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112 changes: 96 additions & 16 deletions dash-spv/src/sml_engine.rs
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Expand Up @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;

use crate::error::{StorageError, StorageResult};
use crate::storage::BlockHeaderStorage;
use crate::validation::MasternodeListValidator;
use dashcore::bls_sig_utils::BLSSignature;
use dashcore::hashes::Hash;
use dashcore::network::constants::NetworkExt;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ pub struct MasternodeListEngine<H: BlockHeaderStorage> {
pub masternode_lists: BTreeMap<CoreBlockHeight, MasternodeList>,
rotated_quorums_per_cycle: BTreeMap<BlockHash, BTreeMap<u16, QualifiedQuorumEntry>>,
network: Network,
validator: Option<MasternodeListValidator<H>>,
}

/// The most quorums of `llmq_type` a run of `blocks` blocks can add: one per
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -236,11 +238,26 @@ impl<H: BlockHeaderStorage> Drop for QRInfoRollback<'_, H> {
impl<H: BlockHeaderStorage> MasternodeListEngine<H> {
/// An empty engine for `network` that looks block heights up in `headers`.
pub fn new(network: Network, headers: Arc<RwLock<H>>) -> Self {
let validator = MasternodeListValidator::new(Arc::clone(&headers));
Self::with_validator(network, headers, Some(validator))
}

#[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-utils"))]
pub fn new_without_validation(network: Network, headers: Arc<RwLock<H>>) -> Self {
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Self::with_validator(network, headers, None)
}

fn with_validator(
network: Network,
headers: Arc<RwLock<H>>,
validator: Option<MasternodeListValidator<H>>,
) -> Self {
Self {
headers,
masternode_lists: BTreeMap::new(),
rotated_quorums_per_cycle: BTreeMap::new(),
network,
validator,
}
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1005,9 +1022,23 @@ impl<H: BlockHeaderStorage> MasternodeListEngine<H> {
let base_block_hash = masternode_list_diff.base_block_hash;
let base_height = self.required_height_of(&base_block_hash).await?;
let diff_end_height = self.required_height_of(&block_hash).await?;

let coinbase_tx = match &self.validator {
Some(validator) => {
validator.validate_coinbase_proof(&masternode_list_diff, diff_end_height).await?;

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Preserve header-storage errors during proof validation.

If get_header(diff_end_height) fails, MasternodeListValidator::validate_coinbase_proof converts the read error into SmlError::BlockHashLookupFailed (in dash-spv/src/validation/masternode_list.rs, Lines 26-56). This call then returns FeedError::Refused for a storage failure. Replay skips the message, and a live feed cannot distinguish the failure from a rejected diff. Propagate the read error as FeedError::HeaderStorage; reserve refusal for a missing or mismatched header. As per coding guidelines, “Use domain-specific error types,” including StorageError for data persistence problems.

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Update the error handling for `MasternodeListValidator::validate_coinbase_proof`
so header-storage read failures propagate as `FeedError::HeaderStorage`, while
missing or mismatched headers remain refusals; preserve the underlying
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Some(masternode_list_diff.coinbase_tx.clone())
}
None => None,
};

if base_height == 0 {
let masternode_list =
MasternodeList::from_diff(masternode_list_diff, diff_end_height, self.network)?;

if let (Some(validator), Some(coinbase_tx)) = (&self.validator, &coinbase_tx) {
validator.validate_coinbase_roots(&masternode_list, coinbase_tx)?;
}

self.masternode_lists.insert(diff_end_height, masternode_list);
return Ok(());
}
Expand All @@ -1017,6 +1048,11 @@ impl<H: BlockHeaderStorage> MasternodeListEngine<H> {
};
let masternode_list =
base_masternode_list.apply_diff(masternode_list_diff, diff_end_height, self.network)?;

if let (Some(validator), Some(coinbase_tx)) = (&self.validator, &coinbase_tx) {
validator.validate_coinbase_roots(&masternode_list, coinbase_tx)?;
}

