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cc5dda1de3headerssync: Make HeadersSyncState more flexible and move constants (Hodlinator)8fd1c2893etest(headerssync): Test returning of pow_validated_headers behavior (Hodlinator)7b00643ef5test(headerssync): headers_sync_chainwork test improvements (Hodlinator)04eeb9578cdoc(test): Improve comments (Hodlinator)fe896f8faarefactor(test): Store HeadersSyncState on the stack (Hodlinator)f03686892arefactor(test): Break up headers_sync_state (Hodlinator)e984618d0brefactor(headerssync): Process spans of headers (Hodlinator)a4ac9915a9refactor(headerssync): Extract test constants ahead of breakup into functions (Hodlinator) Pull request description: ### Background As part of the release process we often run *contrib/devtools/headerssync-params.py* and increase the values of the constants `HEADER_COMMITMENT_PERIOD` and `REDOWNLOAD_BUFFER_SIZE` in *src/headerssync.cpp* as per *doc/release-process.md* (example:11a2d3a63e). This helps fine tune the memory consumption per `HeadersSyncState`-instance in the face of malicious peers. (The `REDOWNLOAD_BUFFER_SIZE`/`HEADER_COMMITMENT_PERIOD` ratio determines how many Headers Sync commitment bits must match between PRESYNC & REDOWNLOAD phases before we start permanently storing headers from a peer. For more details see comments in *src/headerssync.h* and *contrib/devtools/headerssync-params.py*). ### Problem: Not feeding back headers until completing sync During v30 release process #33274 made `REDOWNLOAD_BUFFER_SIZE` exceed the `target_blocks` constant used to control the length of chains generated for testing Headers Sync (`15000`, *headers_sync_chainwork_tests.cpp*). The `HeadersSyncState::m_redownloaded_headers`-buffer now does not reach the `REDOWNLOAD_BUFFER_SIZE`-threshold during those unit tests. As a consequence `HeadersSyncState::PopHeadersReadyForAcceptance()` will not start feeding back headers until the PoW threshold has been met. While this will not cause the unit test to start failing on master, it means we have gone from testing behavior that resembles mainnet (way more than `REDOWNLOAD_BUFFER_SIZE` headers to reach the PoW limit), to behavior that is not possible/expected there. ### Solution Avoid testing this unrealistic condition of completing Headers Sync before reaching `REDOWNLOAD_BUFFER_SIZE` by making tests able to define their own values through the new `HeadersSyncParams` instead of having them hard-coded for all chains & tests. ### Commits * First 6 commits refactor and improve the unit tests in order to clarify latter changes. * We then add checks for the behavior around the `REDOWNLOAD_BUFFER_SIZE` threshold. * The main change: we extract the section from *headerssync.cpp* containing the constants to *kernel/chainparams.cpp*, making `HeadersSyncState` no longer hard-coded to mainnet. ### Notes This PR used to be called "headerssync: Preempt unrealistic unit test behavior". ACKs for top commit: l0rinc: reACKcc5dda1de3marcofleon: code review ACKcc5dda1de3danielabrozzoni: reACKcc5dda1de3Tree-SHA512: ccc824dcbbb8ad5ae98c3bf5808b38467aac0230739898a758c9b939eecd74f982df088fa0ba81cc1c1732f19a607b135a6e9577bb9fcf7f8570567ce92f66e6
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