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fix(wallet): persist pending-observation coin locks once the record becomes readable #7782

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67 changes: 38 additions & 29 deletions src/coinjoin/client.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -678,6 +678,33 @@ void CCoinJoinClientManager::UpdatedSuccessBlock()
nCachedLastSuccessBlock = nCachedBlockHeight;
}

// NOTE: the record which owns the locks and the persistent locks themselves are
// separate writes and each write is its own implicit transaction, so commit them in
// one explicit database transaction: a crash in between must neither leave
// persistently locked coins behind with nothing tracking them (nothing would ever
// release them again) nor persist the record without its locks (on restart the
// missing lock reads as a manual unlock, the entry is dropped and the input becomes
// selectable again while the finalized mixing transaction may still be in flight).
// If no transaction can be started, don't persist anything rather than risk exactly
// those partial states. The locks of all entries are written, not only of the ones
// just added: entries added while nothing could be persisted are locked in memory only.
// A lock released manually in the meantime is left alone, the next check drops its entry.
static bool PersistPendingObservations(const CWallet& wallet, wallet::WalletBatch& batch,
const std::map<COutPoint, int64_t>& pending)
EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(wallet.cs_wallet)
{
if (!batch.TxnBegin()) return false;
bool fPersisted{batch.WriteCoinJoinPendingObs(pending)};
for (auto it = pending.begin(); fPersisted && it != pending.end(); ++it) {
if (wallet.IsLockedCoin(it->first)) fPersisted = batch.WriteLockedUTXO(it->first);
}
if (!fPersisted) {
batch.TxnAbort();
return false;
}
return batch.TxnCommit();
}

void CCoinJoinClientManager::AddPendingObservation(const std::vector<COutPoint>& outpoints)
{
AssertLockNotHeld(cs_pending_obs);
Expand All @@ -691,36 +718,16 @@ void CCoinJoinClientManager::AddPendingObservation(const std::vector<COutPoint>&
const int64_t nNow{GetTime()};
for (const auto& outpoint : outpoints) {
m_pending_obs.emplace(outpoint, nNow);
}

// NOTE: the record which owns the locks and the persistent locks themselves are
// separate writes and each write is its own implicit transaction, so commit them in
// one explicit database transaction: a crash in between must neither leave
// persistently locked coins behind with nothing tracking them (nothing would ever
// release them again) nor persist the record without its locks (on restart the
// missing lock reads as a manual unlock, the entry is dropped and the input becomes
// selectable again while the finalized mixing transaction may still be in flight).
// If no transaction can be started, don't persist anything rather than risk exactly
// those partial states. Likewise if the existing record could not be read
// (LoadPendingObservations() left m_pending_obs_loaded unset): overwriting it would
// permanently orphan the locks it still tracks.
const bool fTxn{m_pending_obs_loaded && batch.TxnBegin()};
bool fPersisted{fTxn && batch.WriteCoinJoinPendingObs(m_pending_obs)};
for (const auto& outpoint : outpoints) {
// The coins are locked in memory already (see PrepareDenominate), this only
// persists the lock so that a restart before the finalized transaction is
// observed cannot make the input available for selection again. Stop writing
// once anything failed, the transaction is aborted as a whole below.
if (!m_wallet->LockCoin(outpoint, fPersisted ? &batch : nullptr)) fPersisted = false;
// The coins are locked in memory already (see PrepareDenominate), the lock is
// persisted below so that a restart before the finalized transaction is observed
// cannot make the input available for selection again
m_wallet->LockCoin(outpoint);
WalletCJLogPrint(m_wallet, "CCoinJoinClientManager::%s -- %s is locked until the finalized mixing transaction is observed\n",
__func__, outpoint.ToStringShort());
}
if (fPersisted) {
fPersisted = batch.TxnCommit();
} else if (fTxn) {
batch.TxnAbort();
}
if (!fPersisted) {
// Never overwrite a record which could not be read (LoadPendingObservations() left
// m_pending_obs_loaded unset), that would permanently orphan the locks it still tracks
if (!m_pending_obs_loaded || !PersistPendingObservations(*m_wallet, batch, m_pending_obs)) {
// The in-memory lock still protects these inputs for as long as this process
// runs, but a restart would make them selectable again while a valid mixing
// transaction spending them may already be in flight. Nothing we can do about
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -783,6 +790,9 @@ void CCoinJoinClientManager::CheckPendingObservations(const CTxMemPool& mempool)
LOCK(m_wallet->cs_wallet);
LOCK(cs_pending_obs);

// Entries added while the record could not be read are locked in memory only (see
// AddPendingObservation()), persist them once the record has been recovered
bool fChanged{!m_pending_obs_loaded && !m_pending_obs.empty()};

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Retry pending-observation writes after persistence failures.

