eviction.cpp raw

   1  // Copyright (c) 2022-present The Bitcoin Core developers
   2  // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
   3  // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
   4  
   5  #include <node/eviction.h>
   6  
   7  #include <algorithm>
   8  #include <array>
   9  #include <chrono>
  10  #include <cstdint>
  11  #include <functional>
  12  #include <map>
  13  #include <vector>
  14  
  15  
  16  static bool ReverseCompareNodeMinPingTime(const NodeEvictionCandidate &a, const NodeEvictionCandidate &b)
  17  {
  18      return a.m_min_ping_time > b.m_min_ping_time;
  19  }
  20  
  21  static bool ReverseCompareNodeTimeConnected(const NodeEvictionCandidate &a, const NodeEvictionCandidate &b)
  22  {
  23      return a.m_connected > b.m_connected;
  24  }
  25  
  26  static bool CompareNetGroupKeyed(const NodeEvictionCandidate &a, const NodeEvictionCandidate &b) {
  27      return a.nKeyedNetGroup < b.nKeyedNetGroup;
  28  }
  29  
  30  static bool CompareNodeBlockTime(const NodeEvictionCandidate &a, const NodeEvictionCandidate &b)
  31  {
  32      // There is a fall-through here because it is common for a node to have many peers which have not yet relayed a block.
  33      if (a.m_last_block_time != b.m_last_block_time) return a.m_last_block_time < b.m_last_block_time;
  34      if (a.fRelevantServices != b.fRelevantServices) return b.fRelevantServices;
  35      return a.m_connected > b.m_connected;
  36  }
  37  
  38  static bool CompareNodeTXTime(const NodeEvictionCandidate &a, const NodeEvictionCandidate &b)
  39  {
  40      // There is a fall-through here because it is common for a node to have more than a few peers that have not yet relayed txn.
  41      if (a.m_last_tx_time != b.m_last_tx_time) return a.m_last_tx_time < b.m_last_tx_time;
  42      if (a.m_relay_txs != b.m_relay_txs) return b.m_relay_txs;
  43      if (a.fBloomFilter != b.fBloomFilter) return a.fBloomFilter;
  44      return a.m_connected > b.m_connected;
  45  }
  46  
  47  // Pick out the potential block-relay only peers, and sort them by last block time.
  48  static bool CompareNodeBlockRelayOnlyTime(const NodeEvictionCandidate &a, const NodeEvictionCandidate &b)
  49  {
  50      if (a.m_relay_txs != b.m_relay_txs) return a.m_relay_txs;
  51      if (a.m_last_block_time != b.m_last_block_time) return a.m_last_block_time < b.m_last_block_time;
  52      if (a.fRelevantServices != b.fRelevantServices) return b.fRelevantServices;
  53      return a.m_connected > b.m_connected;
  54  }
  55  
  56  /**
  57   * Sort eviction candidates by network/localhost and connection uptime.
  58   * Candidates near the beginning are more likely to be evicted, and those
  59   * near the end are more likely to be protected, e.g. less likely to be evicted.
  60   * - First, nodes that are not `is_local` and that do not belong to `network`,
  61   *   sorted by increasing uptime (from most recently connected to connected longer).
  62   * - Then, nodes that are `is_local` or belong to `network`, sorted by increasing uptime.
  63   */
  64  struct CompareNodeNetworkTime {
  65      const bool m_is_local;
  66      const Network m_network;
  67      CompareNodeNetworkTime(bool is_local, Network network) : m_is_local(is_local), m_network(network) {}
  68      bool operator()(const NodeEvictionCandidate& a, const NodeEvictionCandidate& b) const
  69      {
  70          if (m_is_local && a.m_is_local != b.m_is_local) return b.m_is_local;
  71          if ((a.m_network == m_network) != (b.m_network == m_network)) return b.m_network == m_network;
  72          return a.m_connected > b.m_connected;
  73      };
  74  };
  75  
  76  //! Sort an array by the specified comparator, then erase the last K elements where predicate is true.
