tx fees, policy: do not read estimates of old fee_estimates.dat

Old fee estimates could cause transactions to become stuck in the
mempool. This commit prevents the node from using stale estimates
from an old file.

Github-Pull: #27622
Rebased-From: 3eb241a141
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ismaelsadeeq 2023-06-14 22:32:27 +01:00 committed by fanquake
parent 77979e0172
commit 1c98029b39
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2 changed files with 31 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
#include <algorithm>
#include <cassert>
#include <chrono>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdint>
@ -545,9 +546,22 @@ CBlockPolicyEstimator::CBlockPolicyEstimator(const fs::path& estimation_filepath
shortStats = std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats>(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, SHORT_BLOCK_PERIODS, SHORT_DECAY, SHORT_SCALE));
longStats = std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats>(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, LONG_BLOCK_PERIODS, LONG_DECAY, LONG_SCALE));
// If the fee estimation file is present, read recorded estimations
AutoFile est_file{fsbridge::fopen(m_estimation_filepath, "rb")};
if (est_file.IsNull() || !Read(est_file)) {
// Whenever the fee estimation file is not present return early
if (est_file.IsNull()) {
LogPrintf("%s is not found. Continue anyway.\n", fs::PathToString(m_estimation_filepath));
return;
}
std::chrono::hours file_age = GetFeeEstimatorFileAge();
// fee estimate file must not be too old to avoid wrong fee estimates.
if (file_age > MAX_FILE_AGE) {
LogPrintf("Fee estimation file %s too old (age=%lld > %lld hours) and will not be used to avoid serving stale estimates.\n", fs::PathToString(m_estimation_filepath), Ticks<std::chrono::hours>(file_age), Ticks<std::chrono::hours>(MAX_FILE_AGE));
return;
}
if (!Read(est_file)) {
LogPrintf("Failed to read fee estimates from %s. Continue anyway.\n", fs::PathToString(m_estimation_filepath));
}
}
@ -1016,6 +1030,13 @@ void CBlockPolicyEstimator::FlushUnconfirmed() {
LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Recorded %u unconfirmed txs from mempool in %gs\n", num_entries, (endclear - startclear)*0.000001);
}
std::chrono::hours CBlockPolicyEstimator::GetFeeEstimatorFileAge()
{
auto file_time = std::filesystem::last_write_time(m_estimation_filepath);
auto now = std::filesystem::file_time_type::clock::now();
return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::hours>(now - file_time);
}
FeeFilterRounder::FeeFilterRounder(const CFeeRate& minIncrementalFee)
{
CAmount minFeeLimit = std::max(CAmount(1), minIncrementalFee.GetFeePerK() / 2);

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@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
// How often to flush fee estimates to fee_estimates.dat.
static constexpr std::chrono::hours FEE_FLUSH_INTERVAL{1};
/** fee_estimates.dat that are more than 60 hours (2.5 days) will not be read,
* as the estimates in the file are stale.
*/
static constexpr std::chrono::hours MAX_FILE_AGE{60};
class AutoFile;
class CTxMemPoolEntry;
class TxConfirmStats;
@ -248,6 +253,9 @@ public:
void FlushFeeEstimates()
EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(!m_cs_fee_estimator);
/** Calculates the age of the file, since last modified */
std::chrono::hours GetFeeEstimatorFileAge();
private:
mutable Mutex m_cs_fee_estimator;