core, ethdb/pebble: enable async write mode in pebble

core/bench_test.go

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func benchInsertChain(b *testing.B, disk bool, gen func(int, *BlockGen)) {
 	if !disk {
 		db = rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
 	} else {
-		pdb, err := pebble.New(b.TempDir(), 128, 128, "", false, true)
+		pdb, err := pebble.New(b.TempDir(), 128, 128, "", false)
 		if err != nil {
 			b.Fatalf("cannot create temporary database: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func makeChainForBench(db ethdb.Database, genesis *Genesis, full bool, count uin
 func benchWriteChain(b *testing.B, full bool, count uint64) {
 	genesis := &Genesis{Config: params.AllEthashProtocolChanges}
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		pdb, err := pebble.New(b.TempDir(), 1024, 128, "", false, true)
+		pdb, err := pebble.New(b.TempDir(), 1024, 128, "", false)
 		if err != nil {
 			b.Fatalf("error opening database: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func benchWriteChain(b *testing.B, full bool, count uint64) {
 func benchReadChain(b *testing.B, full bool, count uint64) {
 	dir := b.TempDir()
 
-	pdb, err := pebble.New(dir, 1024, 128, "", false, true)
+	pdb, err := pebble.New(dir, 1024, 128, "", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		b.Fatalf("error opening database: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ func benchReadChain(b *testing.B, full bool, count uint64) {
 	b.ResetTimer()
 
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		pdb, err = pebble.New(dir, 1024, 128, "", false, true)
+		pdb, err = pebble.New(dir, 1024, 128, "", false)
 		if err != nil {
 			b.Fatalf("error opening database: %v", err)
 		}

core/blockchain_repair_test.go

@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ func testRepairWithScheme(t *testing.T, tt *rewindTest, snapshots bool, scheme s
 	datadir := t.TempDir()
 	ancient := filepath.Join(datadir, "ancient")
 
-	pdb, err := pebble.New(datadir, 0, 0, "", false, true)
+	pdb, err := pebble.New(datadir, 0, 0, "", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create persistent key-value database: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ func testRepairWithScheme(t *testing.T, tt *rewindTest, snapshots bool, scheme s
 	chain.stopWithoutSaving()
 
 	// Start a new blockchain back up and see where the repair leads us
-	pdb, err = pebble.New(datadir, 0, 0, "", false, true)
+	pdb, err = pebble.New(datadir, 0, 0, "", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to reopen persistent key-value database: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ func testIssue23496(t *testing.T, scheme string) {
 	datadir := t.TempDir()
 	ancient := filepath.Join(datadir, "ancient")
 
-	pdb, err := pebble.New(datadir, 0, 0, "", false, true)
+	pdb, err := pebble.New(datadir, 0, 0, "", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create persistent key-value database: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@ func testIssue23496(t *testing.T, scheme string) {
 	chain.stopWithoutSaving()
 
 	// Start a new blockchain back up and see where the repair leads us
-	pdb, err = pebble.New(datadir, 0, 0, "", false, true)
+	pdb, err = pebble.New(datadir, 0, 0, "", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to reopen persistent key-value database: %v", err)
 	}

core/blockchain_sethead_test.go

@@ -1969,7 +1969,7 @@ func testSetHeadWithScheme(t *testing.T, tt *rewindTest, snapshots bool, scheme
 	datadir := t.TempDir()
 	ancient := filepath.Join(datadir, "ancient")
 
-	pdb, err := pebble.New(datadir, 0, 0, "", false, true)
+	pdb, err := pebble.New(datadir, 0, 0, "", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create persistent key-value database: %v", err)
 	}

core/blockchain_snapshot_test.go

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (basic *snapshotTestBasic) prepare(t *testing.T) (*BlockChain, []*types.Blo
 	datadir := t.TempDir()
 	ancient := filepath.Join(datadir, "ancient")
 
-	pdb, err := pebble.New(datadir, 0, 0, "", false, true)
+	pdb, err := pebble.New(datadir, 0, 0, "", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create persistent key-value database: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func (snaptest *crashSnapshotTest) test(t *testing.T) {
 	chain.triedb.Close()
 