  77  template <typename T, typename Comparator>
  78  static void EraseLastKElements(
  79      std::vector<T>& elements, Comparator comparator, size_t k,
  80      std::function<bool(const NodeEvictionCandidate&)> predicate = [](const NodeEvictionCandidate& n) { return true; })
  81  {
  82      std::sort(elements.begin(), elements.end(), comparator);
  83      size_t eraseSize = std::min(k, elements.size());
  84      elements.erase(std::remove_if(elements.end() - eraseSize, elements.end(), predicate), elements.end());
  85  }
  86  
  87  void ProtectNoBanConnections(std::vector<NodeEvictionCandidate>& eviction_candidates)
  88  {
  89      eviction_candidates.erase(std::remove_if(eviction_candidates.begin(), eviction_candidates.end(),
  90                                               [](NodeEvictionCandidate const& n) {
  91                                                   return n.m_noban;
  92                                               }),
  93                                eviction_candidates.end());
  94  }
  95  
  96  void ProtectOutboundConnections(std::vector<NodeEvictionCandidate>& eviction_candidates)
  97  {
  98      eviction_candidates.erase(std::remove_if(eviction_candidates.begin(), eviction_candidates.end(),
  99                                               [](NodeEvictionCandidate const& n) {
 100                                                   return n.m_conn_type != ConnectionType::INBOUND;
 101                                               }),
 102                                eviction_candidates.end());
 103  }
 104  
 105  void ProtectEvictionCandidatesByRatio(std::vector<NodeEvictionCandidate>& eviction_candidates)
 106  {
 107      // Protect the half of the remaining nodes which have been connected the longest.
 108      // This replicates the non-eviction implicit behavior, and precludes attacks that start later.
 109      // To favorise the diversity of our peer connections, reserve up to half of these protected
 110      // spots for Tor/onion, localhost, I2P, and CJDNS peers, even if they're not longest uptime
 111      // overall. This helps protect these higher-latency peers that tend to be otherwise
 112      // disadvantaged under our eviction criteria.
 113      const size_t initial_size = eviction_candidates.size();
 114      const size_t total_protect_size{initial_size / 2};
 115  
 116      // Disadvantaged networks to protect. In the case of equal counts, earlier array members
 117      // have the first opportunity to recover unused slots from the previous iteration.
 118      struct Net { bool is_local; Network id; size_t count; };
 119      std::array<Net, 4> networks{
 120          {{false, NET_CJDNS, 0}, {false, NET_I2P, 0}, {/*localhost=*/true, NET_MAX, 0}, {false, NET_ONION, 0}}};
 121  
 122      // Count and store the number of eviction candidates per network.
 123      for (Net& n : networks) {
 124          n.count = std::count_if(eviction_candidates.cbegin(), eviction_candidates.cend(),
 125                                  [&n](const NodeEvictionCandidate& c) {
 126                                      return n.is_local ? c.m_is_local : c.m_network == n.id;
 127                                  });
 128      }
 129      // Sort `networks` by ascending candidate count, to give networks having fewer candidates
 130      // the first opportunity to recover unused protected slots from the previous iteration.
 131      std::stable_sort(networks.begin(), networks.end(), [](Net a, Net b) { return a.count < b.count; });
 132  
 133      // Protect up to 25% of the eviction candidates by disadvantaged network.
 134      const size_t max_protect_by_network{total_protect_size / 2};
 135      size_t num_protected{0};
 136  
 137      while (num_protected < max_protect_by_network) {
 138          // Count the number of disadvantaged networks from which we have peers to protect.
 139          auto num_networks = std::count_if(networks.begin(), networks.end(), [](const Net& n) { return n.count; });
 140          if (num_networks == 0) {
 141              break;
 142          }
 143          const size_t disadvantaged_to_protect{max_protect_by_network - num_protected};
 144          const size_t protect_per_network{std::max(disadvantaged_to_protect / num_networks, static_cast<size_t>(1))};
 145          // Early exit flag if there are no remaining candidates by disadvantaged network.
 146          bool protected_at_least_one{false};
 147  
 148          for (Net& n : networks) {
 149              if (n.count == 0) continue;
 150              const size_t before = eviction_candidates.size();
 151              EraseLastKElements(eviction_candidates, CompareNodeNetworkTime(n.is_local, n.id),
 152                                 protect_per_network, [&n](const NodeEvictionCandidate& c) {
 153                                     return n.is_local ? c.m_is_local : c.m_network == n.id;
 154                                 });
 155              const size_t after = eviction_candidates.size();
 156              if (before > after) {
 157                  protected_at_least_one = true;
 158                  const size_t delta{before - after};
 159                  num_protected += delta;
 160                  if (num_protected >= max_protect_by_network) {
 161                      break;
 162                  }
 163                  n.count -= delta;
 164              }
 165          }
 166          if (!protected_at_least_one) {
 167              break;
 168          }
 169      }
 170  
 171      // Calculate how many we removed, and update our total number of peers that
 172      // we want to protect based on uptime accordingly.
