Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#27278: Log new headers

2c3a90f663 log: on new valid header (James O'Beirne)
e5ce857634 log: net: new header over cmpctblock (James O'Beirne)

Pull request description:

  Alternate to #27276.

  Devs were [suprised to realize](https://twitter.com/jamesob/status/1637237917201383425) last night that we don't have definitive logging for when a given header was first received.

  This logs to the main stream when new headers are received outside of IBD, as well as when headers come in over cmpctblocks. The rationale of not hiding these under log categories is that they may be useful to have widely available when debugging strange network activity, and the marginal volume is modest.

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Andrew Chow
2023-03-21 13:42:14 -04:00
2 changed files with 28 additions and 5 deletions

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@@ -3845,6 +3845,23 @@ bool ChainstateManager::AcceptBlockHeader(const CBlockHeader& block, BlockValida
if (ppindex)
*ppindex = pindex;
// Since this is the earliest point at which we have determined that a
// header is both new and valid, log here.
//
// These messages are valuable for detecting potential selfish mining behavior;
// if multiple displacing headers are seen near simultaneously across many
// nodes in the network, this might be an indication of selfish mining. Having
// this log by default when not in IBD ensures broad availability of this data
// in case investigation is merited.
const auto msg = strprintf(
"Saw new header hash=%s height=%d", hash.ToString(), pindex->nHeight);
if (ActiveChainstate().IsInitialBlockDownload()) {
LogPrintLevel(BCLog::VALIDATION, BCLog::Level::Debug, "%s\n", msg);
} else {
LogPrintf("%s\n", msg);
}
return true;
}