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//! Light client implementation as per the [Core Verification specification][1].
//!
//! [1]: https://github.com/informalsystems/tendermint-rs/blob/master/docs/spec/lightclient/verification/verification.md
use std::{fmt, time::Duration};
use contracts::*;
use derive_more::Display;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use crate::{
components::{clock::Clock, io::*, scheduler::*, verifier::*},
contracts::*,
errors::Error,
operations::Hasher,
state::State,
types::{Height, LightBlock, PeerId, Status, TrustThreshold},
};
/// Verification parameters
#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Display, Serialize, Deserialize)]
#[display(fmt = "{:?}", self)]
pub struct Options {
/// Defines what fraction of the total voting power of a known
/// and trusted validator set is sufficient for a commit to be
/// accepted going forward.
pub trust_threshold: TrustThreshold,
/// How long a validator set is trusted for (must be shorter than the chain's
/// unbonding period)
pub trusting_period: Duration,
/// Correction parameter dealing with only approximately synchronized clocks.
/// The local clock should always be ahead of timestamps from the blockchain; this
/// is the maximum amount that the local clock may drift behind a timestamp from the
/// blockchain.
pub clock_drift: Duration,
}
/// The light client implements a read operation of a header from the blockchain,
/// by communicating with full nodes. As full nodes may be faulty, it cannot trust
/// the received information, but the light client has to check whether the header
/// it receives coincides with the one generated by Tendermint consensus.
///
/// In the Tendermint blockchain, the validator set may change with every new block.
/// The staking and unbonding mechanism induces a security model: starting at time
/// of the header, more than two-thirds of the next validators of a new block are
/// correct for the duration of the trusted period. The fault-tolerant read operation
/// is designed for this security model.
pub struct LightClient {
/// The peer id of the peer this client is connected to
pub peer: PeerId,
/// Options for this light client
pub options: Options,
clock: Box<dyn Clock>,
scheduler: Box<dyn Scheduler>,
verifier: Box<dyn Verifier>,
io: Box<dyn Io>,
// Only used in verify_backwards when "unstable" feature is enabled
#[allow(dead_code)]
hasher: Box<dyn Hasher>,
}
impl fmt::Debug for LightClient {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
f.debug_struct("LightClient")
.field("peer", &self.peer)
.field("options", &self.options)
.finish()
}
}
impl LightClient {
/// Constructs a new light client
pub fn new(
peer: PeerId,
options: Options,
clock: impl Clock + 'static,
scheduler: impl Scheduler + 'static,
verifier: impl Verifier + 'static,
hasher: impl Hasher + 'static,
io: impl Io + 'static,
) -> Self {
Self {
peer,
options,
clock: Box::new(clock),
scheduler: Box::new(scheduler),
verifier: Box::new(verifier),
hasher: Box::new(hasher),
io: Box::new(io),
}
}
/// Constructs a new light client from boxed components
pub fn from_boxed(
peer: PeerId,
options: Options,
clock: Box<dyn Clock>,
scheduler: Box<dyn Scheduler>,
verifier: Box<dyn Verifier>,
hasher: Box<dyn Hasher>,
io: Box<dyn Io>,
) -> Self {
Self {
peer,
options,
clock,
scheduler,
verifier,
io,
hasher,
}
}
/// Attempt to update the light client to the highest block of the primary node.
///
/// Note: This function delegates the actual work to `verify_to_target`.
pub fn verify_to_highest(&mut self, state: &mut State) -> Result<LightBlock, Error> {
let target_block = self
.io
.fetch_light_block(AtHeight::Highest)
.map_err(Error::io)?;
self.verify_to_target(target_block.height(), state)
}
/// Update the light client to a block of the primary node at the given height.
///
/// This is the main function and uses the following components:
///
/// - The I/O component is called to fetch the next light block. It is the only component that
/// communicates with other nodes.
/// - The Verifier component checks whether a header is valid and checks if a new light block
/// should be trusted based on a previously verified light block.