// A quorum the diff brings may already have a status in another list.
let mut changes = Vec::new();
for (quorum_type, quorums) in masternode_list.quorums.iter() {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1146,28 +1182,43 @@ pub(crate) mod test_support {
network: Network,
heights: HashMap<BlockHash, CoreBlockHeight>,
) -> Self {
Self::new(network, Arc::new(RwLock::new(MockHeaderStorage(heights))))
Self::new_without_validation(
network,
Arc::new(RwLock::new(MockHeaderStorage::new(heights))),
)
}

pub(crate) fn headers(&self) -> Arc<RwLock<MockHeaderStorage>> {
self.headers.clone()
}

/// Stands in for the headers a fixture lacks.
pub(crate) fn feed_merkle_roots<'a>(
&mut self,
diffs: impl IntoIterator<Item = &'a MnListDiff>,
) {
let mut headers = self.headers.try_write().expect("unlocked");
for diff in diffs {
let merkle_root = diff.coinbase_merkle_root().expect("proves its coinbase");
headers.merkle_roots.insert(diff.block_hash, merkle_root);
}
}

pub(crate) fn feed_block_height(&mut self, height: CoreBlockHeight, block_hash: BlockHash) {
self.headers.try_write().expect("unlocked").0.insert(block_hash, height);
self.headers.try_write().expect("unlocked").heights.insert(block_hash, height);
}

pub(crate) fn forget_block(&mut self, block_hash: &BlockHash) {
self.headers.try_write().expect("unlocked").0.remove(block_hash);
self.headers.try_write().expect("unlocked").heights.remove(block_hash);
}

pub(crate) fn block_height(&self, block_hash: &BlockHash) -> Option<CoreBlockHeight> {
self.headers.try_read().expect("unlocked").0.get(block_hash).copied()
self.headers.try_read().expect("unlocked").heights.get(block_hash).copied()
}

pub(crate) fn block_hash_at(&self, height: CoreBlockHeight) -> Option<BlockHash> {
let headers = self.headers.try_read().expect("unlocked");
headers.0.iter().find(|(_, h)| **h == height).map(|(block_hash, _)| *block_hash)
headers.heights.iter().find(|(_, h)| **h == height).map(|(block_hash, _)| *block_hash)
}

/// Verifies `chain_lock` as the ChainLock manager does.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1214,9 +1265,8 @@ pub(crate) mod test_support {
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::test_support::{fixture_heights, quorum_entry, TestEngine};
use super::{
build_cycle_quorum_map, FeedError, MasternodeListEngine, QRInfoFeedResult, WORK_DIFF_DEPTH,
};
use super::{build_cycle_quorum_map, qr_info_diffs};
use super::{FeedError, MasternodeListEngine, QRInfoFeedResult, WORK_DIFF_DEPTH};
use crate::error::{StorageError, StorageResult};
use crate::storage::{BlockHeaderStorage, BlockHeaderTip};
use crate::test_utils::MockHeaderStorage;
Expand All @@ -1236,6 +1286,7 @@ mod tests {
use dashcore::sml::llmq_type::network::NetworkLLMQExt;
use dashcore::sml::llmq_type::{LLMQType, QUORUM_MEMBER_LIST_OFFSET};
use dashcore::sml::masternode_list::MasternodeList;
use dashcore::sml::masternode_list_entry::MasternodeListEntry;
use dashcore::sml::quorum_entry::qualified_quorum_entry::{
QualifiedQuorumEntry, VerifyingChainLockSignaturesType,
};
Expand All @@ -1246,6 +1297,7 @@ mod tests {
use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
use std::sync::Arc;
use std::time::Duration;
use test_case::test_case;
use tokio::sync::RwLock;