 	// Start a new blockchain back up and see where the repair leads us
-	pdb, err := pebble.New(snaptest.datadir, 0, 0, "", false, true)
+	pdb, err := pebble.New(snaptest.datadir, 0, 0, "", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create persistent key-value database: %v", err)
 	}

core/blockchain_test.go

@@ -2492,7 +2492,7 @@ func testSideImportPrunedBlocks(t *testing.T, scheme string) {
 	datadir := t.TempDir()
 	ancient := path.Join(datadir, "ancient")
 
-	pdb, err := pebble.New(datadir, 0, 0, "", false, true)
+	pdb, err := pebble.New(datadir, 0, 0, "", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create persistent key-value database: %v", err)
 	}

ethdb/pebble/pebble.go

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (l panicLogger) Fatalf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 
 // New returns a wrapped pebble DB object. The namespace is the prefix that the
 // metrics reporting should use for surfacing internal stats.
-func New(file string, cache int, handles int, namespace string, readonly bool, ephemeral bool) (*Database, error) {
+func New(file string, cache int, handles int, namespace string, readonly bool) (*Database, error) {
 	// Ensure we have some minimal caching and file guarantees
 	if cache < minCache {
 		cache = minCache
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func New(file string, cache int, handles int, namespace string, readonly bool, e
 		fn:           file,
 		log:          logger,
 		quitChan:     make(chan chan error),
-		writeOptions: &pebble.WriteOptions{Sync: !ephemeral},
+		writeOptions: &pebble.WriteOptions{Sync: false},
 	}
 	opt := &pebble.Options{
 		// Pebble has a single combined cache area and the write
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ func New(file string, cache int, handles int, namespace string, readonly bool, e
 			WriteStallBegin: db.onWriteStallBegin,
 			WriteStallEnd:   db.onWriteStallEnd,
 		},
+		WALBytesPerSync: 5 * ethdb.IdealBatchSize,
 		Logger:          panicLogger{}, // TODO(karalabe): Delete when this is upstreamed in Pebble
 	}
 	// Disable seek compaction explicitly. Check https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/20130

node/database.go

@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ type openOptions struct {
 	Cache             int    // the capacity(in megabytes) of the data caching
 	Handles           int    // number of files to be open simultaneously
 	ReadOnly          bool
-
-	// Ephemeral means that filesystem sync operations should be avoided:
-	// data integrity in the face of a crash is not important. This option
-	// should typically be used in tests.
-	Ephemeral bool
 }
 
 // openDatabase opens both a disk-based key-value database such as leveldb or pebble, but also
@@ -83,7 +78,7 @@ func openKeyValueDatabase(o openOptions) (ethdb.Database, error) {
 	}
 	if o.Type == rawdb.DBPebble || existingDb == rawdb.DBPebble {
 		log.Info("Using pebble as the backing database")
-		return newPebbleDBDatabase(o.Directory, o.Cache, o.Handles, o.Namespace, o.ReadOnly, o.Ephemeral)
+		return newPebbleDBDatabase(o.Directory, o.Cache, o.Handles, o.Namespace, o.ReadOnly)
 	}
 	if o.Type == rawdb.DBLeveldb || existingDb == rawdb.DBLeveldb {
 		log.Info("Using leveldb as the backing database")
@@ -91,7 +86,7 @@ func openKeyValueDatabase(o openOptions) (ethdb.Database, error) {
 	}
 	// No pre-existing database, no user-requested one either. Default to Pebble.
 	log.Info("Defaulting to pebble as the backing database")
-	return newPebbleDBDatabase(o.Directory, o.Cache, o.Handles, o.Namespace, o.ReadOnly, o.Ephemeral)
+	return newPebbleDBDatabase(o.Directory, o.Cache, o.Handles, o.Namespace, o.ReadOnly)
 }
 
 // newLevelDBDatabase creates a persistent key-value database without a freezer
@@ -107,8 +102,8 @@ func newLevelDBDatabase(file string, cache int, handles int, namespace string, r
 
 // newPebbleDBDatabase creates a persistent key-value database without a freezer
 // moving immutable chain segments into cold storage.
-func newPebbleDBDatabase(file string, cache int, handles int, namespace string, readonly bool, ephemeral bool) (ethdb.Database, error) {
+func newPebbleDBDatabase(file string, cache int, handles int, namespace string, readonly bool) (ethdb.Database, error) {
-	db, err := pebble.New(file, cache, handles, namespace, readonly, ephemeral)
+	db, err := pebble.New(file, cache, handles, namespace, readonly)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}