availability distribution: don't early return on runtime errors (#2606)

* availability distribution: don't early return on runtime errors

* log error

* extract runtime api error from Error

* uh

* oh

polkadot/node/network/availability-distribution/src/error.rs

@@ -34,22 +34,6 @@ pub enum Error {
 	#[error("Receive channel closed")]
 	IncomingMessageChannel(#[source] SubsystemError),
 
-	/// Some request to utility functions failed.
-	#[error("Runtime request failed")]
-	UtilRequest(#[source] UtilError),
-
-	/// Some request to the runtime failed.
-	#[error("Runtime request failed")]
-	RuntimeRequestCanceled(#[source] oneshot::Canceled),
-
-	/// Some request to the runtime failed.
-	#[error("Runtime request failed")]
-	RuntimeRequest(#[source] RuntimeApiError),
-
-	/// We tried fetching a session which was not available.
-	#[error("No such session")]
-	NoSuchSession(SessionIndex),
-
 	/// Spawning a running task failed.
 	#[error("Spawning subsystem task failed")]
 	SpawnTask(#[source] SubsystemError),
@@ -57,7 +41,7 @@ pub enum Error {
 	/// We tried accessing a session that was not cached.
 	#[error("Session is not cached.")]
 	NoSuchCachedSession,
-	
+
 	/// We tried reporting bad validators, although we are not a validator ourselves.
 	#[error("Not a validator.")]
 	NotAValidator,
@@ -71,6 +55,24 @@ pub enum Error {
 	SendResponse,
 }
 
+/// Error that we should handle gracefully by logging it.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum NonFatalError {
+	/// Some request to utility functions failed.
+	/// This can be either `RuntimeRequestCanceled` or `RuntimeApiError`.
+	UtilRequest(UtilError),
+
+	/// Runtime API subsystem is down, which means we're shutting down.
+	RuntimeRequestCanceled(oneshot::Canceled),
+
+	/// Some request to the runtime failed.
+	/// For example if we prune a block we're requesting info about.
+	RuntimeRequest(RuntimeApiError),
+
+	/// We tried fetching a session info which was not available.
+	NoSuchSession(SessionIndex),
+}
+
 pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
 
 impl From<SubsystemError> for Error {
@@ -85,9 +87,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn recv_runtime<V>(
 		oneshot::Receiver<std::result::Result<V, RuntimeApiError>>,
 		UtilError,
 	>,
-) -> Result<V> {
-	r.map_err(Error::UtilRequest)?
+) -> std::result::Result<V, NonFatalError> {
+	r.map_err(NonFatalError::UtilRequest)?
 		.await
-		.map_err(Error::RuntimeRequestCanceled)?
-		.map_err(Error::RuntimeRequest)
+		.map_err(NonFatalError::RuntimeRequestCanceled)?
+		.map_err(NonFatalError::RuntimeRequest)
 }

polkadot/node/network/availability-distribution/src/lib.rs

@@ -108,10 +108,13 @@ impl AvailabilityDistributionSubsystem {
 			match message {
 				FromOverseer::Signal(OverseerSignal::ActiveLeaves(update)) => {
 					// Update the relay chain heads we are fetching our pieces for:
-					requester
+					if let Some(e) = requester
 						.get_mut()
 						.update_fetching_heads(&mut ctx, update)
-						.await?;
+						.await?
+					{
+						tracing::debug!(target: LOG_TARGET, "Error processing ActiveLeavesUpdate: {:?}", e);
+					}
 				}
 				FromOverseer::Signal(OverseerSignal::BlockFinalized(..)) => {}
 				FromOverseer::Signal(OverseerSignal::Conclude) => {

polkadot/node/network/availability-distribution/src/requester/mod.rs

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ use polkadot_subsystem::{
 	messages::AllMessages, ActiveLeavesUpdate, jaeger, SubsystemContext,
 };
 
-use super::{error::recv_runtime, session_cache::SessionCache, Result, LOG_TARGET, Metrics};
+use super::{error::recv_runtime, session_cache::SessionCache, LOG_TARGET, Metrics};
+use crate::error::NonFatalError;
 
 /// A task fetching a particular chunk.
 mod fetch_task;
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ impl Requester {
 		&mut self,
 		ctx: &mut Context,
 		update: ActiveLeavesUpdate,
-	) -> Result<()>
+	) -> super::Result<Option<NonFatalError>>
 	where
 		Context: SubsystemContext,
 	{
@@ -106,10 +107,9 @@ impl Requester {
 		} = update;
 		// Order important! We need to handle activated, prior to deactivated, otherwise we might
 		// cancel still needed jobs.
-		self.start_requesting_chunks(ctx, activated.into_iter())
-			.await?;
+		let err = self.start_requesting_chunks(ctx, activated.into_iter()).await?;
 		self.stop_requesting_chunks(deactivated.into_iter());
-		Ok(())
+		Ok(err)
 	}
 