 173      assert(num_protected == initial_size - eviction_candidates.size());
 174      const size_t remaining_to_protect{total_protect_size - num_protected};
 175      EraseLastKElements(eviction_candidates, ReverseCompareNodeTimeConnected, remaining_to_protect);
 176  }
 177  
 178  [[nodiscard]] std::optional<NodeId> SelectNodeToEvict(std::vector<NodeEvictionCandidate>&& vEvictionCandidates)
 179  {
 180      // Protect connections with certain characteristics
 181  
 182      ProtectNoBanConnections(vEvictionCandidates);
 183  
 184      ProtectOutboundConnections(vEvictionCandidates);
 185  
 186      // Deterministically select 4 peers to protect by netgroup.
 187      // An attacker cannot predict which netgroups will be protected
 188      EraseLastKElements(vEvictionCandidates, CompareNetGroupKeyed, 4);
 189      // Protect the 8 nodes with the lowest minimum ping time.
 190      // An attacker cannot manipulate this metric without physically moving nodes closer to the target.
 191      EraseLastKElements(vEvictionCandidates, ReverseCompareNodeMinPingTime, 8);
 192      // Protect 4 nodes that most recently sent us novel transactions accepted into our mempool.
 193      // An attacker cannot manipulate this metric without performing useful work.
 194      EraseLastKElements(vEvictionCandidates, CompareNodeTXTime, 4);
 195      // Protect up to 8 non-tx-relay peers that have sent us novel blocks.
 196      EraseLastKElements(vEvictionCandidates, CompareNodeBlockRelayOnlyTime, 8,
 197                         [](const NodeEvictionCandidate& n) { return !n.m_relay_txs && n.fRelevantServices; });
 198  
 199      // Protect 4 nodes that most recently sent us novel blocks.
 200      // An attacker cannot manipulate this metric without performing useful work.
 201      EraseLastKElements(vEvictionCandidates, CompareNodeBlockTime, 4);
 202  
 203      // Protect some of the remaining eviction candidates by ratios of desirable
 204      // or disadvantaged characteristics.
 205      ProtectEvictionCandidatesByRatio(vEvictionCandidates);
 206  
 207      if (vEvictionCandidates.empty()) return std::nullopt;
 208  
 209      // If any remaining peers are preferred for eviction consider only them.
 210      // This happens after the other preferences since if a peer is really the best by other criteria (esp relaying blocks)
 211      //  then we probably don't want to evict it no matter what.
 212      if (std::any_of(vEvictionCandidates.begin(),vEvictionCandidates.end(),[](NodeEvictionCandidate const &n){return n.prefer_evict;})) {
 213          vEvictionCandidates.erase(std::remove_if(vEvictionCandidates.begin(),vEvictionCandidates.end(),
 214                                    [](NodeEvictionCandidate const &n){return !n.prefer_evict;}),vEvictionCandidates.end());
 215      }
 216  
 217      // Identify the network group with the most connections and youngest member.
 218      // (vEvictionCandidates is already sorted by reverse connect time)
 219      uint64_t naMostConnections;
 220      unsigned int nMostConnections = 0;
 221      NodeClock::time_point nMostConnectionsTime{NodeClock::epoch};
 222      std::map<uint64_t, std::vector<NodeEvictionCandidate> > mapNetGroupNodes;
 223      for (const NodeEvictionCandidate &node : vEvictionCandidates) {
 224          std::vector<NodeEvictionCandidate> &group = mapNetGroupNodes[node.nKeyedNetGroup];
 225          group.push_back(node);
 226          const auto grouptime{group[0].m_connected};
 227  
 228          if (group.size() > nMostConnections || (group.size() == nMostConnections && grouptime > nMostConnectionsTime)) {
 229              nMostConnections = group.size();
 230              nMostConnectionsTime = grouptime;
 231              naMostConnections = node.nKeyedNetGroup;
 232          }
 233      }
 234  
 235      // Reduce to the network group with the most connections
 236      vEvictionCandidates = std::move(mapNetGroupNodes[naMostConnections]);
 237  
 238      // Disconnect from the network group with the most connections
 239      return vEvictionCandidates.front().id;
 240  }
 241