core: track and expose the dynamic gas calculation time

core/blockchain.go

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ var (
 	blockValidationTimer      = metrics.NewRegisteredResettingTimer("chain/validation", nil)
 	blockCrossValidationTimer = metrics.NewRegisteredResettingTimer("chain/crossvalidation", nil)
 	blockExecutionTimer       = metrics.NewRegisteredResettingTimer("chain/execution", nil)
+	dynamicGasTimer           = metrics.NewRegisteredResettingTimer("chain/execution/dynamicgas", nil)
 	blockWriteTimer           = metrics.NewRegisteredResettingTimer("chain/write", nil)
 
 	blockReorgMeter     = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("chain/reorg/executes", nil)
@@ -2101,7 +2102,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) processBlock(parentRoot common.Hash, block *types.Block, s
 	blockExecutionTimer.Update(ptime - (statedb.AccountReads + statedb.StorageReads)) // The time spent on EVM processing
 	blockValidationTimer.Update(vtime - (triehash + trieUpdate))                      // The time spent on block validation
 	blockCrossValidationTimer.Update(xvtime)                                          // The time spent on stateless cross validation
-
+	dynamicGasTimer.Update(res.dynamicGasCalculation)
 	// Write the block to the chain and get the status.
 	var (
 		wstart = time.Now()

core/state_processor.go

@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ func (p *StateProcessor) Process(block *types.Block, statedb *state.StateDB, cfg
 		Requests: requests,
 		Logs:     allLogs,
 		GasUsed:  *usedGas,
+
+		dynamicGasCalculation: evm.DynamicGasCalculation,
 	}, nil
 }
 

core/types.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package core
 
 import (
 	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
@@ -57,4 +58,7 @@ type ProcessResult struct {
 	Requests [][]byte
 	Logs     []*types.Log
 	GasUsed  uint64
+
+	// Time measurements
+	dynamicGasCalculation time.Duration
 }

core/vm/evm.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"math/big"
 	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
@@ -125,6 +126,9 @@ type EVM struct {
 	// jumpDests is the aggregated result of JUMPDEST analysis made through
 	// the life cycle of EVM.
 	jumpDests map[common.Hash]bitvec
+
+	// Time measurements
+	DynamicGasCalculation time.Duration
 }
 
 // NewEVM constructs an EVM instance with the supplied block context, state

core/vm/interpreter.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package vm
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/math"
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ func (in *EVMInterpreter) Run(contract *Contract, input []byte, readOnly bool) (
 		// All ops with a dynamic memory usage also has a dynamic gas cost.
 		var memorySize uint64
 		if operation.dynamicGas != nil {
+			dynamicGasCalculationStart := time.Now()
 			// calculate the new memory size and expand the memory to fit
 			// the operation
 			// Memory check needs to be done prior to evaluating the dynamic gas portion,
@@ -289,6 +291,7 @@ func (in *EVMInterpreter) Run(contract *Contract, input []byte, readOnly bool) (
 			var dynamicCost uint64
 			dynamicCost, err = operation.dynamicGas(in.evm, contract, stack, mem, memorySize)
 			cost += dynamicCost // for tracing
+			in.evm.DynamicGasCalculation += time.Since(dynamicGasCalculationStart)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrOutOfGas, err)
 			}