refactor(p2p,eth): replace pair-peer with BFT write priority, close #2359

[gzliudan]

Proposed changes

This PR close #2359.

Drop the per-peer dual TCP (pair-peer) mechanism and restore the upstream devp2p semantics of one connection per NodeID. To preserve the original goal of low BFT write latency, introduce a two-level write priority in the per-peer write scheduler so XDPoS v2 consensus messages (VoteMsg, TimeoutMsg, SyncInfoMsg) preempt block/tx traffic at the next write boundary.

p2p: remove Peer.pairPeer/PairPeer/SetPairPeer/ClearPairPeer, ErrAddPairPeer, and the pair branches in Server.encHandshakeChecks/addpeer/removePeerTracking and dialstate.checkDial. Keep the DiscPairPeerStop enum slot for wire compatibility with peers that still send it.

p2p: add PriorityMsgWriter interface and SendPriority helper. Rework Peer.run write arbitration: replace the single writeStart token with buffered hi/lo writeSlot request queues; non-blocking hi-bias when idle, blocking select on both otherwise, and a starvation guard that forces one lo through after writePriorityStarveLimit (16) consecutive hi writes.

eth: drop pairRw from peer and the ErrAddPairPeer fast-path in ProtocolManager.handle; collapse the pair fallback in peerSet.Register. Route SendVote/SendTimeout/SendSyncInfo through p2p.SendPriority.

Tests: revert p2p/dial_test.go and p2p/server_test.go to upstream geth expectations, drop pair-only cases, and add p2p/peer_priority_test.go covering hi/lo preemption, the starvation guard, and the non-priority fallback path.

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Pull request overview

This PR removes the XDPoS pair-peer dual-connection mechanism and replaces its BFT-latency goal with per-peer high/low priority write scheduling in the p2p message path.

Changes:

• Removes pair-peer state, duplicate-connection allowances, and eth pair writer fallback paths.
• Adds PriorityMsgWriter / SendPriority and routes Vote, Timeout, and SyncInfo messages through the high-priority lane.
• Updates dial/server tests and adds priority scheduler tests for preemption, starvation guard, and fallback behavior.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 11 out of 11 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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File	Description
p2p/server.go	Rejects duplicate NodeID connections and removes pair-peer tracking.
p2p/server_test.go	Updates server peer tracking tests for single-peer semantics.
p2p/peer.go	Adds high/low write request queues and priority arbitration.
p2p/peer_test.go	Removes pair-peer disconnect behavior test.
p2p/peer_priority_test.go	Adds tests for priority write scheduling behavior.
p2p/peer_error.go	Removes ErrAddPairPeer.
p2p/message.go	Adds SendPriority helper with fallback to normal writes.
p2p/dial.go	Restores duplicate peer dial rejection.
p2p/dial_test.go	Updates dial state expectations for one connection per NodeID.
eth/peer.go	Removes pairRw and uses priority sends for BFT messages.
eth/handler.go	Simplifies peer registration now that pair peers are removed.

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Pull request overview

Copilot reviewed 13 out of 13 changed files in this pull request and generated no new comments.