Stop authoring blocks when offline (#1655)

* Don't author blocks when offline

* Increased canonicalization delay

* Fixed test

substrate/core/network/src/protocol.rs

@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ impl<B: BlockT, S: NetworkSpecialization<B>, H: ExHashT> Protocol<B, S, H> {
 		}
 
 		debug!(target: "sync", "{} clogging messages:", clogging_messages.len());
-		for msg_bytes in clogging_messages {
+		for msg_bytes in clogging_messages.take(5) {
 			if let Some(msg) = <Message<B> as Decode>::decode(&mut Cursor::new(msg_bytes)) {
 				debug!(target: "sync", "{:?}", msg);
 			} else {

substrate/core/network/src/service.rs

@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ impl<B: BlockT + 'static, S: NetworkSpecialization<B>, H: ExHashT> ::consensus::
 	fn is_major_syncing(&self) -> bool {
 		self.handler.sync().read().status().is_major_syncing()
 	}
+	fn is_offline(&self) -> bool {
+		self.handler.sync().read().status().is_offline()
+	}
 }
 
 impl<B: BlockT + 'static, S: NetworkSpecialization<B>, H:ExHashT> Drop for Service<B, S, H> {

substrate/core/network/src/sync.rs

@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ pub struct Status<B: BlockT> {
 	pub state: SyncState,
 	/// Target sync block number.
 	pub best_seen_block: Option<NumberFor<B>>,
+	/// Number of peers participating in syncing.
+	pub num_peers: u32,
 }
 
 impl<B: BlockT> Status<B> {
@@ -274,6 +276,11 @@ impl<B: BlockT> Status<B> {
 			SyncState::Downloading => true,
 		}
 	}
+
+	/// Are we all alone?
+	pub fn is_offline(&self) -> bool {
+		self.num_peers == 0
+	}
 }
 
 impl<B: BlockT> ChainSync<B> {
@@ -315,6 +322,7 @@ impl<B: BlockT> ChainSync<B> {
 		Status {
 			state: state,
 			best_seen_block: best_seen,
+			num_peers: self.peers.len() as u32,
 		}
 	}