[net processing] Move PoissonNextSendInbound to PeerManager

src/net.cpp

@@ -3058,17 +3058,6 @@ bool CConnman::ForNode(NodeId id, std::function<bool(CNode* pnode)> func)
     return found != nullptr && NodeFullyConnected(found) && func(found);
 }
 
-std::chrono::microseconds CConnman::PoissonNextSendInbound(std::chrono::microseconds now, std::chrono::seconds average_interval)
-{
-    if (m_next_send_inv_to_incoming.load() < now) {
-        // If this function were called from multiple threads simultaneously
-        // it would possible that both update the next send variable, and return a different result to their caller.
-        // This is not possible in practice as only the net processing thread invokes this function.
-        m_next_send_inv_to_incoming = GetExponentialRand(now, average_interval);
-    }
-    return m_next_send_inv_to_incoming;
-}
-
 CSipHasher CConnman::GetDeterministicRandomizer(uint64_t id) const
 {
     return CSipHasher(nSeed0, nSeed1).Write(id);

src/net.h

@@ -936,12 +936,6 @@ public:
 
     void WakeMessageHandler();
 
-    /** Attempts to obfuscate tx time through exponentially distributed emitting.
-        Works assuming that a single interval is used.
-        Variable intervals will result in privacy decrease.
-    */
-    std::chrono::microseconds PoissonNextSendInbound(std::chrono::microseconds now, std::chrono::seconds average_interval);
-
     /** Return true if we should disconnect the peer for failing an inactivity check. */
     bool ShouldRunInactivityChecks(const CNode& node, std::chrono::seconds now) const;
 
@@ -1221,8 +1215,6 @@ private:
      */
     std::atomic_bool m_start_extra_block_relay_peers{false};
 
-    std::atomic<std::chrono::microseconds> m_next_send_inv_to_incoming{0us};
-
     /**
      * A vector of -bind=<address>:<port>=onion arguments each of which is
      * an address and port that are designated for incoming Tor connections.

src/net_processing.cpp

@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ private:
      */
     std::map<NodeId, PeerRef> m_peer_map GUARDED_BY(m_peer_mutex);
 
+    std::atomic<std::chrono::microseconds> m_next_send_inv_to_incoming{0us};
+
     /** Number of nodes with fSyncStarted. */
     int nSyncStarted GUARDED_BY(cs_main) = 0;
 
@@ -518,6 +520,15 @@ private:
     Mutex m_recent_confirmed_transactions_mutex;
     CRollingBloomFilter m_recent_confirmed_transactions GUARDED_BY(m_recent_confirmed_transactions_mutex){48'000, 0.000'001};
 
+    /**
+     * For sending `inv`s to inbound peers, we use a single (exponentially
+     * distributed) timer for all peers. If we used a separate timer for each
+     * peer, a spy node could make multiple inbound connections to us to
+     * accurately determine when we received the transaction (and potentially
+     * determine the transaction's origin). */
+    std::chrono::microseconds PoissonNextSendInbound(std::chrono::microseconds now,
+                                                     std::chrono::seconds average_interval);
+
     /** Have we requested this block from a peer */
     bool IsBlockRequested(const uint256& hash) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_main);
 
@@ -819,6 +830,18 @@ static void UpdatePreferredDownload(const CNode& node, CNodeState* state) EXCLUS
     nPreferredDownload += state->fPreferredDownload;
 }
 
+std::chrono::microseconds PeerManagerImpl::PoissonNextSendInbound(std::chrono::microseconds now,
+                                                                  std::chrono::seconds average_interval)
+{
+    if (m_next_send_inv_to_incoming.load() < now) {
+        // If this function were called from multiple threads simultaneously
+        // it would possible that both update the next send variable, and return a different result to their caller.
+        // This is not possible in practice as only the net processing thread invokes this function.
+        m_next_send_inv_to_incoming = GetExponentialRand(now, average_interval);
+    }
+    return m_next_send_inv_to_incoming;
+}
+
 bool PeerManagerImpl::IsBlockRequested(const uint256& hash)
 {
     return mapBlocksInFlight.find(hash) != mapBlocksInFlight.end();
@@ -4786,7 +4809,7 @@ bool PeerManagerImpl::SendMessages(CNode* pto)
                 if (pto->m_tx_relay->nNextInvSend < current_time) {
                     fSendTrickle = true;
                     if (pto->IsInboundConn()) {
-                        pto->m_tx_relay->nNextInvSend = m_connman.PoissonNextSendInbound(current_time, INBOUND_INVENTORY_BROADCAST_INTERVAL);
+                        pto->m_tx_relay->nNextInvSend = PoissonNextSendInbound(current_time, INBOUND_INVENTORY_BROADCAST_INTERVAL);
                     } else {
                         pto->m_tx_relay->nNextInvSend = GetExponentialRand(current_time, OUTBOUND_INVENTORY_BROADCAST_INTERVAL);
                     }

src/test/fuzz/connman.cpp

@@ -89,12 +89,6 @@ FUZZ_TARGET_INIT(connman, initialize_connman)
             [&] {
                 (void)connman.OutboundTargetReached(fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeBool());
             },
-            [&] {
-                // Limit now to int32_t to avoid signed integer overflow
-                (void)connman.PoissonNextSendInbound(
-                        std::chrono::microseconds{fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeIntegral<int32_t>()},
-                        std::chrono::seconds{fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeIntegral<int>()});
-            },
             [&] {
                 CSerializedNetMsg serialized_net_msg;
                 serialized_net_msg.m_type = fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeRandomLengthString(CMessageHeader::COMMAND_SIZE);