Use bulk verification for sync_aggregate signature

Author: michaelsproul

beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/block_verification.rs

@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ use store::{Error as DBError, HotColdDB, HotStateSummary, KeyValueStore, StoreOp
 use tree_hash::TreeHash;
 use types::{
     BeaconBlockRef, BeaconState, BeaconStateError, ChainSpec, CloneConfig, Epoch, EthSpec, Hash256,
-    InconsistentFork, PublicKey, RelativeEpoch, SignedBeaconBlock, SignedBeaconBlockHeader, Slot,
+    InconsistentFork, PublicKey, PublicKeyBytes, RelativeEpoch, SignedBeaconBlock,
+    SignedBeaconBlockHeader, Slot,
 };
 
 /// Maximum block slot number. Block with slots bigger than this constant will NOT be processed.
@@ -1382,22 +1383,31 @@ fn get_signature_verifier<'a, T: BeaconChainTypes>(
     state: &'a BeaconState<T::EthSpec>,
     validator_pubkey_cache: &'a ValidatorPubkeyCache<T>,
     spec: &'a ChainSpec,
-) -> BlockSignatureVerifier<'a, T::EthSpec, impl Fn(usize) -> Option<Cow<'a, PublicKey>> + Clone> {
-    BlockSignatureVerifier::new(
-        state,
-        move |validator_index| {
-            // Disallow access to any validator pubkeys that are not in the current beacon
-            // state.
-            if validator_index < state.validators().len() {
-                validator_pubkey_cache
-                    .get(validator_index)
-                    .map(|pk| Cow::Borrowed(pk))
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
-        },
-        spec,
-    )
+) -> BlockSignatureVerifier<
+    'a,
+    T::EthSpec,
+    impl Fn(usize) -> Option<Cow<'a, PublicKey>> + Clone,
+    impl Fn(&'a PublicKeyBytes) -> Option<Cow<'a, PublicKey>>,
+> {
+    let get_pubkey = move |validator_index| {
+        // Disallow access to any validator pubkeys that are not in the current beacon state.
+        if validator_index < state.validators().len() {
+            validator_pubkey_cache
+                .get(validator_index)
+                .map(Cow::Borrowed)
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    };
+
+    let decompressor = move |pk_bytes| {
+        // Map compressed pubkey to validator index.
+        let validator_index = validator_pubkey_cache.get_index(pk_bytes)?;
+        // Map validator index to pubkey (respecting guard on unknown validators).
+        get_pubkey(validator_index)
+    };
+
+    BlockSignatureVerifier::new(state, get_pubkey, decompressor, spec)
 }
 
 /// Verify that `header` was signed with a valid signature from its proposer.

consensus/state_processing/src/per_block_processing.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use errors::{BlockOperationError, BlockProcessingError, HeaderInvalid};
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use safe_arith::{ArithError, SafeArith};
 use signature_sets::{block_proposal_signature_set, get_pubkey_from_state, randao_signature_set};
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 use tree_hash::TreeHash;
 use types::*;
 
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ pub fn per_block_processing<T: EthSpec>(
                 BlockSignatureVerifier::verify_entire_block(
                     state,
                     |i| get_pubkey_from_state(state, i),
+                    |pk_bytes| pk_bytes.decompress().ok().map(Cow::Owned),
                     signed_block,
                     block_root,
                     spec
@@ -130,7 +132,13 @@ pub fn per_block_processing<T: EthSpec>(
     process_operations(state, block.body(), verify_signatures, spec)?;
 
     if let BeaconBlockRef::Altair(inner) = block {
-        process_sync_aggregate(state, &inner.body.sync_aggregate, proposer_index, spec)?;
+        process_sync_aggregate(
+            state,
+            &inner.body.sync_aggregate,
+            proposer_index,
+            verify_signatures,
+            spec,
+        )?;
     }
 
