Don't vote for empty leader transmissions (#3248)

* Don't vote for empty leader transmissions

* Add is_delta flag to bank to detect empty leader transmissions

* Plumb new is_votable flag through replay stage

* Fix PohRecorder tests

* Change is_delta to AtomicBool to avoid making Bank references mutable

* Reset start slot in poh_recorder when working bank is cleared, so that connsecutive TPU's will start from the correct place

* Use proper max tick height calculation

* Test for not voting on empty transmission

* tests for is_votable

core/src/poh_recorder.rs

@@ -73,19 +73,6 @@ impl PohRecorder {
     // synchronize PoH with a bank
     pub fn reset(&mut self, tick_height: u64, blockhash: Hash, start_slot: u64) {
         self.clear_bank();
-        let existing = self.tick_cache.iter().any(|(entry, entry_tick_height)| {
-            if entry.hash == blockhash {
-                assert_eq!(*entry_tick_height, tick_height);
-            }
-            entry.hash == blockhash
-        });
-        if existing {
-            info!(
-                "reset skipped for: {},{}",
-                self.poh.hash, self.poh.tick_height
-            );
-            return;
-        }
         let mut cache = vec![];
         info!(
             "reset poh from: {},{} to: {},{}",
@@ -159,6 +146,7 @@ impl PohRecorder {
                 "poh_record: max_tick_height reached, setting working bank {} to None",
                 working_bank.bank.slot()
             );
+            self.start_slot = working_bank.max_tick_height / working_bank.bank.ticks_per_slot();
             self.clear_bank();
         }
         if e.is_err() {
@@ -461,7 +449,7 @@ mod tests {
         poh_recorder.tick();
         assert_eq!(poh_recorder.tick_cache.len(), 2);
         poh_recorder.reset(poh_recorder.poh.tick_height, poh_recorder.poh.hash, 0);
-        assert_eq!(poh_recorder.tick_cache.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(poh_recorder.tick_cache.len(), 0);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -475,28 +463,7 @@ mod tests {
             poh_recorder.tick_cache[0].0.hash,
             0,
         );
-        assert_eq!(poh_recorder.tick_cache.len(), 2);
-        poh_recorder.reset(
-            poh_recorder.tick_cache[1].1,
-            poh_recorder.tick_cache[1].0.hash,
-            0,
-        );
-        assert_eq!(poh_recorder.tick_cache.len(), 2);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    #[should_panic]
-    fn test_reset_with_cached_bad_height() {
-        let (mut poh_recorder, _entry_receiver) = PohRecorder::new(0, Hash::default(), 0);
-        poh_recorder.tick();
-        poh_recorder.tick();
-        assert_eq!(poh_recorder.tick_cache.len(), 2);
-        //mixed up heights
-        poh_recorder.reset(
-            poh_recorder.tick_cache[0].1,
-            poh_recorder.tick_cache[1].0.hash,
-            0,
-        );
+        assert_eq!(poh_recorder.tick_cache.len(), 0);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -539,4 +506,35 @@ mod tests {
         poh_recorder.clear_bank();
         assert!(receiver.try_recv().is_ok());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_poh_recorder_reset_start_slot() {
+        let ticks_per_slot = 5;
+        let (mut genesis_block, _mint_keypair) = GenesisBlock::new(2);
+        genesis_block.ticks_per_slot = ticks_per_slot;
+        let bank = Arc::new(Bank::new(&genesis_block));
+
+        let prev_hash = bank.last_blockhash();
+        let (mut poh_recorder, _entry_receiver) = PohRecorder::new(0, prev_hash, 0);
+
+        let end_slot = 3;
+        let max_tick_height = (end_slot + 1) * ticks_per_slot - 1;
+        let working_bank = WorkingBank {
+            bank,
+            min_tick_height: 1,
+            max_tick_height,
+        };
+
+        poh_recorder.set_working_bank(working_bank);
+        for _ in 0..max_tick_height {
+            poh_recorder.tick();
+        }
+
+        let tx = test_tx();
+        let h1 = hash(b"hello world!");
+        assert!(poh_recorder.record(h1, vec![tx.clone()]).is_err());
+        assert!(poh_recorder.working_bank.is_none());
+        // Make sure the starting slot is updated
+        assert_eq!(poh_recorder.start_slot(), end_slot);
+    }
 }

