sc-block-builder 0.8.0-alpha.6

Substrate block builder
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// Copyright 2017-2020 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
// This file is part of Substrate.

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//! Substrate block builder
//!
//! This crate provides the [`BlockBuilder`] utility and the corresponding runtime api
//! [`BlockBuilder`](api::BlockBuilder).Error
//!
//! The block builder utility is used in the node as an abstraction over the runtime api to
//! initialize a block, to push extrinsics and to finalize a block.

#![warn(missing_docs)]

use codec::Encode;

use sp_runtime::{
	generic::BlockId,
	traits::{Header as HeaderT, Hash, Block as BlockT, HashFor, DigestFor, NumberFor, One},
};
use sp_blockchain::{ApplyExtrinsicFailed, Error};
use sp_core::ExecutionContext;
use sp_api::{Core, ApiExt, ApiErrorFor, ApiRef, ProvideRuntimeApi, StorageChanges, StorageProof};
use sp_consensus::RecordProof;

pub use sp_block_builder::BlockBuilder as BlockBuilderApi;

use sc_client_api::backend;

/// A block that was build by [`BlockBuilder`] plus some additional data.
///
/// This additional data includes the `storage_changes`, these changes can be applied to the
/// backend to get the state of the block. Furthermore an optional `proof` is included which
/// can be used to proof that the build block contains the expected data. The `proof` will
/// only be set when proof recording was activated.
pub struct BuiltBlock<Block: BlockT, StateBackend: backend::StateBackend<HashFor<Block>>> {
	/// The actual block that was build.
	pub block: Block,
	/// The changes that need to be applied to the backend to get the state of the build block.
	pub storage_changes: StorageChanges<StateBackend, Block>,
	/// An optional proof that was recorded while building the block.
	pub proof: Option<StorageProof>,
}

impl<Block: BlockT, StateBackend: backend::StateBackend<HashFor<Block>>> BuiltBlock<Block, StateBackend> {
	/// Convert into the inner values.
	pub fn into_inner(self) -> (Block, StorageChanges<StateBackend, Block>, Option<StorageProof>) {
		(self.block, self.storage_changes, self.proof)
	}
}

/// Block builder provider
pub trait BlockBuilderProvider<B, Block, RA>
	where
		Block: BlockT,
		B: backend::Backend<Block>,
		Self: Sized,
		RA: ProvideRuntimeApi<Block>,
{
	/// Create a new block, built on top of `parent`.
	///
	/// When proof recording is enabled, all accessed trie nodes are saved.
	/// These recorded trie nodes can be used by a third party to proof the
	/// output of this block builder without having access to the full storage.
	fn new_block_at<R: Into<RecordProof>>(
		&self,
		parent: &BlockId<Block>,
		inherent_digests: DigestFor<Block>,
		record_proof: R,
	) -> sp_blockchain::Result<BlockBuilder<Block, RA, B>>;

	/// Create a new block, built on the head of the chain.
	fn new_block(
		&self,
		inherent_digests: DigestFor<Block>,
	) -> sp_blockchain::Result<BlockBuilder<Block, RA, B>>;
}

/// Utility for building new (valid) blocks from a stream of extrinsics.
pub struct BlockBuilder<'a, Block: BlockT, A: ProvideRuntimeApi<Block>, B> {
	extrinsics: Vec<Block::Extrinsic>,
	api: ApiRef<'a, A::Api>,
	block_id: BlockId<Block>,
	parent_hash: Block::Hash,
	backend: &'a B,
}

impl<'a, Block, A, B> BlockBuilder<'a, Block, A, B>
where
	Block: BlockT,
	A: ProvideRuntimeApi<Block> + 'a,
	A::Api: BlockBuilderApi<Block, Error = Error> +
		ApiExt<Block, StateBackend = backend::StateBackendFor<B, Block>>,
	B: backend::Backend<Block>,
{
	/// Create a new instance of builder based on the given `parent_hash` and `parent_number`.
	///
	/// While proof recording is enabled, all accessed trie nodes are saved.
	/// These recorded trie nodes can be used by a third party to prove the
	/// output of this block builder without having access to the full storage.
	pub fn new(
		api: &'a A,
		parent_hash: Block::Hash,
		parent_number: NumberFor<Block>,
		record_proof: RecordProof,
		inherent_digests: DigestFor<Block>,
		backend: &'a B,
	) -> Result<Self, ApiErrorFor<A, Block>> {
		let header = <<Block as BlockT>::Header as HeaderT>::new(
			parent_number + One::one(),
			Default::default(),
			Default::default(),
			parent_hash,
			inherent_digests,
		);