/// - When doing _forward_ verification, the Scheduler component decides which height to try to
/// verify next, in case the current block pass verification but cannot be trusted yet.
/// - When doing _backward_ verification, the Hasher component is used to determine whether the
/// `last_block_id` hash of a block matches the hash of the block right below it.
///
/// ## Implements
/// - [LCV-DIST-SAFE.1]
/// - [LCV-DIST-LIFE.1]
/// - [LCV-PRE-TP.1]
/// - [LCV-POST-LS.1]
/// - [LCV-INV-TP.1]
///
/// ## Postcondition
/// - The light store contains a light block that corresponds to a block of the blockchain of
/// height `target_height` [LCV-POST-LS.1]
///
/// ## Error conditions
/// - The light store does not contains a trusted light block within the trusting period
/// [LCV-PRE-TP.1]
/// - If the core verification loop invariant is violated [LCV-INV-TP.1]
/// - If verification of a light block fails
/// - If the fetching a light block from the primary node fails
#[post(
ret.is_ok() ==> trusted_store_contains_block_at_target_height(
state.light_store.as_ref(),
target_height,
)
)]
pub fn verify_to_target(
&self,
target_height: Height,
state: &mut State,
) -> Result<LightBlock, Error> {
// Let's first look in the store to see whether
// we have already successfully verified this block.
if let Some(light_block) = state.light_store.get_trusted_or_verified(target_height) {
return Ok(light_block);
}
// Get the highest trusted state
let highest = state
.light_store
.highest_trusted_or_verified()
.ok_or_else(Error::no_initial_trusted_state)?;
if target_height >= highest.height() {
// Perform forward verification with bisection
self.verify_forward(target_height, state)
} else {
// Perform sequential backward verification
self.verify_backward(target_height, state)
}
}
/// Perform forward verification with bisection.
fn verify_forward(
&self,
target_height: Height,
state: &mut State,
) -> Result<LightBlock, Error> {
let mut current_height = target_height;
loop {
let now = self.clock.now();
// Get the latest trusted state
let trusted_block = state
.light_store
.highest_trusted_or_verified()
.ok_or_else(Error::no_initial_trusted_state)?;
if target_height < trusted_block.height() {
return Err(Error::target_lower_than_trusted_state(
target_height,
trusted_block.height(),
));
}
// Check invariant [LCV-INV-TP.1]
if !is_within_trust_period(&trusted_block, self.options.trusting_period, now) {
return Err(Error::trusted_state_outside_trusting_period(
Box::new(trusted_block),
self.options,
));
}
// Log the current height as a dependency of the block at the target height
state.trace_block(target_height, current_height);
// If the trusted state is now at a height equal to the target height, we are done.
// [LCV-DIST-LIFE.1]
if target_height == trusted_block.height() {
return Ok(trusted_block);
}
// Fetch the block at the current height from the light store if already present,
// or from the primary peer otherwise.
let (current_block, status) = self.get_or_fetch_block(current_height, state)?;
// Validate and verify the current block
let verdict = self.verifier.verify(
current_block.as_untrusted_state(),
trusted_block.as_trusted_state(),
&self.options,
now,
);
match verdict {
Verdict::Success => {
// Verification succeeded, add the block to the light store with
// the `Verified` status or higher if already trusted.
let new_status = Status::most_trusted(Status::Verified, status);
state.light_store.update(¤t_block, new_status);
}
Verdict::Invalid(e) => {
// Verification failed, add the block to the light store with `Failed` status,
// and abort.
state.light_store.update(¤t_block, Status::Failed);
return Err(Error::invalid_light_block(e));
}
Verdict::NotEnoughTrust(_) => {
// The current block cannot be trusted because of a missing overlap in the
// validator sets. Add the block to the light store with
// the `Unverified` status. This will engage bisection in an
// attempt to raise the height of the highest trusted state
// until there is enough overlap.
state.light_store.update(¤t_block, Status::Unverified);
}
}
// Compute the next height to fetch and verify
current_height =
self.scheduler
.schedule(state.light_store.as_ref(), current_height, target_height);
}
}
/// Stub for when "unstable" feature is disabled.
