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Use peeking_take_while in BlockReplayer (#4803)
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## Issue Addressed

While reviewing #4801 I noticed that our use of `take_while` in the block replayer means that if a state root iterator _with gaps_ is provided, some additonal state roots will be dropped unnecessarily. In practice the impact is small, because once there's _one_ state root miss, the whole tree hash cache needs to be built anyway, and subsequent misses are less costly. However this was still a little inefficient, so I figured it's better to fix it.

## Proposed Changes

Use [`peeking_take_while`](https://docs.rs/itertools/latest/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.peeking_take_while) to avoid consuming the next element when checking whether it satisfies the slot predicate.

## Additional Info

There's a gist here that shows the basic dynamics in isolation: https://play.rust-lang.org/?version=stable&mode=debug&edition=2021&gist=40b623cc0febf9ed51705d476ab140c5. Changing the `peeking_take_while` to a `take_while` causes the assert to fail. Similarly I've added a new test `block_replayer_peeking_state_roots` which fails if the same change is applied inside `get_state_root`.
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michaelsproul committed Oct 5, 2023
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10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions consensus/state_processing/src/block_replayer.rs
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Expand Up @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ use crate::{
BlockProcessingError, BlockSignatureStrategy, ConsensusContext, SlotProcessingError,
VerifyBlockRoot,
};
use itertools::Itertools;
use std::iter::Peekable;
use std::marker::PhantomData;
use types::{BeaconState, BlindedPayload, ChainSpec, EthSpec, Hash256, SignedBeaconBlock, Slot};

Expand All @@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ pub struct BlockReplayer<
'a,
Spec: EthSpec,
Error = BlockReplayError,
StateRootIter = StateRootIterDefault<Error>,
StateRootIter: Iterator<Item = Result<(Hash256, Slot), Error>> = StateRootIterDefault<Error>,
> {
state: BeaconState<Spec>,
spec: &'a ChainSpec,
Expand All @@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ pub struct BlockReplayer<
post_block_hook: Option<PostBlockHook<'a, Spec, Error>>,
pre_slot_hook: Option<PreSlotHook<'a, Spec, Error>>,
post_slot_hook: Option<PostSlotHook<'a, Spec, Error>>,
state_root_iter: Option<StateRootIter>,
pub(crate) state_root_iter: Option<Peekable<StateRootIter>>,
state_root_miss: bool,
_phantom: PhantomData<Error>,
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ where
/// `self.state.slot` to the `target_slot` supplied to `apply_blocks` (inclusive of both
/// endpoints).
pub fn state_root_iter(mut self, iter: StateRootIter) -> Self {
self.state_root_iter = Some(iter);
self.state_root_iter = Some(iter.peekable());
self
}

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// If a state root iterator is configured, use it to find the root.
if let Some(ref mut state_root_iter) = self.state_root_iter {
let opt_root = state_root_iter
.take_while(|res| res.as_ref().map_or(true, |(_, s)| *s <= slot))
.peeking_take_while(|res| res.as_ref().map_or(true, |(_, s)| *s <= slot))
.find(|res| res.as_ref().map_or(true, |(_, s)| *s == slot))
.transpose()?;

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50 changes: 49 additions & 1 deletion consensus/state_processing/src/per_block_processing/tests.rs
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Expand Up @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::per_block_processing::errors::{
DepositInvalid, HeaderInvalid, IndexedAttestationInvalid, IntoWithIndex,
ProposerSlashingInvalid,
};
use crate::{per_block_processing, StateProcessingStrategy};
use crate::{per_block_processing, BlockReplayError, BlockReplayer, StateProcessingStrategy};
use crate::{
per_block_processing::{process_operations, verify_exit::verify_exit},
BlockSignatureStrategy, ConsensusContext, VerifyBlockRoot, VerifySignatures,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1035,3 +1035,51 @@ async fn fork_spanning_exit() {
)
.expect_err("phase0 exit does not verify against bellatrix state");
}

/// Check that the block replayer does not consume state roots unnecessarily.
#[tokio::test]
async fn block_replayer_peeking_state_roots() {
let harness = get_harness::<MainnetEthSpec>(EPOCH_OFFSET, VALIDATOR_COUNT).await;

let target_state = harness.get_current_state();
let target_block_root = harness.head_block_root();
let target_block = harness
.chain
.get_blinded_block(&target_block_root)
.unwrap()
.unwrap();

let parent_block_root = target_block.parent_root();
let parent_block = harness
.chain
.get_blinded_block(&parent_block_root)
.unwrap()
.unwrap();
let parent_state = harness
.chain
.get_state(&parent_block.state_root(), Some(parent_block.slot()))
.unwrap()
.unwrap();

// Omit the state root for `target_state` but provide a dummy state root at the *next* slot.
// If the block replayer is peeking at the state roots rather than consuming them, then the
// dummy state should still be there after block replay completes.
let dummy_state_root = Hash256::repeat_byte(0xff);
let dummy_slot = target_state.slot() + 1;
let state_root_iter = vec![Ok::<_, BlockReplayError>((dummy_state_root, dummy_slot))];
let block_replayer = BlockReplayer::new(parent_state, &harness.chain.spec)
.state_root_iter(state_root_iter.into_iter())
.no_signature_verification()
.apply_blocks(vec![target_block], None)
.unwrap();

assert_eq!(
block_replayer
.state_root_iter
.unwrap()
.next()
.unwrap()
.unwrap(),
(dummy_state_root, dummy_slot)
);
}

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