Put WIP artifacts next to ready ones (#3057)

* Put WIP artifacts next to ready ones

Fixes #3044

* Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Bastian Köcher <bkchr@users.noreply.github.com>

Co-authored-by: Bastian Köcher <bkchr@users.noreply.github.com>

polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/host.rs

@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ pub fn start(config: Config) -> (ValidationHost, impl Future<Output = ()>) {
 	let validation_host = ValidationHost { to_host_tx };
 
 	let (to_prepare_pool, from_prepare_pool, run_prepare_pool) = prepare::start_pool(
-		config.prepare_worker_program_path.to_owned(),
+		config.prepare_worker_program_path.clone(),
+		config.cache_path.clone(),
 		config.prepare_worker_spawn_timeout,
 	);
 

polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/prepare/pool.rs

@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ type Mux = FuturesUnordered<BoxFuture<'static, PoolEvent>>;
 
 struct Pool {
 	program_path: PathBuf,
+	cache_path: PathBuf,
 	spawn_timeout: Duration,
 	to_pool: mpsc::Receiver<ToPool>,
 	from_pool: mpsc::UnboundedSender<FromPool>,
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ struct Fatal;
 async fn run(
 	Pool {
 		program_path,
+		cache_path,
 		spawn_timeout,
 		to_pool,
 		mut from_pool,
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ async fn run(
 				let to_pool = break_if_fatal!(to_pool.ok_or(Fatal));
 				handle_to_pool(
 					&program_path,
+					&cache_path,
 					spawn_timeout,
 					&mut spawned,
 					&mut mux,
@@ -181,6 +184,7 @@ async fn purge_dead(
 
 fn handle_to_pool(
 	program_path: &Path,
+	cache_path: &Path,
 	spawn_timeout: Duration,
 	spawned: &mut HopSlotMap<Worker, WorkerData>,
 	mux: &mut Mux,
@@ -199,7 +203,14 @@ fn handle_to_pool(
 			if let Some(data) = spawned.get_mut(worker) {
 				if let Some(idle) = data.idle.take() {
 					mux.push(
-						start_work_task(worker, idle, code, artifact_path, background_priority)
+						start_work_task(
+							worker,
+							idle,
+							code,
+							cache_path.to_owned(),
+							artifact_path,
+							background_priority
+						)
 						.boxed(),
 					);
 				} else {
@@ -251,10 +262,12 @@ async fn start_work_task(
 	worker: Worker,
 	idle: IdleWorker,
 	code: Arc<Vec<u8>>,
+	cache_path: PathBuf,
 	artifact_path: PathBuf,
 	background_priority: bool,
 ) -> PoolEvent {
-	let outcome = worker::start_work(idle, code, artifact_path, background_priority).await;
+	let outcome =
+		worker::start_work(idle, code, &cache_path, artifact_path, background_priority).await;
 	PoolEvent::StartWork(worker, outcome)
 }
 
@@ -314,6 +327,7 @@ fn reply(from_pool: &mut mpsc::UnboundedSender<FromPool>, m: FromPool) -> Result
 /// Spins up the pool and returns the future that should be polled to make the pool functional.
 pub fn start(
 	program_path: PathBuf,
+	cache_path: PathBuf,
 	spawn_timeout: Duration,
 ) -> (
 	mpsc::Sender<ToPool>,
@@ -325,6 +339,7 @@ pub fn start(
 
 	let run = run(Pool {
 		program_path,
+		cache_path,
 		spawn_timeout,
 		to_pool: to_pool_rx,
 		from_pool: from_pool_tx,

polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/prepare/worker.rs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use crate::{
 	artifacts::Artifact,
 	worker_common::{
 		IdleWorker, SpawnErr, WorkerHandle, bytes_to_path, framed_recv, framed_send, path_to_bytes,
-		spawn_with_program_path, tmpfile, worker_event_loop,
+		spawn_with_program_path, tmpfile_in, worker_event_loop,
 	},
 };
 use async_std::{
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ pub enum Outcome {
 pub async fn start_work(
 	worker: IdleWorker,
 	code: Arc<Vec<u8>>,
+	cache_path: &Path,
 	artifact_path: PathBuf,
 	background_priority: bool,
 ) -> Outcome {
@@ -87,8 +88,14 @@ pub async fn start_work(
 		renice(pid, NICENESS_BACKGROUND);
 	}
 
