This is something interesting I came across during my benchmarks, we
spent ~3.8% of all allocations allocating the header number on the heap.
```
(pprof) list GetHeaderByHash
Total: 38197204475
ROUTINE ======================== github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core.(*BlockChain).GetHeaderByHash in github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/blockchain_reader.go
0 5786566117 (flat, cum) 15.15% of Total
. . 79:func (bc *BlockChain) GetHeaderByHash(hash common.Hash) *types.Header {
. 5786566117 80: return bc.hc.GetHeaderByHash(hash)
. . 81:}
. . 82:
. . 83:// GetHeaderByNumber retrieves a block header from the database by number,
. . 84:// caching it (associated with its hash) if found.
. . 85:func (bc *BlockChain) GetHeaderByNumber(number uint64) *types.Header {
ROUTINE ======================== github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core.(*HeaderChain).GetHeaderByHash in github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/headerchain.go
0 5786566117 (flat, cum) 15.15% of Total
. . 404:func (hc *HeaderChain) GetHeaderByHash(hash common.Hash) *types.Header {
. 1471264309 405: number := hc.GetBlockNumber(hash)
. . 406: if number == nil {
. . 407: return nil
. . 408: }
. 4315301808 409: return hc.GetHeader(hash, *number)
. . 410:}
. . 411:
. . 412:// HasHeader checks if a block header is present in the database or not.
. . 413:// In theory, if header is present in the database, all relative components
. . 414:// like td and hash->number should be present too.
(pprof) list GetBlockNumber
Total: 38197204475
ROUTINE ======================== github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core.(*HeaderChain).GetBlockNumber in github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/headerchain.go
94438817 1471264309 (flat, cum) 3.85% of Total
. . 100:func (hc *HeaderChain) GetBlockNumber(hash common.Hash) *uint64 {
94438817 94438817 101: if cached, ok := hc.numberCache.Get(hash); ok {
. . 102: return &cached
. . 103: }
. 1376270828 104: number := rawdb.ReadHeaderNumber(hc.chainDb, hash)
. . 105: if number != nil {
. 554664 106: hc.numberCache.Add(hash, *number)
. . 107: }
. . 108: return number
. . 109:}
. . 110:
. . 111:type headerWriteResult struct {
(pprof) list ReadHeaderNumber
Total: 38197204475
ROUTINE ======================== github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb.ReadHeaderNumber in github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
204606513 1376270828 (flat, cum) 3.60% of Total
. . 146:func ReadHeaderNumber(db ethdb.KeyValueReader, hash common.Hash) *uint64 {
109577863 1281242178 147: data, _ := db.Get(headerNumberKey(hash))
. . 148: if len(data) != 8 {
. . 149: return nil
. . 150: }
95028650 95028650 151: number := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(data)
. . 152: return &number
. . 153:}
. . 154:
. . 155:// WriteHeaderNumber stores the hash->number mapping.
. . 156:func WriteHeaderNumber(db ethdb.KeyValueWriter, hash common.Hash, number uint64) {
```
Opening this to discuss the idea, I know that rawdb.EmptyNumber is not a
great name for the variable, open to suggestions
Fixes https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/31732.
This logic was removed in the recent refactoring in the txindexer to
handle history cutoff (#31393). It was first introduced in this PR:
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/28908.
I have tested it and it works as an alternative to #31745.
This PR packs 3 changes to the flow of fetching txs from the API:
- It caches the indexer tail after each run is over to avoid hitting the
db all the time as was done originally in #28908.
- Changes `backend.GetTransaction`. It doesn't return an error anymore
when tx indexer is in progress. It shifts the responsibility to the
caller to check the progress. The reason is that in most cases we anyway
check the txpool for the tx. If it was indeed a pending tx we can avoid
the indexer progress check.
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Co-authored-by: Gary Rong <garyrong0905@gmail.com>
This is an attempt at fixing #31601. I think what happens is the startup
logic will try to get the full block body (it's `bc.loadLastState`) and
fail because genesis block has been pruned from the freezer. This will
cause it to keep repeating the reset logic, causing a deadlock.
This can happen when due to an unsuccessful sync we don't have the state
for the head (or any other state) fully, and try to redo the snap sync.
---------
Co-authored-by: Gary Rong <garyrong0905@gmail.com>
This pull request introduces new sync logic for pruning mode. The downloader will now skip
insertion of block bodies and receipts before the configured history cutoff point.
Originally, in snap sync, the header chain and other components (bodies and receipts) were
inserted separately. However, in Proof-of-Stake, this separation is unnecessary since the
sync target is already verified by the CL.
To simplify the process, this pull request modifies `InsertReceiptChain` to insert headers
along with block bodies and receipts together. Besides, `InsertReceiptChain` doesn't have
the notion of reorg, as the common ancestor is always be found before the sync and extra
side chain is truncated at the beginning if they fall in the ancient store. The stale
canonical chain flags will always be rewritten by the new chain. Explicit reorg logic is
no longer required in `InsertReceiptChain`.
This adds a new subcommand 'geth prune-history' that removes the pre-merge history
on supported networks. Geth is not fully ready to work in this mode, please do not run
this command on your production node.
---------
Co-authored-by: Felix Lange <fjl@twurst.com>
In #31384 we unindex TXes prior to the merge block. However when the
node starts up it will try to re-index those back if the config is to index the
whole chain. This change makes the indexer aware of the history cutoff block,
avoiding reindexing in that segment.
---------
Co-authored-by: Gary Rong <garyrong0905@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Felix Lange <fjl@twurst.com>
