trie, core: rough idea to improve derivesha

core/types/bytepool.go

@@ -14,26 +14,26 @@
 // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 // along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-package trie
+package types
 
-// bytesPool is a pool for byteslices. It is safe for concurrent use.
+// BytesPool is a pool for byteslices. It is safe for concurrent use.
-type bytesPool struct {
+type BytesPool struct {
 	c chan []byte
 	w int
 }
 
-// newBytesPool creates a new bytesPool. The sliceCap sets the capacity of
+// NewBytesPool creates a new BytesPool. The sliceCap sets the capacity of
 // newly allocated slices, and the nitems determines how many items the pool
 // will hold, at maximum.
-func newBytesPool(sliceCap, nitems int) *bytesPool {
+func NewBytesPool(sliceCap, nitems int) *BytesPool {
-	return &bytesPool{
+	return &BytesPool{
 		c: make(chan []byte, nitems),
 		w: sliceCap,
 	}
 }
 
 // Get returns a slice. Safe for concurrent use.
-func (bp *bytesPool) Get() []byte {
+func (bp *BytesPool) Get() []byte {
 	select {
 	case b := <-bp.c:
 		return b
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (bp *bytesPool) Get() []byte {
 
 // Put returns a slice to the pool. Safe for concurrent use. This method
 // will ignore slices that are too small or too large (>3x the cap)
-func (bp *bytesPool) Put(b []byte) {
+func (bp *BytesPool) Put(b []byte) {
 	if c := cap(b); c < bp.w || c > 3*bp.w {
 		return
 	}

core/types/hashing.go

@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ type TrieHasher interface {
 	Hash() common.Hash
 }
 
+type RecyclingTrieHasher interface {
+	TrieHasher
+	Reclaim(*BytesPool)
+}
+
 // DerivableList is the input to DeriveSha.
 // It is implemented by the 'Transactions' and 'Receipts' types.
 // This is internal, do not use these methods.
@@ -95,10 +100,7 @@ type DerivableList interface {
 func encodeForDerive(list DerivableList, i int, buf *bytes.Buffer) []byte {
 	buf.Reset()
 	list.EncodeIndex(i, buf)
-	// It's really unfortunate that we need to perform this copy.
+	return buf.Bytes()
-	// StackTrie holds onto the values until Hash is called, so the values
-	// written to it must not alias.
-	return common.CopyBytes(buf.Bytes())
 }
 
 // DeriveSha creates the tree hashes of transactions, receipts, and withdrawals in a block header.
@@ -118,17 +120,84 @@ func DeriveSha(list DerivableList, hasher TrieHasher) common.Hash {
 	for i := 1; i < list.Len() && i <= 0x7f; i++ {
 		indexBuf = rlp.AppendUint64(indexBuf[:0], uint64(i))
 		value := encodeForDerive(list, i, valueBuf)
+		// It's really unfortunate that we need to perform this copy.
+		// StackTrie holds onto the values until Hash is called, so the values
+		// written to it must not alias.
+		value = common.CopyBytes(value)
 		hasher.Update(indexBuf, value)
 	}
 	if list.Len() > 0 {
 		indexBuf = rlp.AppendUint64(indexBuf[:0], 0)
 		value := encodeForDerive(list, 0, valueBuf)
+		value = common.CopyBytes(value)
+
 		hasher.Update(indexBuf, value)
 	}
 	for i := 0x80; i < list.Len(); i++ {
 		indexBuf = rlp.AppendUint64(indexBuf[:0], uint64(i))
 		value := encodeForDerive(list, i, valueBuf)
+		value = common.CopyBytes(value)
+
 		hasher.Update(indexBuf, value)
 	}
 	return hasher.Hash()
 }
+
+func DeriveShaNG(list DerivableList, hasher RecyclingTrieHasher) common.Hash {
+	hasher.Reset()
+
+	valueBuf := encodeBufferPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
+	defer encodeBufferPool.Put(valueBuf)
+
+	cap := 300
+	vPool := NewBytesPool(cap, 40)
+	hasher.Reclaim(vPool)
+
+	// StackTrie requires values to be inserted in increasing hash order, which is not the
+	// order that `list` provides hashes in. This insertion sequence ensures that the
+	// order is correct.
+	//
+	// The error returned by hasher is omitted because hasher will produce an incorrect
+	// hash in case any error occurs.
+	var indexBuf []byte
+	for i := 1; i < list.Len() && i <= 0x7f; i++ {
+		indexBuf = rlp.AppendUint64(indexBuf[:0], uint64(i))
+		value := encodeForDerive(list, i, valueBuf)
+		// It's really unfortunate that we need to perform this copy.
+		// StackTrie holds onto the values until Hash is called, so the values
+		// written to it must not alias
+		vBuf := vPool.Get()
+		if cap < len(value) {
+			vBuf = common.CopyBytes(value)
+		} else {
+			vBuf = vBuf[:len(value)]
+			copy(vBuf, value)
+		}
+		hasher.Update(indexBuf, vBuf)
+	}
+	if list.Len() > 0 {
+		indexBuf = rlp.AppendUint64(indexBuf[:0], 0)
+		value := encodeForDerive(list, 0, valueBuf)
+		vBuf := vPool.Get()
+		if cap < len(value) {
+			vBuf = common.CopyBytes(value)
+		} else {
+			vBuf = vBuf[:len(value)]
+			copy(vBuf, value)
+		}
+		hasher.Update(indexBuf, vBuf)
+	}
+	for i := 0x80; i < list.Len(); i++ {
+		indexBuf = rlp.AppendUint64(indexBuf[:0], uint64(i))
+		value := encodeForDerive(list, i, valueBuf)
+		vBuf := vPool.Get()
+		if cap < len(value) {
+			vBuf = common.CopyBytes(value)
+		} else {
+			vBuf = vBuf[:len(value)]
+			copy(vBuf, value)
+		}
+		hasher.Update(indexBuf, vBuf)
+	}
+	return hasher.Hash()
+}