-	if let Err(err) = send_request(&mut stream, code).await {
+	with_tmp_file(pid, cache_path, |tmp_file| async move {
-		tracing::warn!("failed to send a prepare request to pid={}: {:?}", pid, err);
+		if let Err(err) = send_request(&mut stream, code, &tmp_file).await {
+			tracing::warn!(
+				target: LOG_TARGET,
+				worker_pid = %pid,
+				"failed to send a prepare request: {:?}",
+				err,
+			);
 			return Outcome::DidntMakeIt;
 		}
 
@@ -106,19 +113,53 @@ pub async fn start_work(
 		}
 
 		let selected = futures::select! {
-		artifact_path_bytes = framed_recv(&mut stream).fuse() => {
+			res = framed_recv(&mut stream).fuse() => {
-			match artifact_path_bytes {
+				match res {
-				Ok(bytes) => {
+					Ok(x) if x == &[1u8] => {
-					if let Some(tmp_path) = bytes_to_path(&bytes) {
+						tracing::debug!(
-						async_std::fs::rename(tmp_path, &artifact_path)
+							target: LOG_TARGET,
+							worker_pid = %pid,
+							"promoting WIP artifact {} to {}",
+							tmp_file.display(),
+							artifact_path.display(),
+						);
+
+						async_std::fs::rename(&tmp_file, &artifact_path)
 							.await
 							.map(|_| Selected::Done)
-							.unwrap_or(Selected::IoErr)
+							.unwrap_or_else(|err| {
-					} else {
+								tracing::warn!(
+									target: LOG_TARGET,
+									worker_pid = %pid,
+									"failed to rename the artifact from {} to {}: {:?}",
+									tmp_file.display(),
+									artifact_path.display(),
+									err,
+								);
+								Selected::IoErr
+							})
+					}
+					Ok(response_bytes) => {
+						use sp_core::hexdisplay::HexDisplay;
+						let bound_bytes =
+							&response_bytes[..response_bytes.len().min(4)];
+						tracing::warn!(
+							target: LOG_TARGET,
+							worker_pid = %pid,
+							"received unexpected response from the prepare worker: {}",
+							HexDisplay::from(&bound_bytes),
+						);
+						Selected::IoErr
+					},
+					Err(err) => {
+						tracing::warn!(
+							target: LOG_TARGET,
+							worker_pid = %pid,
+							"failed to recv a prepare response: {:?}",
+							err,
+						);
 						Selected::IoErr
 					}
-				},
-				Err(_) => Selected::IoErr,
 				}
 			},
 			_ = Delay::new(COMPILATION_TIMEOUT).fuse() => Selected::Deadline,
@@ -136,14 +177,75 @@ pub async fn start_work(
 				Outcome::DidntMakeIt
 			}
 		}
+	})
+	.await
 }
 
-async fn send_request(stream: &mut UnixStream, code: Arc<Vec<u8>>) -> io::Result<()> {
+/// Create a temporary file for an artifact at the given cache path and execute the given
-	framed_send(stream, &*code).await
+/// future/closure passing the file path in.
+///
+/// The function will try best effort to not leave behind the temporary file.
+async fn with_tmp_file<F, Fut>(pid: u32, cache_path: &Path, f: F) -> Outcome
+where
+	Fut: futures::Future<Output = Outcome>,
+	F: FnOnce(PathBuf) -> Fut,
+{
+	let tmp_file = match tmpfile_in("prepare-artifact-", cache_path).await {
+		Ok(f) => f,
+		Err(err) => {
+			tracing::warn!(
+				target: LOG_TARGET,
+				worker_pid = %pid,
+				"failed to create a temp file for the artifact: {:?}",
+				err,
+			);
+			return Outcome::DidntMakeIt;
+		}
+	};
+
+	let outcome = f(tmp_file.clone()).await;
+
+	// The function called above is expected to move `tmp_file` to a new location upon success. However,
+	// the function may as well fail and in that case we should remove the tmp file here.
+	//
+	// In any case, we try to remove the file here so that there are no leftovers. We only report
+	// errors that are different from the `NotFound`.
+	match async_std::fs::remove_file(tmp_file).await {
+		Ok(()) => (),
+		Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => (),
+		Err(err) => {
+			tracing::warn!(
+				target: LOG_TARGET,
+				worker_pid = %pid,
+				"failed to remove the tmp file: {:?}",
+				err,
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	outcome
 }
 