fn make_qualified_quorum_entry(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1579,15 +1631,17 @@ mod tests {
/// engine state mirrors production cold start: empty masternode lists
/// over the captured header heights.
fn load_qrinfo_2518986_fixture() -> (TestEngine, QRInfo) {
let engine = TestEngine::knowing(
let heights = fixture_heights(include_bytes!(
"../../dash/tests/data/test_DML_diffs/block_container_2518986.dat"
));
let mut engine = TestEngine::new(
Network::Mainnet,
fixture_heights(include_bytes!(
"../../dash/tests/data/test_DML_diffs/block_container_2518986.dat"
)),
Arc::new(RwLock::new(MockHeaderStorage::new(heights))),
);
let qr_info: QRInfo = decode_fixture(include_bytes!(
"../../dash/tests/data/test_DML_diffs/qrinfo_2518986.dat"
));
engine.feed_merkle_roots(qr_info_diffs(&qr_info));
(engine, qr_info)
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1647,9 +1701,27 @@ mod tests {
);
}

#[test_case(true; "matching its commitments")]
#[test_case(false; "off its masternode list root")]
#[tokio::test]
async fn validate_first_qr_info_on_fresh_engine_with_mixed_cycle_quorums() {
let (mut engine, qr_info) = load_qrinfo_2518986_fixture();
async fn validate_first_qr_info_on_fresh_engine_with_mixed_cycle_quorums(committed: bool) {
let (mut engine, mut qr_info) = load_qrinfo_2518986_fixture();
if !committed {
let tip = &mut qr_info.mn_list_diff_tip;
tip.new_masternodes.push(MasternodeListEntry::dummy(0x11));
let tip_hash = tip.block_hash;
let result = engine.feed_qr_info(qr_info).await;
assert!(
matches!(
result,
Err(FeedError::Refused(QuorumValidationError::SMLError(
SmlError::CoinbaseCommitmentMismatch(hash)
))) if hash == tip_hash
),
"got {result:?}"
);
return;
}

// The fixture's active set mixes cycles: quorum index 0 carries the
// previous cycle's commitment (its DKG failed in the current cycle),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2084,14 +2156,22 @@ mod tests {
unreadable: BlockHash,
readable: usize,
) -> MasternodeListEngine<FailingFrom> {
let inner = {
let headers = engine.headers();
let headers = headers.try_read().expect("unlocked");
MockHeaderStorage {
heights: headers.heights.clone(),
merkle_roots: headers.merkle_roots.clone(),
}
};
let headers = Arc::new(RwLock::new(FailingFrom {
inner: MockHeaderStorage(engine.headers().try_read().expect("unlocked").0.clone()),
inner,
unreadable,
readable,
reads: AtomicUsize::new(0),
hangs: false,
}));
let mut failing = MasternodeListEngine::new(engine.network, headers);
let mut failing = MasternodeListEngine::new_without_validation(engine.network, headers);
failing.masternode_lists = engine.masternode_lists.clone();
failing.rotated_quorums_per_cycle = engine.rotated_quorums_per_cycle.clone();
failing
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28 changes: 22 additions & 6 deletions dash-spv/src/storage/masternode.rs
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Expand Up @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ use crate::storage::{io::atomic_write, BlockHeaderStorage};

type IndexMap = BTreeMap<CoreBlockHeight, PathBuf>;

type NewEngine<H> = fn(Network, Arc<RwLock<H>>) -> MasternodeListEngine<H>;

enum Message {
Diff(Box<MnListDiff>),
QrInfo(Box<QRInfo>),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ pub struct PersistentMasternodeStorage<H: BlockHeaderStorage> {
network: Network,
diffs: IndexMap,
qr_infos: IndexMap,
new_engine: NewEngine<H>,
}

