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fix(cmd/devp2p): keep nil status untyped in ethtest peering, ref #3046 - #3064
statusExchange(chain, status interface{}) # widened by #3046
- dialAndPeer(status *statusPacket)- peer(chain, status *statusPacket)+ dialAndPeer(status interface{})+ peer(chain, status interface{})
dialAndPeer(nil)
before: (*statusPacket)(nil) -> interface{} -> status != nil
-> skip makeStatusPacket -> write 0x80 -> "too few elements" -> UselessPeer
after: interface{}(nil) -> status == nil
-> makeStatusPacket(chain, version) -> valid Status
#3046 widened statusExchange to interface{} so the suite can send several status shapes, but left dialAndPeer and peer typed as *statusPacket. Every baseline and announcement case calls dialAndPeer(nil), so the nil is boxed into a typed nil pointer: status == nil never holds, makeStatusPacket is skipped, and the client writes a one-byte 0x80 RLP payload where the node expects a Status message. The node rejects it with too few elements and disconnects as UselessPeer.
Upstream geth keeps all three signatures as *eth.StatusPacket, so it never had this trap. The interface{} here is XDC-specific (it must carry statusPacketFork and custom shapes), so reverting statusExchange is not an option; widening the two callers is the minimal fix. All call sites pass literal nil, and the two direct statusExchange callers already pass untyped nil, so nothing else changes.
Files:cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/conn.go — two signatures. No call-site, dependency, or generated-code changes.
Evidence
Before (the regression that motivated this fix): full fixture-devnet registry 41/74 — every case routed through dialAndPeer died at peering (readStatus100: too few elements, Disconnect(UselessPeer)).
After (2026-11-13 re-run with a devp2p built from this branch): three-phase fixture-devnet protocol on four nodes (frozen suite target plus three validators for a QC quorum):
main mining phase: 67/74;
silent phase (validators stopped): 72/74 — OldAnnounce and the four sequential / unknown-then-known request-reply cases turn green once relayed BFT frames stop competing for the read window;
600-head peerless phase: baseline BlockHashAnnounce turns green (ok 1 BlockHashAnnounce).
This branch:make all, make generate, make tidy, clean-tree gate, make lint (0 issues), go vet ./... and make test all PASS on the single commit 2dcd42657; go test ./cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/... PASS in 18.165s.
No new unit test:dialAndPeer needs a live RLPx connection and this repo has no mock Conn; a test of Go's interface-nil semantics would not kill this regression. The live-node devnet registry is the executable coverage.
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Door: two-way. Reverting the two signatures restores the old behaviour exactly; the change is confined to the standalone devp2p test client.
Blast Radius: test-tooling.
Only cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest is touched. No node binary, protocol, consensus, or RPC path changes; no migration, no config, no persisted state.
End-to-end test plan (devnet)
Build devp2p from this branch and start the four-node fixture devnet (Local_DPoS_Setup branch ethtest-fixture-regression, ./run-ethtest-fixture.sh): one frozen suite target plus three validators for a QC quorum, all on testdata/xdc with --networkid 5152. Wait for the frozen head to pass block 600.
Main phase: DEVP2P=<this build> ./run-ethtest-suite.sh. Silent phase: stop the three validators (keep the frozen node) and re-run; OldAnnounce and the sequential request cases turn green.
600-head phase: reset the fixture data and start only the frozen node with no validators, then run /tmp/devp2p rlpx eth-test --run '^BlockHashAnnounce$' --tap; the baseline case turns green.
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Add a regression test for the nil status path.
A test that calls dialAndPeer(nil) against a scripted peer and decodes the outgoing status would catch the original failure if either wrapper reintroduces a typed nil. The existing in-process peer tests may provide a starting point.
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Add a regression test for Suite.dialAndPeer that passes nil, uses a scripted peer to decode the outgoing status, and verifies the expected nil-status behavior without a typed nil; follow the existing in-process peer test patterns.
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PR XinFinOrg#3046 widened statusExchange to accept interface{} so the suite can send several status shapes, but dialAndPeer and peer still declared *statusPacket. Every suite case calls dialAndPeer(nil), so nil is boxed as a typed nil pointer: status == nil never holds, makeStatusPacket is skipped, and the client writes a one-byte 0x80 payload instead of Status. A live node rejects it with "too few elements" and disconnects as UselessPeer, killing every dialAndPeer case (41/74 on the XinFinOrg#2968 fixture regression, 71/74 once patched).
