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consensus: prevent synchronization stalls #1116

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When CN is not up to date with the network is synchonizes blocks first and
only then starts consensus process. But while synchronizing it receives
consensus payloads and tries to process them even though messages reader
routine is not started yet. This leads to lots of goroutines waiting to send
their messages:

Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: goroutine 1639919 [chan send, 4 minutes]:
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus.(*service).OnPayload(0xc0000ecb40, 0xc005bd7680)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus/consensus.go:329 +0x31b
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleConsensusCmd(...)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:687
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleMessage(0xc0000ba160, 0x1053260, 0xc00507d170, 0xc005bdd560, 0x0, 0x0)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:806 +0xd58
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPPeer).handleConn(0xc00507d170)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go:160 +0x294
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: created by github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPTransport).Dial
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_transport.go:38 +0x1ad
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: goroutine 1639181 [chan send, 10 minutes]:
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus.(*service).OnPayload(0xc0000ecb40, 0xc013bb6600)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus/consensus.go:329 +0x31b
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleConsensusCmd(...)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:687
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleMessage(0xc0000ba160, 0x1053260, 0xc01361ee10, 0xc01342c780, 0x0, 0x0)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:806 +0xd58
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPPeer).handleConn(0xc01361ee10)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go:160 +0x294
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: created by github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPTransport).Dial
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_transport.go:38 +0x1ad
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: goroutine 39454 [chan send, 32 minutes]:
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus.(*service).OnPayload(0xc0000ecb40, 0xc014fea680)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus/consensus.go:329 +0x31b
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleConsensusCmd(...)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:687
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleMessage(0xc0000ba160, 0x1053260, 0xc0140b2ea0, 0xc014fe0ed0, 0x0, 0x0)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:806 +0xd58
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPPeer).handleConn(0xc0140b2ea0)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go:160 +0x294
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: created by github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPTransport).Dial
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_transport.go:38 +0x1ad

Luckily it doesn't break synchronization completely as eventually connection
timers fire, the node breaks all connections, create new ones and these new
ones request blocks successfully until another consensus payload stalls them
too. In the end the node reaches synchronization, message processing loop
starts and releases all of these waiting goroutines, but it's better for us to
avoid this happening at all.

This also makes double-starting a no-op which is a nice property.

@roman-khimov roman-khimov added the consensus dBFT consensus label Jun 26, 2020
@roman-khimov roman-khimov added this to the v0.76.1 milestone Jun 26, 2020
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It breaks tests at the moment, so I'll fix that first.

When CN is not up to date with the network is synchonizes blocks first and
only then starts consensus process. But while synchronizing it receives
consensus payloads and tries to process them even though messages reader
routine is not started yet. This leads to lots of goroutines waiting to send
their messages:

Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: goroutine 1639919 [chan send, 4 minutes]:
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus.(*service).OnPayload(0xc0000ecb40, 0xc005bd7680)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus/consensus.go:329 +0x31b
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleConsensusCmd(...)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:687
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleMessage(0xc0000ba160, 0x1053260, 0xc00507d170, 0xc005bdd560, 0x0, 0x0)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:806 +0xd58
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPPeer).handleConn(0xc00507d170)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go:160 +0x294
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: created by github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPTransport).Dial
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_transport.go:38 +0x1ad
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: goroutine 1639181 [chan send, 10 minutes]:
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus.(*service).OnPayload(0xc0000ecb40, 0xc013bb6600)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus/consensus.go:329 +0x31b
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleConsensusCmd(...)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:687
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleMessage(0xc0000ba160, 0x1053260, 0xc01361ee10, 0xc01342c780, 0x0, 0x0)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:806 +0xd58
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPPeer).handleConn(0xc01361ee10)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go:160 +0x294
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: created by github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPTransport).Dial
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_transport.go:38 +0x1ad
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: goroutine 39454 [chan send, 32 minutes]:
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus.(*service).OnPayload(0xc0000ecb40, 0xc014fea680)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus/consensus.go:329 +0x31b
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleConsensusCmd(...)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:687
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleMessage(0xc0000ba160, 0x1053260, 0xc0140b2ea0, 0xc014fe0ed0, 0x0, 0x0)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:806 +0xd58
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPPeer).handleConn(0xc0140b2ea0)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go:160 +0x294
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: created by github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPTransport).Dial
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #11/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_transport.go:38 +0x1ad

Luckily it doesn't break synchronization completely as eventually connection
timers fire, the node breaks all connections, create new ones and these new
ones request blocks successfully until another consensus payload stalls them
too. In the end the node reaches synchronization, message processing loop
starts and releases all of these waiting goroutines, but it's better for us to
avoid this happening at all.

This also makes double-starting a no-op which is a nice property.
@roman-khimov roman-khimov force-pushed the fix-consensus-synchronization-issue branch from e239467 to cefad68 Compare June 26, 2020 09:32
random.Bytes() might be not random enough.
@roman-khimov roman-khimov merged commit 5ec96b4 into master-2.x Jun 26, 2020
@roman-khimov roman-khimov deleted the fix-consensus-synchronization-issue branch June 26, 2020 14:28
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