core/src/replay_stage.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use solana_sdk::timing::duration_as_ms;
 use solana_vote_api::vote_transaction::VoteTransaction;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
-use std::sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver, RecvTimeoutError};
+use std::sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver, RecvTimeoutError, Sender};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLock};
 use std::thread::{self, Builder, JoinHandle};
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -108,15 +108,13 @@ impl ReplayStage {
                         }
                         let max_tick_height = (*bank_slot + 1) * bank.ticks_per_slot() - 1;
                         if bank.tick_height() == max_tick_height {
-                            bank.freeze();
-                            info!("bank frozen {}", bank.slot());
-                            progress.remove(bank_slot);
-                            if let Err(e) =
-                                slot_full_sender.send((bank.slot(), bank.collector_id()))
-                            {
-                                info!("{} slot_full alert failed: {:?}", my_id, e);
-                            }
-                            votable.push(bank);
+                            Self::process_completed_bank(
+                                &my_id,
+                                bank,
+                                &mut progress,
+                                &mut votable,
+                                &slot_full_sender,
+                            );
                         }
                     }
 
@@ -315,6 +313,24 @@ impl ReplayStage {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    fn process_completed_bank(
+        my_id: &Pubkey,
+        bank: Arc<Bank>,
+        progress: &mut HashMap<u64, (Hash, usize)>,
+        votable: &mut Vec<Arc<Bank>>,
+        slot_full_sender: &Sender<(u64, Pubkey)>,
+    ) {
+        bank.freeze();
+        info!("bank frozen {}", bank.slot());
+        progress.remove(&bank.slot());
+        if let Err(e) = slot_full_sender.send((bank.slot(), bank.collector_id())) {
+            info!("{} slot_full alert failed: {:?}", my_id, e);
+        }
+        if bank.is_votable() {
+            votable.push(bank);
+        }
+    }
+
     fn generate_new_bank_forks(blocktree: &Blocktree, forks: &mut BankForks) {
         // Find the next slot that chains to the old slot
         let frozen_banks = forks.frozen_banks();
@@ -439,6 +455,42 @@ mod test {
         let _ignored = remove_dir_all(&my_ledger_path);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_no_vote_empty_transmission() {
+        let genesis_block = GenesisBlock::new(10_000).0;
+        let bank = Arc::new(Bank::new(&genesis_block));
+        let mut blockhash = bank.last_blockhash();
+        let mut entries = Vec::new();
+        for _ in 0..genesis_block.ticks_per_slot {
+            let entry = next_entry_mut(&mut blockhash, 1, vec![]); //just ticks
+            entries.push(entry);
+        }
+        let (sender, _receiver) = channel();
+
+        let mut progress = HashMap::new();
+        let (forward_entry_sender, _forward_entry_receiver) = channel();
+        ReplayStage::replay_entries_into_bank(
+            &bank,
+            entries.clone(),
+            &mut progress,
+            &forward_entry_sender,
+            0,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let mut votable = vec![];
+        ReplayStage::process_completed_bank(
+            &Pubkey::default(),
+            bank,
+            &mut progress,
+            &mut votable,
+            &sender,
+        );
+        assert!(progress.is_empty());
+        // Don't vote on slot that only contained ticks
+        assert!(votable.is_empty());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_replay_stage_poh_ok_entry_receiver() {
         let (forward_entry_sender, forward_entry_receiver) = channel();

runtime/src/bank.rs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use solana_sdk::transaction::Transaction;
 use solana_vote_api::vote_instruction::Vote;
 use solana_vote_api::vote_state::{Lockout, VoteState};
 use std::result;
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::time::Instant;
 