Widen both signatures to interface{} so the untyped nil reaches statusExchange unchanged. All call sites pass literal nil and both direct statusExchange callers already pass untyped nil, so no call site changes. Upstream geth keeps all three signatures as *eth.StatusPacket and never had this trap; the interface{} here is XDC-specific for statusPacketFork and custom shapes, so reverting statusExchange is not an option.
Ref: XinFinOrg#3046
Addressed in f3c3969917 with cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/conn_nil_status_test.go. It adds a compile-time signature guard on both dialAndPeer and peer (reintroducing a typed *statusPacket parameter now fails the build), plus three runtime cases using an in-process scripted RLPx peer: statusExchange(chain, nil) and peer(chain, nil) decode the outgoing status and assert protocol version, genesis and head, and an explicit status packet is asserted to pass through unchanged.
Validation: 6/6 mutation probes killed, including reverting either wrapper to *statusPacket, replacing the generated packet with a typed nil, and unconditionally regenerating the packet; full per-commit chain passed (make all, generate, tidy, clean tree, lint 0 issues., vet, make test), directed -race passed, and the devnet Status handshake case still passes.
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Summary
statusExchange(chain, status interface{}) # widened by #3046 - dialAndPeer(status *statusPacket) - peer(chain, status *statusPacket) + dialAndPeer(status interface{}) + peer(chain, status interface{})#3046 widened
statusExchangetointerface{}so the suite can send several status shapes, but leftdialAndPeerandpeertyped as*statusPacket. Every baseline and announcement case callsdialAndPeer(nil), so the nil is boxed into a typed nil pointer:status == nilnever holds,makeStatusPacketis skipped, and the client writes a one-byte0x80RLP payload where the node expects a Status message. The node rejects it withtoo few elementsand disconnects asUselessPeer.Upstream geth keeps all three signatures as
*eth.StatusPacket, so it never had this trap. Theinterface{}here is XDC-specific (it must carrystatusPacketForkand custom shapes), so revertingstatusExchangeis not an option; widening the two callers is the minimal fix. All call sites pass literalnil, and the two directstatusExchangecallers already pass untypednil, so nothing else changes.Files:
cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/conn.go— two signatures. No call-site, dependency, or generated-code changes.Evidence
dialAndPeerdied at peering (readStatus100: too few elements,Disconnect(UselessPeer)).devp2pbuilt from this branch): three-phase fixture-devnet protocol on four nodes (frozen suite target plus three validators for a QC quorum):OldAnnounceand the four sequential / unknown-then-known request-reply cases turn green once relayed BFT frames stop competing for the read window;BlockHashAnnounceturns green (ok 1 BlockHashAnnounce).LargeTxRequest_Xdc166, the fixture pricing defect filed as cmd/devp2p: fixture-mode generateTxs prices at 1 wei, below the hydrated pool floor #3062. ThegetProtopanic seen in the main phase is the separate suite hazard filed as cmd/devp2p: getProto panics on XDC BFT and pooled-transaction frame codes #3063, with the stack trace posted on that issue.make all,make generate,make tidy, clean-tree gate,make lint(0 issues),go vet ./...andmake testall PASS on the single commit2dcd42657;go test ./cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/...PASS in 18.165s.dialAndPeerneeds a live RLPx connection and this repo has no mockConn; a test of Go's interface-nil semantics would not kill this regression. The live-node devnet registry is the executable coverage.Merge Danger
Door: two-way. Reverting the two signatures restores the old behaviour exactly; the change is confined to the standalone
devp2ptest client.Blast Radius: test-tooling.
Only
cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtestis touched. No node binary, protocol, consensus, or RPC path changes; no migration, no config, no persisted state.End-to-end test plan (devnet)
devp2pfrom this branch and start the four-node fixture devnet (Local_DPoS_Setupbranchethtest-fixture-regression,./run-ethtest-fixture.sh): one frozen suite target plus three validators for a QC quorum, all ontestdata/xdcwith--networkid 5152. Wait for the frozen head to pass block 600.DEVP2P=<this build> ./run-ethtest-suite.sh. Silent phase: stop the three validators (keep the frozen node) and re-run;OldAnnounceand the sequential request cases turn green./tmp/devp2p rlpx eth-test --run '^BlockHashAnnounce$' --tap; the baseline case turns green.Ref: #3046
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