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bitcoin/test/functional/p2p_eviction.py
Martin Zumsande 1b76e04736 net: increase inbound capacity for block-relay-only connections
..and adjust the eviction logic.
The new default max connection number is 200, the default maximum of tx-relaying
inbounds is limited to 50% of all inbound connections.
With 11 outbound connections, that is (200 - 11) * 0.5 = 94.5.
As a result, the tx-related maximum traffic should not change
drastically.

When we receive an inbound connection and don't have space for another
full-relay peer, we now attempt to evict specifically a full-relay inbound
after receiving the version message of the new peer.

Once this commit is widely deployed, the added inbound capacity will
allow us to increase the number of outgoing block-relay-only connections.

Co-authored-by: Amiti Uttarwar <amiti@uttarwar.org>
2026-07-24 14:16:27 +02:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Copyright (c) 2019-present The Bitcoin Core developers
# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
""" Test node eviction logic
When the number of peers has reached the limit of maximum connections,
the next connecting inbound peer will trigger the eviction mechanism.
We cannot currently test the parts of the eviction logic that are based on
address/netgroup since in the current framework, all peers are connecting from
the same local address. See Issue #14210 for more info.
Therefore, this test is limited to the remaining protection criteria.
"""
import time
from test_framework.blocktools import (
create_block,
)
from test_framework.messages import (
msg_pong,
msg_tx,
)
from test_framework.p2p import (
P2PDataStore,
P2PInterface,
)
from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
from test_framework.util import assert_equal
from test_framework.wallet import MiniWallet
class SlowP2PDataStore(P2PDataStore):
def on_ping(self, message):
time.sleep(0.1)
self.send_without_ping(msg_pong(message.nonce))
class SlowP2PInterface(P2PInterface):
def on_ping(self, message):
time.sleep(0.1)
self.send_without_ping(msg_pong(message.nonce))
class P2PEvict(BitcoinTestFramework):
def set_test_params(self):
self.num_nodes = 1
# The choice of maxconnections=53 results in a maximum of 21 tx-relaying inbound connections
# (53 - 10 outbound - 1 feeler) * 0.5 = 21. The other inbound slots are reserved for block-relay-only
# peers that don't play a role in this test.
# 20 inbound peers are protected from eviction:
# 4 by netgroup, 4 that sent us blocks, 4 that sent us transactions and 8 via lowest ping time
self.extra_args = [['-maxconnections=53']]
def run_test(self):
protected_peers = set() # peers that we expect to be protected from eviction
current_peer = -1
node = self.nodes[0]
self.wallet = MiniWallet(node)
self.log.info("Create 4 peers and protect them from eviction by sending us a block")
for _ in range(4):
block_peer = node.add_p2p_connection(SlowP2PDataStore())
current_peer += 1
block_peer.sync_with_ping()
best_block = node.getbestblockhash()
tip = int(best_block, 16)
best_block_time = node.getblock(best_block)['time']
block = create_block(tip, height=node.getblockcount() + 1, ntime=best_block_time + 1)
block.solve()
block_peer.send_blocks_and_test([block], node, success=True)
protected_peers.add(current_peer)
self.log.info("Create 5 slow-pinging peers, making them eviction candidates")
for _ in range(5):
node.add_p2p_connection(SlowP2PInterface())
current_peer += 1
self.log.info("Create 4 peers and protect them from eviction by sending us a tx")
for i in range(4):
txpeer = node.add_p2p_connection(SlowP2PInterface())
current_peer += 1
txpeer.sync_with_ping()
tx = self.wallet.create_self_transfer()['tx']
txpeer.send_without_ping(msg_tx(tx))
protected_peers.add(current_peer)
self.log.info("Create 8 peers and protect them from eviction by having faster pings")
for _ in range(8):
fastpeer = node.add_p2p_connection(P2PInterface())
current_peer += 1
self.wait_until(lambda: "ping" in fastpeer.last_message, timeout=10)
# Make sure by asking the node what the actual min pings are
peerinfo = node.getpeerinfo()
pings = {}
for i in range(len(peerinfo)):
pings[i] = peerinfo[i]['minping'] if 'minping' in peerinfo[i] else 1000000
sorted_pings = sorted(pings.items(), key=lambda x: x[1])
# Usually the 8 fast peers are protected. In rare case of unreliable pings,
# one of the slower peers might have a faster min ping though.
for i in range(8):
protected_peers.add(sorted_pings[i][0])
self.log.info("Create peer that triggers the eviction mechanism")
node.add_p2p_connection(SlowP2PInterface())
# One of the non-protected peers must be evicted. We can't be sure which one because
# 4 peers are protected via netgroup, which is identical for all peers,
# and the eviction mechanism doesn't preserve the order of identical elements.
evicted_peers = []
for i in range(len(node.p2ps)):
if not node.p2ps[i].is_connected:
evicted_peers.append(i)
self.log.info("Test that one peer was evicted")
self.log.debug("{} evicted peer: {}".format(len(evicted_peers), set(evicted_peers)))
assert_equal(len(evicted_peers), 1)
self.log.info("Test that no peer expected to be protected was evicted")
self.log.debug("{} protected peers: {}".format(len(protected_peers), protected_peers))
assert evicted_peers[0] not in protected_peers
if __name__ == '__main__':
P2PEvict(__file__).main()