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ pub struct Bank {
     /// staked nodes on epoch boundaries, saved off when a bank.slot() is at
     ///   a leader schedule boundary
     epoch_vote_accounts: HashMap<u64, HashMap<Pubkey, Account>>,
+
+    /// A boolean reflecting whether any entries were recorded into the PoH
+    /// stream for the slot == self.slot
+    is_delta: AtomicBool,
 }
 
 impl Default for HashQueue {
@@ -223,7 +227,6 @@ impl Bank {
     /// Create a new bank that points to an immutable checkpoint of another bank.
     pub fn new_from_parent(parent: &Arc<Bank>, collector_id: &Pubkey, slot: u64) -> Self {
         parent.freeze();
-
         assert_ne!(slot, parent.slot());
 
         let mut bank = Self::default();
@@ -684,6 +687,9 @@ impl Bank {
         if self.is_frozen() {
             warn!("=========== FIXME: commit_transactions() working on a frozen bank! ================");
         }
+
+        self.is_delta.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+
         // TODO: put this assert back in
         // assert!(!self.is_frozen());
         let now = Instant::now();
@@ -838,7 +844,6 @@ impl Bank {
         // tick_height is using an AtomicUSize because AtomicU64 is not yet a stable API.
         // Until we can switch to AtomicU64, fail if usize is not the same as u64
         assert_eq!(std::usize::MAX, 0xFFFF_FFFF_FFFF_FFFF);
-
         self.tick_height.load(Ordering::SeqCst) as u64
     }
 
@@ -871,6 +876,11 @@ impl Bank {
     pub fn get_epoch_and_slot_index(&self, slot: u64) -> (u64, u64) {
         self.epoch_schedule.get_epoch_and_slot_index(slot)
     }
+
+    pub fn is_votable(&self) -> bool {
+        let max_tick_height = (self.slot + 1) * self.ticks_per_slot - 1;
+        self.is_delta.load(Ordering::Relaxed) && self.tick_height() == max_tick_height
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -878,6 +888,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use bincode::serialize;
     use solana_sdk::genesis_block::{GenesisBlock, BOOTSTRAP_LEADER_LAMPORTS};
+    use solana_sdk::hash;
     use solana_sdk::native_program::ProgramError;
     use solana_sdk::signature::{Keypair, KeypairUtil};
     use solana_sdk::system_instruction::SystemInstruction;
@@ -1599,4 +1610,35 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_delta_true() {
+        let (genesis_block, mint_keypair) = GenesisBlock::new(500);
+        let bank = Arc::new(Bank::new(&genesis_block));
+        let key1 = Keypair::new();
+        let tx_move_mint_to_1 =
+            SystemTransaction::new_move(&mint_keypair, &key1.pubkey(), 1, genesis_block.hash(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(bank.process_transaction(&tx_move_mint_to_1), Ok(()));
+        assert_eq!(bank.is_delta.load(Ordering::Relaxed), true);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_votable() {
+        let (genesis_block, mint_keypair) = GenesisBlock::new(500);
+        let bank = Arc::new(Bank::new(&genesis_block));
+        let key1 = Keypair::new();
+        assert_eq!(bank.is_votable(), false);
+
+        // Set is_delta to true
+        let tx_move_mint_to_1 =
+            SystemTransaction::new_move(&mint_keypair, &key1.pubkey(), 1, genesis_block.hash(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(bank.process_transaction(&tx_move_mint_to_1), Ok(()));
+        assert_eq!(bank.is_votable(), false);
+
+        // Register enough ticks to hit max tick height
+        for i in 0..genesis_block.ticks_per_slot - 1 {
+            bank.register_tick(&hash::hash(format!("hello world {}", i).as_bytes()));
+        }
+
+        assert_eq!(bank.is_votable(), true);
+    }
 }