AddPendingObservation adds the observation before calling PersistPendingObservations. If TxnBegin() fails, the helper returns without writing it, and the caller only logs the failure. CheckPendingObservations does not read m_pending_obs_dirty. Once the record is loaded, it retries only if fChanged becomes true, such as when another observation is removed. The first write after record recovery has the same gap. If no later check triggers a write before restart, the input may become selectable while its mixing transaction is still in flight. Keep the state dirty after a failed write and clear it only after successful persistence.

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     for (const auto& outpoint : outpoints) {
         m_pending_obs.emplace(outpoint, nNow);
@@
                          __func__, outpoint.ToStringShort());
     }
+    m_pending_obs_dirty = true;
@@
                   __func__, outpoints.size());
+    } else {
+        m_pending_obs_dirty = false;
     }
@@
-    bool fChanged{!m_pending_obs_loaded && !m_pending_obs.empty()};
+    bool fChanged{m_pending_obs_dirty || (!m_pending_obs_loaded && !m_pending_obs.empty())};
@@
-    if (fChanged && m_pending_obs_loaded && !PersistPendingObservations(*m_wallet, get_batch(), m_pending_obs)) {
-        LogPrintf("CCoinJoinClientManager::%s -- ERROR: failed to persist %d pending observation(s)\n", __func__,
-                  m_pending_obs.size());
+    if (fChanged && m_pending_obs_loaded) {
+        if (!PersistPendingObservations(*m_wallet, get_batch(), m_pending_obs)) {
+            m_pending_obs_dirty = true;
+            LogPrintf("CCoinJoinClientManager::%s -- ERROR: failed to persist %d pending observation(s)\n", __func__,
+                      m_pending_obs.size());
+        } else {
+            m_pending_obs_dirty = false;
+        }
     }
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Review comment at @src/coinjoin/client.cpp at line 795:
Update `CheckPendingObservations` to include `m_pending_obs_dirty` when deciding
whether to retry persistence, and retain that dirty state when
`PersistPendingObservations` fails. Set the dirty flag when
`AddPendingObservation` changes the map, and clear it only after persistence
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if (!m_pending_obs_loaded) {
// Read-only, no need to checkpoint the database on the way out
wallet::WalletBatch batch_load(m_wallet->GetDatabase(), /*_fFlushOnClose=*/false);
Expand All @@ -800,7 +810,6 @@ void CCoinJoinClientManager::CheckPendingObservations(const CTxMemPool& mempool)

const int64_t nNow{GetTime()};
const bool fSynced{m_mn_sync.IsBlockchainSynced()};
bool fChanged{false};
for (auto it = m_pending_obs.begin(); it != m_pending_obs.end();) {
const COutPoint& outpoint = it->first;
if (!m_wallet->IsLockedCoin(outpoint)) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -862,7 +871,7 @@ void CCoinJoinClientManager::CheckPendingObservations(const CTxMemPool& mempool)
// it may still track locks nothing else would ever release. An entry released
// above but left in such a record self-heals: once the record is readable again
// the entry reloads, its coin is no longer locked and it is dropped right here.
if (fChanged && m_pending_obs_loaded && !get_batch().WriteCoinJoinPendingObs(m_pending_obs)) {
if (fChanged && m_pending_obs_loaded && !PersistPendingObservations(*m_wallet, get_batch(), m_pending_obs)) {
LogPrintf("CCoinJoinClientManager::%s -- ERROR: failed to persist %d pending observation(s)\n", __func__,
m_pending_obs.size());
}
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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions src/wallet/test/coinjoin_tests.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -447,14 +447,18 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(coinjoin_pending_observation_unreadable_tests, CTransact
}

// Once the record is readable again the entry it tracks is picked back up and the
// lock behind it can finally be released
// lock behind it can finally be released. An entry added in the meantime is only
// locked in memory until then, its lock is persisted along with the record.
cj_man.AddPendingObservation({outpointInMemory});
{
WalletBatch batch(wallet->GetDatabase());
BOOST_REQUIRE(batch.WriteCoinJoinPendingObs({{outpointPersisted, nStart}}));
}
cj_man.CheckPendingObservations(*m_node.mempool);
BOOST_CHECK(cj_man.IsPendingObservation(outpointPersisted));
BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cj_man.GetPendingObservationCount(), 1);
BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cj_man.GetPendingObservationCount(), 2);
BOOST_CHECK(wallet->GetDatabase().MakeBatch()->Exists(
std::make_pair(DBKeys::LOCKED_UTXO, std::make_pair(outpointInMemory.hash, outpointInMemory.n))));

m_node.mn_sync->SwitchToNextAsset();
BOOST_REQUIRE(m_node.mn_sync->IsBlockchainSynced());
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