     Ok(())

consensus/state_processing/src/per_block_processing/altair/sync_committee.rs

@@ -1,55 +1,32 @@
 use crate::common::{altair::get_base_reward_per_increment, decrease_balance, increase_balance};
 use crate::per_block_processing::errors::{BlockProcessingError, SyncAggregateInvalid};
+use crate::{signature_sets::sync_aggregate_signature_set, VerifySignatures};
 use safe_arith::SafeArith;
-use tree_hash::TreeHash;
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 use types::consts::altair::{PROPOSER_WEIGHT, SYNC_REWARD_WEIGHT, WEIGHT_DENOMINATOR};
-use types::{BeaconState, ChainSpec, Domain, EthSpec, SigningData, SyncAggregate, Unsigned};
+use types::{BeaconState, ChainSpec, EthSpec, PublicKeyBytes, SyncAggregate, Unsigned};
 
 pub fn process_sync_aggregate<T: EthSpec>(
     state: &mut BeaconState<T>,
     aggregate: &SyncAggregate<T>,
     proposer_index: u64,
+    verify_signatures: VerifySignatures,
     spec: &ChainSpec,
 ) -> Result<(), BlockProcessingError> {
-    // Verify sync committee aggregate signature signing over the previous slot block root
-    let previous_slot = state.slot().saturating_sub(1u64);
-
     let current_sync_committee = state.current_sync_committee()?.clone();
-    let committee_pubkeys = &current_sync_committee.pubkeys;
-
-    let participant_pubkeys = committee_pubkeys
-        .iter()
-        .zip(aggregate.sync_committee_bits.iter())
-        .flat_map(|(pubkey, bit)| {
-            if bit {
-                // FIXME(altair): accelerate pubkey decompression with a cache
-                Some(pubkey.decompress())
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
-        })
-        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
-        .map_err(|_| SyncAggregateInvalid::PubkeyInvalid)?;
-
-    let domain = spec.get_domain(
-        previous_slot.epoch(T::slots_per_epoch()),
-        Domain::SyncCommittee,
-        &state.fork(),
-        state.genesis_validators_root(),
-    );
 
-    let signing_root = SigningData {
-        object_root: *state.get_block_root(previous_slot)?,
-        domain,
-    }
-    .tree_hash_root();
-
-    let pubkey_refs = participant_pubkeys.iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
-    if !aggregate
-        .sync_committee_signature
-        .eth2_fast_aggregate_verify(signing_root, &pubkey_refs)
-    {
-        return Err(SyncAggregateInvalid::SignatureInvalid.into());
+    // Verify sync committee aggregate signature signing over the previous slot block root
+    if verify_signatures.is_true() {
+        // This decompression could be avoided with a cache, but we're not likely
+        // to encounter this case in practice due to the use of pre-emptive signature
+        // verification (which uses the `ValidatorPubkeyCache`).
+        let decompressor = |pk_bytes: &PublicKeyBytes| pk_bytes.decompress().ok().map(Cow::Owned);
+        let signature_set = sync_aggregate_signature_set(decompressor, aggregate, state, spec)?;
+
+        // If signature set is `None` then the signature is valid (infinity).
+        if signature_set.map_or(false, |signature| !signature.verify()) {
+            return Err(SyncAggregateInvalid::SignatureInvalid.into());
+        }
     }
 
     // Compute participant and proposer rewards

consensus/state_processing/src/per_block_processing/block_signature_verifier.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use super::signature_sets::{Error as SignatureSetError, *};
 use crate::common::get_indexed_attestation;
 use crate::per_block_processing::errors::{AttestationInvalid, BlockOperationError};
-use bls::{verify_signature_sets, PublicKey, SignatureSet};
+use bls::{verify_signature_sets, PublicKey, PublicKeyBytes, SignatureSet};
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use types::{
@@ -63,27 +63,36 @@ impl From<BlockOperationError<AttestationInvalid>> for Error {
 ///
 /// This allows for optimizations related to batch BLS operations (see the
 /// `Self::verify_entire_block(..)` function).
-pub struct BlockSignatureVerifier<'a, T, F>
+pub struct BlockSignatureVerifier<'a, T, F, D>
 where
     T: EthSpec,
     F: Fn(usize) -> Option<Cow<'a, PublicKey>> + Clone,
+    D: Fn(&'a PublicKeyBytes) -> Option<Cow<'a, PublicKey>>,
 {
     get_pubkey: F,
+    decompressor: D,
     state: &'a BeaconState<T>,
     spec: &'a ChainSpec,
     sets: Vec<SignatureSet<'a>>,
 }
 
