When CN is not up to date with the network is synchonizes blocks first and
only then starts consensus process. But while synchronizing it receives
consensus payloads and tries to process them even though messages reader
routine is not started yet. This leads to lots of goroutines waiting to send
their messages:
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: goroutine 1639919 [chan send, 4 minutes]:
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus.(*service).OnPayload(0xc0000ecb40, 0xc005bd7680)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #011/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus/consensus.go:329 +0x31b
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleConsensusCmd(...)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #011/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:687
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleMessage(0xc0000ba160, 0x1053260, 0xc00507d170, 0xc005bdd560, 0x0, 0x0)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #011/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:806 +0xd58
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPPeer).handleConn(0xc00507d170)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #011/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go:160 +0x294
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: created by github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPTransport).Dial
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #011/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_transport.go:38 +0x1ad
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: goroutine 1639181 [chan send, 10 minutes]:
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus.(*service).OnPayload(0xc0000ecb40, 0xc013bb6600)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #011/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus/consensus.go:329 +0x31b
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleConsensusCmd(...)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #011/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:687
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleMessage(0xc0000ba160, 0x1053260, 0xc01361ee10, 0xc01342c780, 0x0, 0x0)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #011/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:806 +0xd58
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPPeer).handleConn(0xc01361ee10)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #011/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go:160 +0x294
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: created by github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPTransport).Dial
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #011/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_transport.go:38 +0x1ad
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: goroutine 39454 [chan send, 32 minutes]:
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus.(*service).OnPayload(0xc0000ecb40, 0xc014fea680)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #011/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/consensus/consensus.go:329 +0x31b
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleConsensusCmd(...)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #011/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:687
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*Server).handleMessage(0xc0000ba160, 0x1053260, 0xc0140b2ea0, 0xc014fe0ed0, 0x0, 0x0)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #011/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/server.go:806 +0xd58
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPPeer).handleConn(0xc0140b2ea0)
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #011/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go:160 +0x294
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: created by github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network.(*TCPTransport).Dial
Jun 25 23:55:53 nodoka neo-go[32733]: #011/go/src/github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/tcp_transport.go:38 +0x1ad
Luckily it doesn't break synchronization completely as eventually connection
timers fire, the node breaks all connections, create new ones and these new
ones request blocks successfully until another consensus payload stalls them
too. In the end the node reaches synchronization, message processing loop
starts and releases all of these waiting goroutines, but it's better for us to
avoid this happening at all.
This also makes double-starting a no-op which is a nice property.
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