#[doc(hidden)]
#[cfg(not(feature = "unstable"))]
fn verify_backward(
&self,
target_height: Height,
state: &mut State,
) -> Result<LightBlock, Error> {
let trusted_state = state
.light_store
.highest_trusted_or_verified()
.ok_or_else(Error::no_initial_trusted_state)?;
Err(Error::target_lower_than_trusted_state(
target_height,
trusted_state.height(),
))
}
/// Perform sequential backward verification.
///
/// Backward verification is implemented by taking a sliding window
/// of length two between the trusted state and the target block and
/// checking whether the last_block_id hash of the higher block
/// matches the computed hash of the lower block.
///
/// ## Performance
/// The algorithm implemented is very inefficient in case the target
/// block is much lower than the highest trusted state.
/// For a trusted state at height `T`, and a target block at height `H`,
/// it will fetch and check hashes of `T - H` blocks.
///
/// ## Stability
/// This feature is only available if the `unstable` flag of is enabled.
/// If the flag is disabled, then any attempt to verify a block whose
/// height is lower than the highest trusted state will result in a
/// `TargetLowerThanTrustedState` error.
#[cfg(feature = "unstable")]
fn verify_backward(
&self,
target_height: Height,
state: &mut State,
) -> Result<LightBlock, Error> {
use std::convert::TryFrom;
let root = state
.light_store
.highest_trusted_or_verified()
.ok_or_else(Error::no_initial_trusted_state)?;
assert!(root.height() >= target_height);
// Check invariant [LCV-INV-TP.1]
if !is_within_trust_period(&root, self.options.trusting_period, self.clock.now()) {
return Err(Error::trusted_state_outside_trusting_period(
Box::new(root),
self.options,
));
}
// Compute a range of `Height`s from `trusted_height - 1` to `target_height`, inclusive.
let range = (target_height.value()..root.height().value()).rev();
let heights = range.map(|h| Height::try_from(h).unwrap());
let mut latest = root;
for height in heights {
let (current, _status) = self.get_or_fetch_block(height, state)?;
let latest_last_block_id = latest
.signed_header
.header
.last_block_id
.ok_or_else(|| Error::missing_last_block_id(latest.height()))?;
let current_hash = self.hasher.hash_header(¤t.signed_header.header);
if current_hash != latest_last_block_id.hash {
return Err(Error::invalid_adjacent_headers(
current_hash,
latest_last_block_id.hash,
));
}
// `latest` and `current` are linked together by `last_block_id`,
// therefore it is not relevant which we verified first.
// For consistency, we say that `latest` was verifed using
// `current` so that the trace is always pointing down the chain.
state.light_store.insert(current.clone(), Status::Trusted);
state.light_store.insert(latest.clone(), Status::Trusted);
state.trace_block(latest.height(), current.height());
latest = current;
}
// We reached the target height.
assert_eq!(latest.height(), target_height);
Ok(latest)
}
/// Look in the light store for a block from the given peer at the given height,
/// which has not previously failed verification (ie. its status is not `Failed`).
///
/// If one cannot be found, fetch the block from the given peer and store
/// it in the light store with `Unverified` status.
///
/// ## Postcondition
/// - The provider of block that is returned matches the given peer.
#[post(ret.as_ref().map(|(lb, _)| lb.provider == self.peer).unwrap_or(true))]
pub fn get_or_fetch_block(
&self,
height: Height,
state: &mut State,
) -> Result<(LightBlock, Status), Error> {
let block = state.light_store.get_non_failed(height);
if let Some(block) = block {
return Ok(block);
}
let block = self
.io
.fetch_light_block(AtHeight::At(height))
.map_err(Error::io)?;
state.light_store.insert(block.clone(), Status::Unverified);
Ok((block, Status::Unverified))
}
}