-impl<'a, T, F> BlockSignatureVerifier<'a, T, F>
+impl<'a, T, F, D> BlockSignatureVerifier<'a, T, F, D>
 where
     T: EthSpec,
     F: Fn(usize) -> Option<Cow<'a, PublicKey>> + Clone,
+    D: Fn(&'a PublicKeyBytes) -> Option<Cow<'a, PublicKey>>,
 {
     /// Create a new verifier without any included signatures. See the `include...` functions to
     /// add signatures, and the `verify`
-    pub fn new(state: &'a BeaconState<T>, get_pubkey: F, spec: &'a ChainSpec) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(
+        state: &'a BeaconState<T>,
+        get_pubkey: F,
+        decompressor: D,
+        spec: &'a ChainSpec,
+    ) -> Self {
         Self {
             get_pubkey,
+            decompressor,
             state,
             spec,
             sets: vec![],
@@ -100,11 +109,12 @@ where
     pub fn verify_entire_block(
         state: &'a BeaconState<T>,
         get_pubkey: F,
+        decompressor: D,
         block: &'a SignedBeaconBlock<T>,
         block_root: Option<Hash256>,
         spec: &'a ChainSpec,
     ) -> Result<()> {
-        let mut verifier = Self::new(state, get_pubkey, spec);
+        let mut verifier = Self::new(state, get_pubkey, decompressor, spec);
         verifier.include_all_signatures(block, block_root)?;
         verifier.verify()
     }
@@ -146,12 +156,7 @@ where
         block_root: Option<Hash256>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         self.include_block_proposal(block, block_root)?;
-        self.include_randao_reveal(block)?;
-        self.include_proposer_slashings(block)?;
-        self.include_attester_slashings(block)?;
-        self.include_attestations(block)?;
-        // Deposits are not included because they can legally have invalid signatures.
-        self.include_exits(block)?;
+        self.include_all_signatures_except_proposal(block)?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -168,6 +173,7 @@ where
         self.include_attestations(block)?;
         // Deposits are not included because they can legally have invalid signatures.
         self.include_exits(block)?;
+        self.include_sync_aggregate(block)?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -308,4 +314,19 @@ where
                 Ok(())
             })
     }
+
+    /// Include the signature of the block's sync aggregate (if it exists) for verification.
+    pub fn include_sync_aggregate(&mut self, block: &'a SignedBeaconBlock<T>) -> Result<()> {
+        if let Some(sync_aggregate) = block.message().body().sync_aggregate() {
+            if let Some(signature_set) = sync_aggregate_signature_set(
+                &self.decompressor,
+                sync_aggregate,
+                &self.state,
+                &self.spec,
+            )? {
+                self.sets.push(signature_set);
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }

consensus/state_processing/src/per_block_processing/signature_sets.rs

@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ use tree_hash::TreeHash;
 use types::{
     AggregateSignature, AttesterSlashing, BeaconBlockRef, BeaconState, BeaconStateError, ChainSpec,
     DepositData, Domain, EthSpec, Fork, Hash256, InconsistentFork, IndexedAttestation,
-    ProposerSlashing, PublicKey, Signature, SignedAggregateAndProof, SignedBeaconBlock,
-    SignedBeaconBlockHeader, SignedRoot, SignedVoluntaryExit, SigningData,
+    ProposerSlashing, PublicKey, PublicKeyBytes, Signature, SignedAggregateAndProof,
+    SignedBeaconBlock, SignedBeaconBlockHeader, SignedRoot, SignedVoluntaryExit, SigningData,
+    SyncAggregate,
 };
 
 pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     /// The public keys supplied do not match the number of objects requiring keys. Block validity
     /// was not determined.
     MismatchedPublicKeyLen { pubkey_len: usize, other_len: usize },
+    /// Pubkey decompression failed. The block is invalid.
+    PublicKeyDecompressionFailed,
     /// The public key bytes stored in the `BeaconState` were not valid. This is a serious internal
     /// error.
     BadBlsBytes { validator_index: u64 },
@@ -396,3 +399,64 @@ where
         message,
     ))
 }
+
+/// Signature set verifier for a block's `sync_aggregate` (Altair and later).
+///
+/// Returns `Ok(None)` in the case where `sync_aggregate` has 0 signatures. The spec
+/// uses a separate function `eth2_fast_aggregate_verify` for this, but we can equivalently
+/// check the exceptional case eagerly and do a `fast_aggregate_verify` in the case where the
+/// check fails (by returning `Some(signature_set)`).
+pub fn sync_aggregate_signature_set<'a, T, D>(
+    decompressor: D,
+    sync_aggregate: &'a SyncAggregate<T>,
+    state: &'a BeaconState<T>,
+    spec: &ChainSpec,
+) -> Result<Option<SignatureSet<'a>>>
+where
+    T: EthSpec,
+    D: Fn(&'a PublicKeyBytes) -> Option<Cow<'a, PublicKey>>,
+{
+    // Allow the point at infinity to count as a signature for 0 validators as per
+    // `eth2_fast_aggregate_verify` from the spec.
+    if sync_aggregate.sync_committee_bits.is_zero()
+        && sync_aggregate.sync_committee_signature.is_infinity()
+    {
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+
+    let committee_pubkeys = &state.current_sync_committee()?.pubkeys;
+
+    let participant_pubkeys = committee_pubkeys
+        .iter()
+        .zip(sync_aggregate.sync_committee_bits.iter())
+        .filter_map(|(pubkey, bit)| {
+            if bit {
+                Some(decompressor(pubkey))
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        })
+        .collect::<Option<Vec<_>>>()
+        .ok_or(Error::PublicKeyDecompressionFailed)?;
+
+    let previous_slot = state.slot().saturating_sub(1u64);
+
+    let domain = spec.get_domain(
+        previous_slot.epoch(T::slots_per_epoch()),
+        Domain::SyncCommittee,
+        &state.fork(),
+        state.genesis_validators_root(),
+    );
+
+    let message = SigningData {
+        object_root: *state.get_block_root(previous_slot)?,
+        domain,
+    }
+    .tree_hash_root();
+
+    Ok(Some(SignatureSet::multiple_pubkeys(
+        &sync_aggregate.sync_committee_signature,
+        participant_pubkeys,
+        message,
+    )))
+}

consensus/types/src/beacon_block_body.rs

@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ pub struct BeaconBlockBody<T: EthSpec> {
     pub sync_aggregate: SyncAggregate<T>,
 }
 
+impl<'a, T: EthSpec> BeaconBlockBodyRef<'a, T> {
+    /// Access the sync aggregate from the block's body, if one exists.
+    pub fn sync_aggregate(self) -> Option<&'a SyncAggregate<T>> {
+        match self {
+            BeaconBlockBodyRef::Base(_) => None,
+            BeaconBlockBodyRef::Altair(inner) => Some(&inner.sync_aggregate),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     mod base {

crypto/bls/src/generic_aggregate_signature.rs

@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ where
         self.point.is_none()
     }
 
+    /// Returns `true` if `self` is equal to the point at infinity.
+    pub fn is_infinity(&self) -> bool {
+        self.is_infinity
+    }
+
     /// Returns a reference to the underlying BLS point.
     pub(crate) fn point(&self) -> Option<&AggSig> {
         self.point.as_ref()
@@ -189,18 +194,6 @@ where
         }
     }
 
-    /// Wrapper to `fast_aggregate_verify` accepting the infinity signature when `pubkeys` is empty.
-    pub fn eth2_fast_aggregate_verify(
-        &self,
-        msg: Hash256,
-        pubkeys: &[&GenericPublicKey<Pub>],
-    ) -> bool {
-        if pubkeys.is_empty() && self.is_infinity {
-            return true;
-        }
-        self.fast_aggregate_verify(msg, pubkeys)
-    }
-
     /// Verify that `self` represents an aggregate signature where all `pubkeys` have signed their
     /// corresponding message in `msgs`.
     ///