[litep2p](https://github.com/altonen/litep2p) is a libp2p-compatible P2P
networking library. It supports all of the features of `rust-libp2p`
that are currently being utilized by Polkadot SDK.
Compared to `rust-libp2p`, `litep2p` has a quite different architecture
which is why the new `litep2p` network backend is only able to use a
little of the existing code in `sc-network`. The design has been mainly
influenced by how we'd wish to structure our networking-related code in
Polkadot SDK: independent higher-levels protocols directly communicating
with the network over links that support bidirectional backpressure. A
good example would be `NotificationHandle`/`RequestResponseHandle`
abstractions which allow, e.g., `SyncingEngine` to directly communicate
with peers to announce/request blocks.
I've tried running `polkadot --network-backend litep2p` with a few
different peer configurations and there is a noticeable reduction in
networking CPU usage. For high load (`--out-peers 200`), networking CPU
usage goes down from ~110% to ~30% (80 pp) and for normal load
(`--out-peers 40`), the usage goes down from ~55% to ~18% (37 pp).
These should not be taken as final numbers because:
a) there are still some low-hanging optimization fruits, such as
enabling [receive window
auto-tuning](https://github.com/libp2p/rust-yamux/pull/176), integrating
`Peerset` more closely with `litep2p` or improving memory usage of the
WebSocket transport
b) fixing bugs/instabilities that incorrectly cause `litep2p` to do less
work will increase the networking CPU usage
c) verification in a more diverse set of tests/conditions is needed
Nevertheless, these numbers should give an early estimate for CPU usage
of the new networking backend.
This PR consists of three separate changes:
* introduce a generic `PeerId` (wrapper around `Multihash`) so that we
don't have use `NetworkService::PeerId` in every part of the code that
uses a `PeerId`
* introduce `NetworkBackend` trait, implement it for the libp2p network
stack and make Polkadot SDK generic over `NetworkBackend`
* implement `NetworkBackend` for litep2p
The new library should be considered experimental which is why
`rust-libp2p` will remain as the default option for the time being. This
PR currently depends on the master branch of `litep2p` but I'll cut a
new release for the library once all review comments have been
addresses.
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Signed-off-by: Alexandru Vasile <alexandru.vasile@parity.io>
Co-authored-by: Dmitry Markin <dmitry@markin.tech>
Co-authored-by: Alexandru Vasile <60601340+lexnv@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Alexandru Vasile <alexandru.vasile@parity.io>
* update libp2p to 0.52.0
* proto name now must implement `AsRef<str>`
* update libp2p version everywhere
* ToSwarm, FromBehaviour, ToBehaviour
also LocalProtocolsChange and RemoteProtocolsChange
* new NetworkBehaviour invariants
* replace `Vec<u8>` with `StreamProtocol`
* rename ConnectionHandlerEvent::Custom to NotifyBehaviour
* remove DialError & ListenError invariants
also fix pending_events
* use connection_limits::Behaviour
See https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/3885
* impl `void::Void` for `BehaviourOut`
also use `Behaviour::with_codec`
* KademliaHandler no longer public
* fix StreamProtocol construction
* update libp2p-identify to 0.2.0
* remove non-existing methods from PollParameters
rename ConnectionHandlerUpgrErr to StreamUpgradeError
* `P2p` now contains `PeerId`, not `Multihash`
* use multihash-codetable crate
* update Cargo.lock
* reformat text
* comment out tests for now
* remove `.into()` from P2p
* confirm observed addr manually
See https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/blob/master/protocols/identify/CHANGELOG.md#0430
* remove SwarmEvent::Banned
since we're not using `ban_peer_id`, this can be safely removed.
we may want to introduce `libp2p::allow_block_list` module in the future.
* fix imports
* replace `libp2p` with smaller deps in network-gossip
* bring back tests
* finish rewriting tests
* uncomment handler tests
* Revert "uncomment handler tests"
This reverts commit 720a06815887f4e10767c62b58864a7ec3a48e50.