/// The stored messages as of when it was taken. A replay runs on this, so the
Expand All @@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ pub struct MessageLog<H: BlockHeaderStorage> {
network: Network,
diffs: IndexMap,
qr_infos: IndexMap,
new_engine: NewEngine<H>,
}

impl<H: BlockHeaderStorage> PersistentMasternodeStorage<H> {
Expand All @@ -84,9 +88,17 @@ impl<H: BlockHeaderStorage> PersistentMasternodeStorage<H> {
network,
diffs,
qr_infos,
new_engine: MasternodeListEngine::new,
})
}

/// Replays into engines that do not validate diffs against their block.
#[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-utils"))]
pub fn without_validation(mut self) -> Self {
self.new_engine = MasternodeListEngine::new_without_validation;
self
}

fn folder(&self) -> PathBuf {
self.storage_path.join(Self::FOLDER_NAME)
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -157,6 +169,7 @@ impl<H: BlockHeaderStorage> PersistentMasternodeStorage<H> {
network: self.network,
diffs: self.diffs.clone(),
qr_infos: self.qr_infos.clone(),
new_engine: self.new_engine,
}
}

Expand All @@ -176,7 +189,7 @@ impl<H: BlockHeaderStorage> MessageLog<H> {
until: CoreBlockHeight,
mut visit: impl FnMut(&MasternodeListEngine<H>),
) -> MasternodeListEngine<H> {
let mut engine = MasternodeListEngine::new(self.network, Arc::clone(&self.headers));
let mut engine = (self.new_engine)(self.network, Arc::clone(&self.headers));

let entries =
self.diffs.range(..=until).map(|(height, path)| (*height, Kind::Diff, path)).chain(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -389,11 +402,12 @@ mod tests {
let map = heights.iter().map(|(b, h)| (hash(*b), *h)).collect();
PersistentMasternodeStorage::open(
dir.path(),
Arc::new(RwLock::new(MockHeaderStorage(map))),
Arc::new(RwLock::new(MockHeaderStorage::new(map))),
Network::Regtest,
)
.await
.expect("open")
.without_validation()
}

#[tokio::test]
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -665,11 +679,12 @@ mod tests {
let heights = (1..=tip).map(|height| (BlockHash::dummy(height), height)).collect();
let storage = S::open(
dir.path(),
Arc::new(RwLock::new(MockHeaderStorage(heights))),
Arc::new(RwLock::new(MockHeaderStorage::new(heights))),
Network::Regtest,
)
.await
.unwrap();
.unwrap()
.without_validation();

let engine = storage.load_engine().await;
assert!(engine
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -726,11 +741,12 @@ mod tests {
let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
let mut storage = PersistentMasternodeStorage::open(
dir.path(),
Arc::new(RwLock::new(MockHeaderStorage(heights))),
Arc::new(RwLock::new(MockHeaderStorage::new(heights))),
Network::Mainnet,
)
.await
.unwrap();
.unwrap()
.without_validation();
storage.store_qr_info(tip_height, &qr_info).await.unwrap();
let diff = MnListDiff {
base_block_hash: base,
Expand Down
10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions dash-spv/src/sync/masternodes/sync_manager.rs
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Expand Up @@ -737,7 +737,10 @@ mod tests {
)
.await
.unwrap();
let engine = MasternodeListEngine::new(Network::Regtest, Arc::clone(&block_headers));
let engine = MasternodeListEngine::new_without_validation(
Network::Regtest,
Arc::clone(&block_headers),
);
let mut manager = MasternodesManager::new(
block_headers,
Arc::new(RwLock::new(engine)),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -811,7 +814,10 @@ mod tests {
.await
.unwrap();
let hashes: Vec<BlockHash> = headers.iter().map(|header| header.block_hash()).collect();
let mut engine = MasternodeListEngine::new(Network::Regtest, Arc::clone(&block_headers));
let mut engine = MasternodeListEngine::new_without_validation(
Network::Regtest,
Arc::clone(&block_headers),
);
for list in lists(&hashes) {
engine.masternode_lists.insert(list.known_height, list);
}
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