cmd/geth, eth: drop bad block reporting, its offline anyway

cmd/geth/main.go

@@ -165,12 +165,6 @@ func init() {
 		// Start system runtime metrics collection
 		go metrics.CollectProcessMetrics(3 * time.Second)
 
-		// This should be the only place where reporting is enabled
-		// because it is not intended to run while testing.
-		// In addition to this check, bad block reports are sent only
-		// for chains with the main network genesis block and network id 1.
-		eth.EnableBadBlockReporting = true
-
 		utils.SetupNetwork(ctx)
 		return nil
 	}

eth/bad_block.go

-// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
-// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-package eth
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
-)
-
-const (
-	// The Ethereum main network genesis block.
-	defaultGenesisHash = "0xd4e56740f876aef8c010b86a40d5f56745a118d0906a34e69aec8c0db1cb8fa3"
-	badBlocksURL       = "https://badblocks.ethdev.com"
-)
-
-var EnableBadBlockReporting = false
-
-func sendBadBlockReport(block *types.Block, err error) {
-	if !EnableBadBlockReporting {
-		return
-	}
-
-	var (
-		blockRLP, _ = rlp.EncodeToBytes(block)
-		params      = map[string]interface{}{
-			"block":     common.Bytes2Hex(blockRLP),
-			"blockHash": block.Hash().Hex(),
-			"errortype": err.Error(),
-			"client":    "go",
-		}
-	)
-	if !block.ReceivedAt.IsZero() {
-		params["receivedAt"] = block.ReceivedAt.UTC().String()
-	}
-	if p, ok := block.ReceivedFrom.(*peer); ok {
-		params["receivedFrom"] = map[string]interface{}{
-			"enode":           fmt.Sprintf("enode://%x@%v", p.ID(), p.RemoteAddr()),
-			"name":            p.Name(),
-			"protocolVersion": p.version,
-		}
-	}
-	jsonStr, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{"method": "eth_badBlock", "id": "1", "jsonrpc": "2.0", "params": []interface{}{params}})
-	client := http.Client{Timeout: 8 * time.Second}
-	resp, err := client.Post(badBlocksURL, "application/json", bytes.NewReader(jsonStr))
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Debug("Failed to report bad block", "err", err)
-		return
-	}
-	log.Debug("Bad block report posted", "status", resp.StatusCode)
-	resp.Body.Close()
-}

eth/handler.go

@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ type ProtocolManager struct {
 	// wait group is used for graceful shutdowns during downloading
 	// and processing
 	wg sync.WaitGroup
-
-	badBlockReportingEnabled bool
 }
 
 // NewProtocolManager returns a new ethereum sub protocol manager. The Ethereum sub protocol manages peers capable
@@ -163,7 +161,7 @@ func NewProtocolManager(config *params.ChainConfig, fastSync bool, networkId int
 	// Construct the different synchronisation mechanisms
 	manager.downloader = downloader.New(downloader.FullSync, chaindb, manager.eventMux, blockchain.HasHeader, blockchain.HasBlockAndState, blockchain.GetHeaderByHash,
 		blockchain.GetBlockByHash, blockchain.CurrentHeader, blockchain.CurrentBlock, blockchain.CurrentFastBlock, blockchain.FastSyncCommitHead,
-		blockchain.GetTdByHash, blockchain.InsertHeaderChain, manager.insertChain, blockchain.InsertReceiptChain, blockchain.Rollback,
+		blockchain.GetTdByHash, blockchain.InsertHeaderChain, manager.blockchain.InsertChain, blockchain.InsertReceiptChain, blockchain.Rollback,
 		manager.removePeer)
 
 	validator := func(header *types.Header) error {
@@ -174,26 +172,13 @@ func NewProtocolManager(config *params.ChainConfig, fastSync bool, networkId int
 	}
 	inserter := func(blocks types.Blocks) (int, error) {
 		atomic.StoreUint32(&manager.synced, 1) // Mark initial sync done on any fetcher import
-		return manager.insertChain(blocks)
+		return manager.blockchain.InsertChain(blocks)
 	}
 	manager.fetcher = fetcher.New(blockchain.GetBlockByHash, validator, manager.BroadcastBlock, heighter, inserter, manager.removePeer)
 
-	if blockchain.Genesis().Hash().Hex() == defaultGenesisHash && networkId == 1 {
-		log.Debug("Bad block reporting is enabled")
-		manager.badBlockReportingEnabled = true
-	}
-
 	return manager, nil
 }
 
-func (pm *ProtocolManager) insertChain(blocks types.Blocks) (i int, err error) {
-	i, err = pm.blockchain.InsertChain(blocks)
-	if pm.badBlockReportingEnabled && core.IsValidationErr(err) && i < len(blocks) {
-		go sendBadBlockReport(blocks[i], err)
-	}
-	return i, err
-}
-
 func (pm *ProtocolManager) removePeer(id string) {
 	// Short circuit if the peer was already removed
 	peer := pm.peers.Peer(id)