-async fn recv_request(stream: &mut UnixStream) -> io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
+async fn send_request(
-	framed_recv(stream).await
+	stream: &mut UnixStream,
+	code: Arc<Vec<u8>>,
+	tmp_file: &Path,
+) -> io::Result<()> {
+	framed_send(stream, &*code).await?;
+	framed_send(stream, path_to_bytes(tmp_file)).await?;
+	Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn recv_request(stream: &mut UnixStream) -> io::Result<(Vec<u8>, PathBuf)> {
+	let code = framed_recv(stream).await?;
+	let tmp_file = framed_recv(stream).await?;
+	let tmp_file = bytes_to_path(&tmp_file).ok_or_else(|| {
+		io::Error::new(
+			io::ErrorKind::Other,
+			"prepare pvf recv_request: non utf-8 artifact path".to_string(),
+		)
+	})?;
+	Ok((code, tmp_file))
 }
 
 pub fn bump_priority(handle: &WorkerHandle) {
@@ -173,7 +275,7 @@ fn renice(pid: u32, niceness: i32) {
 pub fn worker_entrypoint(socket_path: &str) {
 	worker_event_loop("prepare", socket_path, |mut stream| async move {
 		loop {
-			let code = recv_request(&mut stream).await?;
+			let (code, dest) = recv_request(&mut stream).await?;
 
 			tracing::debug!(
 				target: LOG_TARGET,
@@ -183,7 +285,6 @@ pub fn worker_entrypoint(socket_path: &str) {
 			let artifact_bytes = prepare_artifact(&code).serialize();
 
 			// Write the serialized artifact into into a temp file.
-			let dest = tmpfile("prepare-artifact-").await?;
 			tracing::debug!(
 				target: LOG_TARGET,
 				worker_pid = %std::process::id(),
@@ -192,8 +293,8 @@ pub fn worker_entrypoint(socket_path: &str) {
 			);
 			async_std::fs::write(&dest, &artifact_bytes).await?;
 
-			// Communicate the results back to the host.
+			// Return back a byte that signals finishing the work.
-			framed_send(&mut stream, &path_to_bytes(&dest)).await?;
+			framed_send(&mut stream, &[1u8]).await?;
 		}
 	});
 }

polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/worker_common.rs

@@ -85,13 +85,12 @@ where
 	result
 }
 
-/// Returns a path under the location for temporary files. The file name will start with the given
+/// Returns a path under the given `dir`. The file name will start with the given prefix.
-/// prefix.
 ///
 /// There is only a certain number of retries. If exceeded this function will give up and return an
 /// error.
-pub async fn tmpfile(prefix: &str) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
+pub async fn tmpfile_in(prefix: &str, dir: &Path) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
-	fn tmppath(prefix: &str) -> PathBuf {
+	fn tmppath(prefix: &str, dir: &Path) -> PathBuf {
 		use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
 
 		const DESCRIMINATOR_LEN: usize = 10;
@@ -107,15 +106,15 @@ pub async fn tmpfile(prefix: &str) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
 		let s = std::str::from_utf8(&buf)
 			.expect("the string is collected from a valid utf-8 sequence; qed");
 
-		let mut temp_dir = PathBuf::from(std::env::temp_dir());
+		let mut file = dir.to_owned();
-		temp_dir.push(s);
+		file.push(s);
-		temp_dir
+		file
 	}
 
 	const NUM_RETRIES: usize = 50;
 
 	for _ in 0..NUM_RETRIES {
-		let candidate_path = tmppath(prefix);
+		let candidate_path = tmppath(prefix, dir);
 		if !candidate_path.exists().await {
 			return Ok(candidate_path)
 		}
@@ -126,6 +125,12 @@ pub async fn tmpfile(prefix: &str) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
 	)
 }
 
+/// The same as [`tmpfile_in`], but uses [`std::env::temp_dir`] as the directory.
+pub async fn tmpfile(prefix: &str) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
+	let temp_dir = PathBuf::from(std::env::temp_dir());
+	tmpfile_in(prefix, &temp_dir).await
+}
+
 pub fn worker_event_loop<F, Fut>(debug_id: &'static str, socket_path: &str, mut event_loop: F)
 where
 	F: FnMut(UnixStream) -> Fut,