core/types/hashing_test.go

@@ -81,13 +81,18 @@ func BenchmarkDeriveSha200(b *testing.B) {
 	if err != nil {
 		b.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	var exp common.Hash
+	var exp = types.DeriveSha(txs, trie.NewEmpty(triedb.NewDatabase(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase(), nil)))
-	var got common.Hash
+
+	var have common.Hash
+
 	b.Run("std_trie", func(b *testing.B) {
 		b.ResetTimer()
 		b.ReportAllocs()
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-			exp = types.DeriveSha(txs, trie.NewEmpty(triedb.NewDatabase(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase(), nil)))
+			have = types.DeriveSha(txs, trie.NewEmpty(triedb.NewDatabase(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase(), nil)))
+		}
+		if have != exp {
+			b.Errorf("got %x exp %x", have, exp)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -95,12 +100,22 @@ func BenchmarkDeriveSha200(b *testing.B) {
 		b.ResetTimer()
 		b.ReportAllocs()
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-			got = types.DeriveSha(txs, trie.NewStackTrie(nil))
+			have = types.DeriveShaNG(txs, trie.NewStackTrie(nil))
+		}
+		if have != exp {
+			b.Errorf("got %x exp %x", have, exp)
 		}
 	})
-	if got != exp {
+	//b.Run("stack_trie_reuse", func(b *testing.B) {
-		b.Errorf("got %x exp %x", got, exp)
+	//	b.ResetTimer()
-	}
+	//	b.ReportAllocs()
+	//	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+	//		have = types.DeriveShaNG(txs, trie.NewStackTrie(nil))
+	//	}
+	//	if have != exp {
+	//		b.Errorf("got %x exp %x", have, exp)
+	//	}
+	//})
 }
 
 func TestFuzzDeriveSha(t *testing.T) {

trie/stacktrie.go

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	stPool = sync.Pool{New: func() any { return new(stNode) }}
-	bPool  = newBytesPool(32, 100)
+	bPool  = types.NewBytesPool(32, 100)
 	_      = types.TrieHasher((*StackTrie)(nil))
 )
 
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type StackTrie struct {
 	onTrieNode OnTrieNode
 	kBuf       []byte // buf space used for hex-key during insertions
 	pBuf       []byte // buf space used for path during insertions
+	vPool      *types.BytesPool
 }
 
 // NewStackTrie allocates and initializes an empty trie. The committed nodes
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ func NewStackTrie(onTrieNode OnTrieNode) *StackTrie {
 	}
 }
 
+func (st *StackTrie) Reclaim(vPool *types.BytesPool) {
+	st.vPool = vPool
+}
+
 // Update inserts a (key, value) pair into the stack trie.
 func (t *StackTrie) Update(key, value []byte) error {
 	if len(value) == 0 {
@@ -392,7 +397,11 @@ func (t *StackTrie) hash(st *stNode, path []byte) {
 	st.typ = hashedNode
 	st.key = st.key[:0]
 
-	st.val = nil // Release reference to potentially externally held slice.
+	// Release reference to (potentially externally held) value-slice.
+	if len(st.val) > 0 && t.vPool != nil {
+		t.vPool.Put(st.val)
+	}
+	st.val = nil
 
 	// Skip committing the non-root node if the size is smaller than 32 bytes
 	// as tiny nodes are always embedded in their parent except root node.