* add a fixme
* update Cargo.lock
* remove extra From
* make void uninhabited
* fix discovery test
* use autonat protocols
confirming external addresses manually is unsafe in open networks
* fix SyncNotificationsClogged invariant
* only set server mode manually in tests
doubt that we need to set it on node since we're adding public addresses
* address @dmitry-markin comments
* remove autonat
* removed unused var
* fix EOL
* update smallvec and sha2
in attempt to compile polkadot
* bump k256
in attempt to build cumulus
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* Move service tests to `client/network/tests`
These tests depend on `sc-network` and `sc-network-sync` so they should
live outside the crate.
* Move some configs from `sc-network-common` to `sc-network`
* Move `NetworkService` traits to `sc-network`
* Move request-responses to `sc-network`
* Remove more stuff
* Remove rest of configs from `sc-network-common` to `sc-network`
* Remove more stuff
* Fix warnings
* Update client/network/src/request_responses.rs
Co-authored-by: Dmitry Markin <dmitry@markin.tech>
* Fix cargo doc
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Co-authored-by: Dmitry Markin <dmitry@markin.tech>
* Change copyright year to 2023 from 2022
* Fix incorrect update of copyright year
* Remove years from copy right header
* Fix remaining files
* Fix typo in a header and remove update-copyright.sh
* Move `MultiaddrWithPeerId` and related parsing functions into `sc-network-common`, remove dependency on `sc-network` from `sc-chain-spec`
* Remove dependency on `sc-network` from `sc-offchain`
* Remove dependency on `sc-network` from `sc-network-gossip`
* Extract `NetworkKVProvider` trait in `sc-authority-discovery` and remove unnecessary dependency
* Extract `NetworkSyncForkRequest` trait in `sc-finality-grandpa`
* Relax requirements on `SyncOracle` trait, remove extra native methods from `NetworkService` that are already provided by trait impls
* Move `NetworkSigner` trait from `sc-authority-discovery` into `sc-network-common` and de-duplicate methods on `NetworkService`
* Move `NetworkKVProvider` trait from `sc-authority-discovery` into `sc-network-common` and de-duplicate methods on `NetworkService`
* Minimize `sc-authority-discovery` dependency on `sc-network`
* Move `NetworkSyncForkRequest` trait from `sc-finality-grandpa` to `sc-network-common` and de-duplicate methods in `NetworkService`
* Extract `NetworkStatusProvider` trait and de-duplicate methods on `NetworkService`
* Extract `NetworkPeers` trait and de-duplicate methods on `NetworkService`
* Extract `NetworkEventStream` trait and de-duplicate methods on `NetworkService`
* Move more methods from `NetworkService` into `NetworkPeers` trait
* Move `NetworkStateInfo` trait into `sc-network-common`
* Extract `NetworkNotification` trait and de-duplicate methods on `NetworkService`
* Extract `NetworkRequest` trait and de-duplicate methods on `NetworkService`
* Remove `NetworkService::local_peer_id()`, it is already provided by `NetworkStateInfo` impl
* Extract `NetworkTransaction` trait and de-duplicate methods on `NetworkService`
* Extract `NetworkBlock` trait and de-duplicate methods on `NetworkService`
* Remove dependencies on `NetworkService` from most of the methods of `sc-service`
* Address simple review comments
* Run cargo fmt on the whole code base
* Second run
* Add CI check
* Fix compilation
* More unnecessary braces
* Handle weights
* Use --all
* Use correct attributes...
* Fix UI tests
* AHHHHHHHHH
* 🤦
* Docs
* Fix compilation
* 🤷
* Please stop
* 🤦 x 2
* More
* make rustfmt.toml consistent with polkadot
Co-authored-by: André Silva <andrerfosilva@gmail.com>
* Split the Roles bitfield in three
* Forgot to include some changes
* Fix cli test
* More test fixes
* Oh God, merging master broke other tests
* Didn't run the doctests
* Address review
* I'm trying to fix the build blindly because it's taking a good hour to compile on my machine
* Address some review
* Also update the peerset's API to make sense
* Fix peerset tests
* Fix browser node
* client: distinguish between local and network authority
Co-authored-by: André Silva <andre.beat@gmail.com>
* Remove usage of sc_network::Context trait
* Remove Context::send_consensus
* Pass &mut dyn Network instead of &dyn Network
* Move Validator traits and related to separate module
Aaro Altonen