Add a flag to disable peer scoring (#4135)

## Issue Addressed

N/A

## Proposed Changes

Adds a flag for disabling peer scoring. This is useful for local testing and testing small networks for new features.

Author: pawanjay176

beacon_node/http_api/src/test_utils.rs

@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ pub async fn create_api_server_on_port<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
         None,
         meta_data,
         vec![],
+        false,
         &log,
     ));
 

beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/config.rs

@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// List of trusted libp2p nodes which are not scored.
     pub trusted_peers: Vec<PeerIdSerialized>,
 
+    /// Disables peer scoring altogether.
+    pub disable_peer_scoring: bool,
+
     /// Client version
     pub client_version: String,
 
@@ -309,6 +312,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             boot_nodes_multiaddr: vec![],
             libp2p_nodes: vec![],
             trusted_peers: vec![],
+            disable_peer_scoring: false,
             client_version: lighthouse_version::version_with_platform(),
             disable_discovery: false,
             upnp_enabled: true,

beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/discovery/mod.rs

@@ -1162,6 +1162,7 @@ mod tests {
                 syncnets: Default::default(),
             }),
             vec![],
+            false,
             &log,
         );
         Discovery::new(&keypair, &config, Arc::new(globals), &log)

beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/peerdb.rs

@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ pub struct PeerDB<TSpec: EthSpec> {
     disconnected_peers: usize,
     /// Counts banned peers in total and per ip
     banned_peers_count: BannedPeersCount,
+    /// Specifies if peer scoring is disabled.
+    disable_peer_scoring: bool,
     /// PeerDB's logger
     log: slog::Logger,
 }
 
 impl<TSpec: EthSpec> PeerDB<TSpec> {
-    pub fn new(trusted_peers: Vec<PeerId>, log: &slog::Logger) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(trusted_peers: Vec<PeerId>, disable_peer_scoring: bool, log: &slog::Logger) -> Self {
         // Initialize the peers hashmap with trusted peers
         let peers = trusted_peers
             .into_iter()
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ impl<TSpec: EthSpec> PeerDB<TSpec> {
             log: log.clone(),
             disconnected_peers: 0,
             banned_peers_count: BannedPeersCount::default(),
+            disable_peer_scoring,
             peers,
         }
     }
@@ -704,7 +707,11 @@ impl<TSpec: EthSpec> PeerDB<TSpec> {
                 warn!(log_ref, "Updating state of unknown peer";
                     "peer_id" => %peer_id, "new_state" => ?new_state);
             }
-            PeerInfo::default()
+            if self.disable_peer_scoring {
+                PeerInfo::trusted_peer_info()
+            } else {
+                PeerInfo::default()
+            }
         });
 
         // Ban the peer if the score is not already low enough.
@@ -1300,7 +1307,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     fn get_db() -> PeerDB<M> {
         let log = build_log(slog::Level::Debug, false);
-        PeerDB::new(vec![], &log)
+        PeerDB::new(vec![], false, &log)
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -1999,7 +2006,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_trusted_peers_score() {
         let trusted_peer = PeerId::random();
         let log = build_log(slog::Level::Debug, false);
-        let mut pdb: PeerDB<M> = PeerDB::new(vec![trusted_peer], &log);
+        let mut pdb: PeerDB<M> = PeerDB::new(vec![trusted_peer], false, &log);
 
         pdb.connect_ingoing(&trusted_peer, "/ip4/0.0.0.0".parse().unwrap(), None);
 
@@ -2018,4 +2025,28 @@ mod tests {
             Score::max_score().score()
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_disable_peer_scoring() {
+        let peer = PeerId::random();
+        let log = build_log(slog::Level::Debug, false);
+        let mut pdb: PeerDB<M> = PeerDB::new(vec![], true, &log);
+
+        pdb.connect_ingoing(&peer, "/ip4/0.0.0.0".parse().unwrap(), None);
+
+        // Check trusted status and score
+        assert!(pdb.peer_info(&peer).unwrap().is_trusted());
+        assert_eq!(
+            pdb.peer_info(&peer).unwrap().score().score(),
+            Score::max_score().score()
+        );
+
+        // Adding/Subtracting score should have no effect on a trusted peer
+        add_score(&mut pdb, &peer, -50.0);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            pdb.peer_info(&peer).unwrap().score().score(),
+            Score::max_score().score()
+        );
+    }
 }

beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/service/mod.rs

@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ impl<AppReqId: ReqId, TSpec: EthSpec> Network<AppReqId, TSpec> {
                     .iter()
                     .map(|x| PeerId::from(x.clone()))
                     .collect(),
+                config.disable_peer_scoring,
                 &log,
             );
             Arc::new(globals)

beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/types/globals.rs

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ impl<TSpec: EthSpec> NetworkGlobals<TSpec> {
         listen_port_tcp6: Option<u16>,
         local_metadata: MetaData<TSpec>,
         trusted_peers: Vec<PeerId>,
+        disable_peer_scoring: bool,
         log: &slog::Logger,
     ) -> Self {
         NetworkGlobals {
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ impl<TSpec: EthSpec> NetworkGlobals<TSpec> {
             listen_port_tcp4,
             listen_port_tcp6,
             local_metadata: RwLock::new(local_metadata),
-            peers: RwLock::new(PeerDB::new(trusted_peers, log)),
+            peers: RwLock::new(PeerDB::new(trusted_peers, disable_peer_scoring, log)),
             gossipsub_subscriptions: RwLock::new(HashSet::new()),
             sync_state: RwLock::new(SyncState::Stalled),
             backfill_state: RwLock::new(BackFillState::NotRequired),
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ impl<TSpec: EthSpec> NetworkGlobals<TSpec> {
                 syncnets: Default::default(),
             }),
             vec![],
+            false,
             log,
         )
     }

beacon_node/network/src/beacon_processor/tests.rs

@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ impl TestRig {
             None,
             meta_data,
             vec![],
+            false,
             &log,
         ));
 

beacon_node/src/cli.rs

@@ -233,6 +233,14 @@ pub fn cli_app<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
                 .help("Disables the discv5 discovery protocol. The node will not search for new peers or participate in the discovery protocol.")
                 .takes_value(false),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("disable-peer-scoring")
+                .long("disable-peer-scoring")
+                .help("Disables peer scoring in lighthouse. WARNING: This is a dev only flag is only meant to be used in local testing scenarios \
+                        Using this flag on a real network may cause your node to become eclipsed and see a different view of the network")
+                .takes_value(false)
+                .hidden(true),
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("trusted-peers")
                 .long("trusted-peers")

beacon_node/src/config.rs

@@ -1008,6 +1008,10 @@ pub fn set_network_config(
             .collect::<Result<Vec<Multiaddr>, _>>()?;
     }
 
+    if cli_args.is_present("disable-peer-scoring") {
+        config.disable_peer_scoring = true;
+    }
+
     if let Some(trusted_peers_str) = cli_args.value_of("trusted-peers") {
         config.trusted_peers = trusted_peers_str
             .split(',')

lighthouse/tests/beacon_node.rs

@@ -1045,6 +1045,13 @@ fn disable_discovery_flag() {
         .with_config(|config| assert!(config.network.disable_discovery));
 }
 #[test]
+fn disable_peer_scoring_flag() {
+    CommandLineTest::new()
+        .flag("disable-peer-scoring", None)
+        .run_with_zero_port()
+        .with_config(|config| assert!(config.network.disable_peer_scoring));
+}
+#[test]
 fn disable_upnp_flag() {
     CommandLineTest::new()
         .flag("disable-upnp", None)