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Reduce the inclusion inherent's actual weight if the block is already heavy (#2060)

* don't modify inherent data on heavy block

* write up current thinking on block weight detection

* extract inherent inclusion check into its own function

* put heavy block check into runtime

* the `inclusion` inherent call is Operational, not Mandatory

This resolves a lot of the trickiness about this issue, because
we no longer need to override or supplant any existing proposer
logic; the existing logic should exhibit these behaviors:

- the `inclusion` inherent is prioritized over standard transactions
- but if it's too heavy, i.e. in case of runtime upgrade, it'll be
  dropped in favor of that.

It is my belief that allowing the proposer to just not include
this data won't have any adverse effects: it's equivalent to replacing
them with empty versions of themselves, which the `ProvideInherent`
impl already does.

* Revert "the `inclusion` inherent call is Operational, not Mandatory"

This reverts commit e58858d1.

* Revert "write up current thinking on block weight detection"

This reverts commit fd587b80.

* Revert "don't modify inherent data on heavy block"

This reverts commit 38299d3c

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* add backed candidate block weight assumption to configuration

* Limit backed candidates according to a candidate weight heuristic.

This approach replaces making the inclusion inherent non-mandatory.
It's still not ideal in that we have to configure a heuristic for
how much each backed candidate 'weighs', instead of directly
measuring it somehow.

This approach also never truncates the signed bitfields. The
rationale for that depends on some assumptions:

- processing the signed bitfields is cheap compared to the
  backed candidates
- it is beneficial to the progress of the relay chain
  to update the signed bitfields even if not all backed candidates
  are updated

* simplify limit_backed_candidates and weight assumption

* don't trust the provisioner to fairly distribute candidates

* use saturating subtraction

* empty commit to restart ci

* use new mechanism for getting max block weight

* apply weight refunds to the inclusion inherent

This makes some assumptions about fundamental weights, which are
encapsulated as constants. From there, it lets Substrate know
what the actual computed weight of the inherent is.

* use a correct fixed weight for the inclusion inherent

Co-authored-by: default avatarGuillaume Thiolliere <[email protected]>

* use dynamic inclusion weight so we reduce calculated weight when excluding candidates

* don't double-count this intrinsic's weight in the block weight

* add unit tests of fn limit_backed_candidates

* add tests that the inclusion inherent's weight correctly updates

Co-authored-by: default avatarGuillaume Thiolliere <[email protected]>
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