 	/// Start requesting chunks for newly imported heads.
@@ -117,15 +117,20 @@ impl Requester {
 		&mut self,
 		ctx: &mut Context,
 		new_heads: impl Iterator<Item = (Hash, Arc<jaeger::Span>)>,
-	) -> Result<()>
+	) -> super::Result<Option<NonFatalError>>
 	where
 		Context: SubsystemContext,
 	{
 		for (leaf, _) in new_heads {
-			let cores = query_occupied_cores(ctx, leaf).await?;
-			self.add_cores(ctx, leaf, cores).await?;
+			let cores = match query_occupied_cores(ctx, leaf).await {
+				Err(err) => return Ok(Some(err)),
+				Ok(cores) => cores,
+			};
+			if let Some(err) = self.add_cores(ctx, leaf, cores).await? {
+				return Ok(Some(err));
+			}
 		}
-		Ok(())
+		Ok(None)
 	}
 
 	/// Stop requesting chunks for obsolete heads.
@@ -150,7 +155,7 @@ impl Requester {
 		ctx: &mut Context,
 		leaf: Hash,
 		cores: impl IntoIterator<Item = OccupiedCore>,
-	) -> Result<()>
+	) -> super::Result<Option<NonFatalError>>
 	where
 		Context: SubsystemContext,
 	{
@@ -165,7 +170,7 @@ impl Requester {
 					let tx = self.tx.clone();
 					let metrics = self.metrics.clone();
 
-					let task_cfg = self
+					let task_cfg = match self
 						.session_cache
 						.with_session_info(
 							ctx,
@@ -175,7 +180,11 @@ impl Requester {
 							leaf,
 							|info| FetchTaskConfig::new(leaf, &core, tx, metrics, info),
 						)
-						.await?;
+						.await
+					{
+						Err(err) => return Ok(Some(err)),
+						Ok(task_cfg) => task_cfg,
+					};
 
 					if let Some(task_cfg) = task_cfg {
 						e.insert(FetchTask::start(task_cfg, ctx).await?);
@@ -184,7 +193,7 @@ impl Requester {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		Ok(())
+		Ok(None)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -219,7 +228,7 @@ impl Stream for Requester {
 async fn query_occupied_cores<Context>(
 	ctx: &mut Context,
 	relay_parent: Hash,
-) -> Result<Vec<OccupiedCore>>
+) -> Result<Vec<OccupiedCore>, NonFatalError>
 where
 	Context: SubsystemContext,
 {

polkadot/node/network/availability-distribution/src/session_cache.rs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use polkadot_primitives::v1::{
 use polkadot_subsystem::SubsystemContext;
 
 use super::{
-	error::{recv_runtime, Result},
+	error::{recv_runtime, NonFatalError},
 	Error,
 	LOG_TARGET,
 };
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ impl SessionCache {
 		ctx: &mut Context,
 		parent: Hash,
 		with_info: F,
-	) -> Result<Option<R>>
+	) -> Result<Option<R>, NonFatalError>
 	where
 		Context: SubsystemContext,
 		F: FnOnce(&SessionInfo) -> R,
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ impl SessionCache {
 		if let Err(err) =  self.report_bad(report) {
 			tracing::warn!(
 				target: LOG_TARGET,
-				err= ?err,
+				err = ?err,
 				"Reporting bad validators failed with error"
 			);
 		}
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ impl SessionCache {
 	/// We assume validators in a group are tried in reverse order, so the reported bad validators
 	/// will be put at the beginning of the group.
 	#[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip(self, report), fields(subsystem = LOG_TARGET))]
-	pub fn report_bad(&mut self, report: BadValidators) -> Result<()> {
+	pub fn report_bad(&mut self, report: BadValidators) -> super::Result<()> {
 		let session = self
 			.session_info_cache
 			.get_mut(&report.session_index)
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ impl SessionCache {
 		ctx: &mut Context,
 		parent: Hash,
 		session_index: SessionIndex,
-	) -> Result<Option<SessionInfo>>
+	) -> Result<Option<SessionInfo>, NonFatalError>
 	where
 		Context: SubsystemContext,
 	{
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ impl SessionCache {
 			..
 		} = recv_runtime(request_session_info_ctx(parent, session_index, ctx).await)
 			.await?
-			.ok_or(Error::NoSuchSession(session_index))?;
+			.ok_or(NonFatalError::NoSuchSession(session_index))?;
 
 		if let Some(our_index) = self.get_our_index(validators).await {
 			// Get our group index: