types: update synchrony params to match checked in proto (#8142)

The `.proto` file do not have the `nullable = false` annotation present on the `SynchronyParams` durations. This pull request updates the `SynchronyParams` to match the checked in proto files.  Note, this does not make the code buildable against the latest protos. This pull request was achieved by checking out all files _not relevant_ to the `SynchronyParams` and removing the new `TimeoutParams` from the the `params.proto` file. Future updates will add these back. 

This pull request also adds a `nil` check to the `pbParams.Synchrony` field in `ConsensusParamsFromProto`. Old versions of Tendermint will not have the `Synchrony` parameters filled in so this code would panic on startup.

We will fill in the empty fields with defaults, but per https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/docs/rfc/rfc-009-consensus-parameter-upgrades.md#only-update-hashedparams-on-hash-breaking-releases we will keep out of the hash during this release.

proto/tendermint/statesync/message_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package statesync_test
 import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -204,8 +205,8 @@ func TestStateSyncVectors(t *testing.T) {
 						AppVersion: 11,
 					},
 					Synchrony: &tmproto.SynchronyParams{
-						MessageDelay: 550,
-						Precision:    90,
+						MessageDelay: durationPtr(550),
+						Precision:    durationPtr(90),
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -224,3 +225,7 @@ func TestStateSyncVectors(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, tc.expBytes, hex.EncodeToString(bz), tc.testName)
 	}
 }
+
+func durationPtr(t time.Duration) *time.Duration {
+	return &t
+}

proto/tendermint/types/params.pb.go

@@ -381,9 +381,17 @@ func (m *HashedParams) GetBlockMaxGas() int64 {
 	return 0
 }
 
+// SynchronyParams configure the bounds under which a proposed block's timestamp is considered valid.
+// These parameters are part of the proposer-based timestamps algorithm. For more information,
+// see the specification of proposer-based timestamps:
+// https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/tree/master/spec/consensus/proposer-based-timestamp
 type SynchronyParams struct {
-	MessageDelay time.Duration `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=message_delay,json=messageDelay,proto3,stdduration" json:"message_delay"`
-	Precision    time.Duration `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=precision,proto3,stdduration" json:"precision"`
+	// message_delay bounds how long a proposal message may take to reach all validators on a newtork
+	// and still be considered valid.
+	MessageDelay *time.Duration `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=message_delay,json=messageDelay,proto3,stdduration" json:"message_delay,omitempty"`
+	// precision bounds how skewed a proposer's clock may be from any validator
+	// on the network while still producing valid proposals.
+	Precision *time.Duration `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=precision,proto3,stdduration" json:"precision,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (m *SynchronyParams) Reset()         { *m = SynchronyParams{} }
@@ -419,18 +427,18 @@ func (m *SynchronyParams) XXX_DiscardUnknown() {
 
 var xxx_messageInfo_SynchronyParams proto.InternalMessageInfo
 
-func (m *SynchronyParams) GetMessageDelay() time.Duration {
+func (m *SynchronyParams) GetMessageDelay() *time.Duration {
 	if m != nil {
 		return m.MessageDelay
 	}
-	return 0
+	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *SynchronyParams) GetPrecision() time.Duration {
+func (m *SynchronyParams) GetPrecision() *time.Duration {
 	if m != nil {
 		return m.Precision
 	}
-	return 0
+	return nil
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -446,43 +454,43 @@ func init() {
 func init() { proto.RegisterFile("tendermint/types/params.proto", fileDescriptor_e12598271a686f57) }
 
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 }
 
 func (this *ConsensusParams) Equal(that interface{}) bool {
@@ -677,10 +685,22 @@ func (this *SynchronyParams) Equal(that interface{}) bool {
 	} else if this == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	if this.MessageDelay != that1.MessageDelay {
+	if this.MessageDelay != nil && that1.MessageDelay != nil {
+		if *this.MessageDelay != *that1.MessageDelay {
+			return false
+		}
+	} else if this.MessageDelay != nil {
+		return false
+	} else if that1.MessageDelay != nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	if this.Precision != that1.Precision {
+	if this.Precision != nil && that1.Precision != nil {
+		if *this.Precision != *that1.Precision {
+			return false
+		}
+	} else if this.Precision != nil {
+		return false
+	} else if that1.Precision != nil {
 		return false
 	}
 	return true
@@ -955,22 +975,26 @@ func (m *SynchronyParams) MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	_ = i
 	var l int
 	_ = l
-	n7, err7 := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdDurationMarshalTo(m.Precision, dAtA[i-github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdDuration(m.Precision):])
-	if err7 != nil {
-		return 0, err7
+	if m.Precision != nil {
+		n7, err7 := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdDurationMarshalTo(*m.Precision, dAtA[i-github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdDuration(*m.Precision):])
+		if err7 != nil {
+			return 0, err7
+		}
+		i -= n7
+		i = encodeVarintParams(dAtA, i, uint64(n7))
+		i--
+		dAtA[i] = 0x12
 	}
-	i -= n7
-	i = encodeVarintParams(dAtA, i, uint64(n7))
-	i--
-	dAtA[i] = 0x12
-	n8, err8 := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdDurationMarshalTo(m.MessageDelay, dAtA[i-github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdDuration(m.MessageDelay):])
-	if err8 != nil {
-		return 0, err8
+	if m.MessageDelay != nil {
+		n8, err8 := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdDurationMarshalTo(*m.MessageDelay, dAtA[i-github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdDuration(*m.MessageDelay):])
+		if err8 != nil {
+			return 0, err8
+		}
+		i -= n8
+		i = encodeVarintParams(dAtA, i, uint64(n8))
+		i--
+		dAtA[i] = 0xa
 	}
-	i -= n8
-	i = encodeVarintParams(dAtA, i, uint64(n8))
-	i--
-	dAtA[i] = 0xa
 	return len(dAtA) - i, nil
 }
 
@@ -1094,10 +1118,14 @@ func (m *SynchronyParams) Size() (n int) {
 	}
 	var l int
 	_ = l
-	l = github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdDuration(m.MessageDelay)
-	n += 1 + l + sovParams(uint64(l))
-	l = github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdDuration(m.Precision)
-	n += 1 + l + sovParams(uint64(l))
+	if m.MessageDelay != nil {
+		l = github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdDuration(*m.MessageDelay)
+		n += 1 + l + sovParams(uint64(l))
+	}
+	if m.Precision != nil {
+		l = github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdDuration(*m.Precision)
+		n += 1 + l + sovParams(uint64(l))
+	}
 	return n
 }
 
@@ -1843,7 +1871,10 @@ func (m *SynchronyParams) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 			if postIndex > l {
 				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
 			}
-			if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdDurationUnmarshal(&m.MessageDelay, dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
+			if m.MessageDelay == nil {
+				m.MessageDelay = new(time.Duration)
+			}
+			if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdDurationUnmarshal(m.MessageDelay, dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			iNdEx = postIndex
@@ -1876,7 +1907,10 @@ func (m *SynchronyParams) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 			if postIndex > l {
 				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
 			}
-			if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdDurationUnmarshal(&m.Precision, dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
+			if m.Precision == nil {
+				m.Precision = new(time.Duration)
+			}
+			if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdDurationUnmarshal(m.Precision, dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			iNdEx = postIndex

types/params.go

@@ -275,8 +275,12 @@ func (params ConsensusParams) UpdateConsensusParams(params2 *tmproto.ConsensusPa
 		res.Version.AppVersion = params2.Version.AppVersion
 	}
 	if params2.Synchrony != nil {
-		res.Synchrony.Precision = params2.Synchrony.Precision
-		res.Synchrony.MessageDelay = params2.Synchrony.MessageDelay
+		if params2.Synchrony.MessageDelay != nil {
+			res.Synchrony.MessageDelay = *params2.Synchrony.GetMessageDelay()
+		}
+		if params2.Synchrony.Precision != nil {
+			res.Synchrony.Precision = *params2.Synchrony.GetPrecision()
+		}
 	}
 	return res
 }
@@ -299,14 +303,14 @@ func (params *ConsensusParams) ToProto() tmproto.ConsensusParams {
 			AppVersion: params.Version.AppVersion,
 		},
 		Synchrony: &tmproto.SynchronyParams{
-			MessageDelay: params.Synchrony.MessageDelay,
-			Precision:    params.Synchrony.Precision,
+			MessageDelay: &params.Synchrony.MessageDelay,
+			Precision:    &params.Synchrony.Precision,
 		},
 	}
 }
 
 func ConsensusParamsFromProto(pbParams tmproto.ConsensusParams) ConsensusParams {
-	return ConsensusParams{
+	c := ConsensusParams{
 		Block: BlockParams{
 			MaxBytes: pbParams.Block.MaxBytes,
 			MaxGas:   pbParams.Block.MaxGas,
@@ -322,9 +326,14 @@ func ConsensusParamsFromProto(pbParams tmproto.ConsensusParams) ConsensusParams
 		Version: VersionParams{
 			AppVersion: pbParams.Version.AppVersion,
 		},
-		Synchrony: SynchronyParams{
-			MessageDelay: pbParams.Synchrony.MessageDelay,
-			Precision:    pbParams.Synchrony.Precision,
-		},
 	}
+	if pbParams.Synchrony != nil {
+		if pbParams.Synchrony.MessageDelay != nil {
+			c.Synchrony.MessageDelay = *pbParams.Synchrony.GetMessageDelay()
+		}
+		if pbParams.Synchrony.Precision != nil {
+			c.Synchrony.Precision = *pbParams.Synchrony.GetPrecision()
+		}
+	}
+	return c
 }

types/params_test.go

@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ func TestConsensusParamsUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			intialParams: makeParams(makeParamsArgs{evidenceAge: 3, precision: time.Second, messageDelay: 3 * time.Second}),
 			updates: &tmproto.ConsensusParams{
 				Synchrony: &tmproto.SynchronyParams{
-					Precision:    time.Second * 2,
-					MessageDelay: time.Second * 4,
+					Precision:    durationPtr(time.Second * 2),
+					MessageDelay: durationPtr(time.Second * 4),
 				},
 			},
 			updatedParams: makeParams(makeParamsArgs{evidenceAge: 3, precision: 2 * time.Second, messageDelay: 4 * time.Second}),
@@ -339,3 +339,7 @@ func TestProto(t *testing.T) {
 
 	}
 }
+
+func durationPtr(t time.Duration) *time.Duration {
+	return &t
+}