485                    // because it is already limited to the size of the getdata request
486                    // sent by the peer. (Their content and encodings are the same.)
487                    let missing = req_tx_ids.into_iter().filter(|tx_id| !available_tx_ids.contains(tx_id)).map(Missing);
488
489                    // If we skip sending some transactions because the limit has been reached,
490                    // they aren't reported as missing. This matches `zcashd`'s behaviour:
491                    // <https://github.com/zcash/zcash/blob/829dd94f9d253bb705f9e194f13cb8ca8e545e1e/src/main.cpp#L6410-L6412>
492                    let available = transactions.into_iter().take_while(|tx| {
493                        // We check the limit after including the transaction,
494                        // so that we can send transactions greater than 1 MB
495                        // (but only one at a time)
496                        let within_limit = total_size < GETDATA_SENT_BYTES_LIMIT;
497
498                        total_size += tx.size;
499
500                        within_limit
501                    }).map(|tx| Available((tx, None)));
502
503                    // The network layer handles splitting this response into multiple `tx`
504                    // messages, and a `notfound` message if needed.
505                    zn::Response::Transactions(available.chain(missing).collect())
506                }).boxed()
507            }
508            // Find* responses are already size-limited by the state.
509            zn::Request::FindBlocks { known_blocks, stop } => {
510                let request = zs::Request::FindBlockHashes { known_blocks, stop };
511                state.clone().oneshot(request).map_ok(|resp| match resp {
512                    zs::Response::BlockHashes(hashes) if hashes.is_empty() => zn::Response::Nil,
513                    zs::Response::BlockHashes(hashes) => zn::Response::BlockHashes(hashes),
514                    _ => unreachable!("zebra-state should always respond to a `FindBlockHashes` request with a `BlockHashes` response"),
515                })
516                    .boxed()
517            }
518            zn::Request::FindHeaders { known_blocks, stop } => {
519                let request = zs::Request::FindBlockHeaders { known_blocks, stop };
520                state.clone().oneshot(request).map_ok(|resp| match resp {
521                    // Always reply with a `headers` message, even when empty: the
522                    // `getheaders` protocol requires a `headers` response, and
523                    // returning `Nil` (which sends nothing) leaves a peer's
524                    // `getheaders` request pending forever. A zcashd sidecar
525                    // following Zebra defers every later inv-triggered
526                    // `getheaders` behind that stuck request and never syncs.
527                    zs::Response::BlockHeaders(headers) => zn::Response::BlockHeaders(headers),
528                    _ => unreachable!("zebra-state should always respond to a `FindBlockHeaders` request with a `BlockHeaders` response"),
529                })
530                    .boxed()
531            }
532            zn::Request::PushTransaction(transaction, sender) => {
533                // Tag a directly pushed transaction with the sending peer so the
534                // mempool downloader can enforce a per-peer queue cap, mirroring
535                // the advertisement path below. See `GHSA-m9xx-8rcj-vmgp`.
536                let request = match sender {
537                    Some(peer_addr) => mempool::Request::QueueFromPeer {
538                        candidates: vec![transaction.into()],
539                        source: *peer_addr,
540                    },
541                    None => mempool::Request::Queue(vec![transaction.into()]),
542                };
543                mempool
544                    .clone()
545                    .oneshot(request)
546                    // The response just indicates if processing was queued or not; ignore it
547                    .map_ok(|_resp| zn::Response::Nil)
548                    .boxed()
549            }
550            zn::Request::AdvertiseTransactionIds(transactions, advertiser) => {
551                // Tag the advertised txids with the announcing peer so the
552                // mempool downloader can enforce a per-peer queue cap.
553                // See `GHSA-4fc2-h7jh-287c`.
554                let request = match advertiser {
555                    Some(peer_addr) => mempool::Request::QueueFromPeer {
556                        candidates: transactions.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect(),
557                        source: *peer_addr,
558                    },
559                    None => mempool::Request::Queue(
560                        transactions.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect(),
561                    ),
562                };
563                mempool
564                    .clone()
565                    .oneshot(request)
566                    // The response just indicates if processing was queued or not; ignore it
567                    .map_ok(|_resp| zn::Response::Nil)
568                    .boxed()
569            }
570            zn::Request::AdvertiseBlock(hash, advertiser) => {
571                block_downloads.download_and_verify(hash, advertiser);
572                async { Ok(zn::Response::Nil) }.boxed()
573            }
574            // The size of this response is limited by the `Connection` state machine in the network layer
575            zn::Request::MempoolTransactionIds => {
576                mempool.clone().oneshot(mempool::Request::TransactionIds).map_ok(|resp| match resp {
577                    mempool::Response::TransactionIds(transaction_ids) if transaction_ids.is_empty() => zn::Response::Nil,
578                    mempool::Response::TransactionIds(transaction_ids) => zn::Response::TransactionIds(transaction_ids.into_iter().collect()),
579                    _ => unreachable!("Mempool component should always respond to a `TransactionIds` request with a `TransactionIds` response"),
580                })
581                    .boxed()
582            }
583            zn::Request::Ping(_) => {
584                unreachable!("ping requests are handled internally");
585            }
586
587            zn::Request::AdvertiseBlockToAll(_) => unreachable!("should always be decoded as `AdvertiseBlock` request")
588        }
589    }
590}