		let mut api = api.runtime_api();

		if record_proof.yes() {
			api.record_proof();
		}

		let block_id = BlockId::Hash(parent_hash);

		api.initialize_block_with_context(
			&block_id, ExecutionContext::BlockConstruction, &header,
		)?;

		Ok(Self {
			parent_hash,
			extrinsics: Vec::new(),
			api,
			block_id,
			backend,
		})
	}

	/// Push onto the block's list of extrinsics.
	///
	/// This will ensure the extrinsic can be validly executed (by executing it).
	pub fn push(&mut self, xt: <Block as BlockT>::Extrinsic) -> Result<(), ApiErrorFor<A, Block>> {
		let block_id = &self.block_id;
		let extrinsics = &mut self.extrinsics;

		self.api.map_api_result(|api| {
			match api.apply_extrinsic_with_context(
				block_id,
				ExecutionContext::BlockConstruction,
				xt.clone(),
			)? {
				Ok(_) => {
					extrinsics.push(xt);
					Ok(())
				}
				Err(tx_validity) => Err(ApplyExtrinsicFailed::Validity(tx_validity).into()),
			}
		})
	}

	/// Consume the builder to build a valid `Block` containing all pushed extrinsics.
	///
	/// Returns the build `Block`, the changes to the storage and an optional `StorageProof`
	/// supplied by `self.api`, combined as [`BuiltBlock`].
	/// The storage proof will be `Some(_)` when proof recording was enabled.
	pub fn build(mut self) -> Result<
		BuiltBlock<Block, backend::StateBackendFor<B, Block>>,
		ApiErrorFor<A, Block>
	> {
		let header = self.api.finalize_block_with_context(
			&self.block_id, ExecutionContext::BlockConstruction
		)?;

		debug_assert_eq!(
			header.extrinsics_root().clone(),
			HashFor::<Block>::ordered_trie_root(
				self.extrinsics.iter().map(Encode::encode).collect(),
			),
		);

		let proof = self.api.extract_proof();

		let state = self.backend.state_at(self.block_id)?;
		let changes_trie_state = backend::changes_tries_state_at_block(
			&self.block_id,
			self.backend.changes_trie_storage(),
		)?;
		let parent_hash = self.parent_hash;

		let storage_changes = self.api.into_storage_changes(
			&state,
			changes_trie_state.as_ref(),
			parent_hash,
		)?;

		Ok(BuiltBlock {
			block: <Block as BlockT>::new(header, self.extrinsics),
			storage_changes,
			proof,
		})
	}
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
	use super::*;
	use sp_blockchain::HeaderBackend;
	use sp_core::Blake2Hasher;
	use sp_state_machine::Backend;
	use substrate_test_runtime_client::{DefaultTestClientBuilderExt, TestClientBuilderExt};

	#[test]
	fn block_building_storage_proof_does_not_include_runtime_by_default() {
		let builder = substrate_test_runtime_client::TestClientBuilder::new();
		let backend = builder.backend();
		let client = builder.build();

		let block = BlockBuilder::new(
			&client,
			client.info().best_hash,
			client.info().best_number,
			RecordProof::Yes,
			Default::default(),
			&*backend,
		).unwrap().build().unwrap();

		let proof = block.proof.expect("Proof is build on request");

		let backend = sp_state_machine::create_proof_check_backend::<Blake2Hasher>(
			block.storage_changes.transaction_storage_root,
			proof,
		).unwrap();

		assert!(
			backend.storage(&sp_core::storage::well_known_keys::CODE)
				.unwrap_err()
				.contains("Database missing expected key"),
		);
	}
}