v1.14: Increment timestamp on refreshed votes (backport of #31908) (#…

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Increment timestamp on refreshed votes (#31908)

(cherry picked from commit 01d3546)

Co-authored-by: Ashwin Sekar <ashwin@solana.com>

core/src/consensus.rs

@@ -421,6 +421,39 @@ impl Tower {
         self.last_vote_tx_blockhash
     }
 
+    pub fn refresh_last_vote_timestamp(&mut self, heaviest_slot_on_same_fork: Slot) {
+        let timestamp = if let Some(last_vote_timestamp) = self.last_vote.timestamp() {
+            // To avoid a refreshed vote tx getting caught in deduplication filters,
+            // we need to update timestamp. Increment by smallest amount to avoid skewing
+            // the Timestamp Oracle.
+            last_vote_timestamp.saturating_add(1)
+        } else {
+            // If the previous vote did not send a timestamp due to clock error,
+            // use the last good timestamp + 1
+            self.last_timestamp.timestamp.saturating_add(1)
+        };
+
+        if let Some(last_voted_slot) = self.last_vote.last_voted_slot() {
+            if heaviest_slot_on_same_fork <= last_voted_slot {
+                warn!(
+                    "Trying to refresh timestamp for vote on {last_voted_slot}
+                     using smaller heaviest bank {heaviest_slot_on_same_fork}"
+                );
+                return;
+            }
+            self.last_timestamp = BlockTimestamp {
+                slot: last_voted_slot,
+                timestamp,
+            };
+            self.last_vote.set_timestamp(Some(timestamp));
+        } else {
+            warn!(
+                "Trying to refresh timestamp for last vote on heaviest bank on same fork
+                   {heaviest_slot_on_same_fork}, but there is no vote to refresh"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn refresh_last_vote_tx_blockhash(&mut self, new_vote_tx_blockhash: Hash) {
         self.last_vote_tx_blockhash = new_vote_tx_blockhash;
     }
@@ -2575,6 +2608,44 @@ pub mod test {
         assert!(tower.maybe_timestamp(3).is_none()); // slot 3 gets no timestamp
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_refresh_last_vote_timestamp() {
+        let mut tower = Tower::default();
+
+        // Tower has no vote or timestamp
+        tower.last_vote.set_timestamp(None);
+        tower.refresh_last_vote_timestamp(5);
+        assert_eq!(tower.last_vote.timestamp(), None);
+        assert_eq!(tower.last_timestamp.slot, 0);
+        assert_eq!(tower.last_timestamp.timestamp, 0);
+
+        // Tower has vote no timestamp, but is greater than heaviest_bank
+        tower.last_vote =
+            VoteTransaction::from(VoteStateUpdate::from(vec![(0, 3), (1, 2), (6, 1)]));
+        assert_eq!(tower.last_vote.timestamp(), None);
+        tower.refresh_last_vote_timestamp(5);
+        assert_eq!(tower.last_vote.timestamp(), None);
+        assert_eq!(tower.last_timestamp.slot, 0);
+        assert_eq!(tower.last_timestamp.timestamp, 0);
+
+        // Tower has vote with no timestamp
+        tower.last_vote =
+            VoteTransaction::from(VoteStateUpdate::from(vec![(0, 3), (1, 2), (2, 1)]));
+        assert_eq!(tower.last_vote.timestamp(), None);
+        tower.refresh_last_vote_timestamp(5);
+        assert_eq!(tower.last_vote.timestamp(), Some(1));
+        assert_eq!(tower.last_timestamp.slot, 2);
+        assert_eq!(tower.last_timestamp.timestamp, 1);
+
+        // Vote has timestamp
+        tower.last_vote =
+            VoteTransaction::from(VoteStateUpdate::from(vec![(0, 3), (1, 2), (2, 1)]));
+        tower.refresh_last_vote_timestamp(5);
+        assert_eq!(tower.last_vote.timestamp(), Some(2));
+        assert_eq!(tower.last_timestamp.slot, 2);
+        assert_eq!(tower.last_timestamp.timestamp, 2);
+    }
+
     fn run_test_load_tower_snapshot<F, G>(
         modify_original: F,
         modify_serialized: G,

core/src/replay_stage.rs

@@ -2184,8 +2184,9 @@ impl ReplayStage {
             return;
         }
 
-        // TODO: check the timestamp in this vote is correct, i.e. it shouldn't
-        // have changed from the original timestamp of the vote.
+        // Update timestamp for refreshed vote
+        tower.refresh_last_vote_timestamp(heaviest_bank_on_same_fork.slot());
+
         let vote_tx = Self::generate_vote_tx(
             identity_keypair,
             heaviest_bank_on_same_fork,