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cmd, eth, les, node, pow: disk caching and progress reports

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Péter Szilágyi
2017-03-06 11:37:32 +02:00
committed by Felix Lange
parent 567d41d936
commit 023670f6ba
8 changed files with 216 additions and 55 deletions
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5
cmd/geth/main.go
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@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ func init() {
utils.BootnodesFlag,
utils.DataDirFlag,
utils.KeyStoreDirFlag,
utils.EthashCacheDirFlag,
utils.EthashCachesInMemoryFlag,
utils.EthashCachesOnDiskFlag,
utils.EthashDatasetDirFlag,
utils.EthashDatasetsOnDiskFlag,
utils.FastSyncFlag,
utils.LightModeFlag,
utils.LightServFlag,

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cmd/geth/usage.go
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@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ var AppHelpFlagGroups = []flagGroup{
utils.LightKDFFlag,
},
},
{
Name: "ETHASH",
Flags: []cli.Flag{
utils.EthashCacheDirFlag,
utils.EthashCachesInMemoryFlag,
utils.EthashCachesOnDiskFlag,
utils.EthashDatasetDirFlag,
utils.EthashDatasetsOnDiskFlag,
},
},
{
Name: "PERFORMANCE TUNING",
Flags: []cli.Flag{

61
cmd/utils/flags.go
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@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
"io/ioutil"
"math/big"
"os"
"os/user"
"path/filepath"
"runtime"
"strconv"
@@ -113,6 +114,29 @@ var (
Name: "keystore",
Usage: "Directory for the keystore (default = inside the datadir)",
}
EthashCacheDirFlag = DirectoryFlag{
Name: "ethash.cachedir",
Usage: "Directory to store the ethash verification caches (default = inside the datadir)",
}
EthashCachesInMemoryFlag = cli.IntFlag{
Name: "ethash.cachesinmem",
Usage: "Number of recent ethash caches to keep in memory (16MB each)",
Value: 2,
}
EthashCachesOnDiskFlag = cli.IntFlag{
Name: "ethash.cachesondisk",
Usage: "Number of recent ethash caches to keep on disk (16MB each)",
Value: 3,
}
EthashDatasetDirFlag = DirectoryFlag{
Name: "ethash.dagdir",
Usage: "Directory to store the ethash mining DAGs (default = inside home folder)",
}
EthashDatasetsOnDiskFlag = cli.IntFlag{
Name: "ethash.dagsondisk",
Usage: "Number of ethash mining DAGs to keep on disk (1+GB each)",
Value: 2,
}
NetworkIdFlag = cli.IntFlag{
Name: "networkid",
Usage: "Network identifier (integer, 1=Frontier, 2=Morden (disused), 3=Ropsten)",
@@ -431,6 +455,36 @@ func MakeDataDir(ctx *cli.Context) string {
return ""
}
// MakeEthashCacheDir returns the directory to use for storing the ethash cache
// dumps.
func MakeEthashCacheDir(ctx *cli.Context) string {
if ctx.GlobalIsSet(EthashCacheDirFlag.Name) && ctx.GlobalString(EthashCacheDirFlag.Name) == "" {
return ""
}
if !ctx.GlobalIsSet(EthashCacheDirFlag.Name) {
return "ethash"
}
return ctx.GlobalString(EthashCacheDirFlag.Name)
}
// MakeEthashDatasetDir returns the directory to use for storing the full ethash
// dataset dumps.
func MakeEthashDatasetDir(ctx *cli.Context) string {
if !ctx.GlobalIsSet(EthashDatasetDirFlag.Name) {
home := os.Getenv("HOME")
if home == "" {
if user, err := user.Current(); err == nil {
home = user.HomeDir
}
}
if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
return filepath.Join(home, "AppData", "Ethash")
}
return filepath.Join(home, ".ethash")
}
return ctx.GlobalString(EthashDatasetDirFlag.Name)
}
// MakeIPCPath creates an IPC path configuration from the set command line flags,
// returning an empty string if IPC was explicitly disabled, or the set path.
func MakeIPCPath(ctx *cli.Context) string {
@@ -751,6 +805,11 @@ func RegisterEthService(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, extra []byte) {
GpobaseStepUp: ctx.GlobalInt(GpobaseStepUpFlag.Name),
GpobaseCorrectionFactor: ctx.GlobalInt(GpobaseCorrectionFactorFlag.Name),
SolcPath: ctx.GlobalString(SolcPathFlag.Name),
EthashCacheDir: MakeEthashCacheDir(ctx),
EthashCachesInMem: ctx.GlobalInt(EthashCachesInMemoryFlag.Name),
EthashCachesOnDisk: ctx.GlobalInt(EthashCachesOnDiskFlag.Name),
EthashDatasetDir: MakeEthashDatasetDir(ctx),
EthashDatasetsOnDisk: ctx.GlobalInt(EthashDatasetsOnDiskFlag.Name),
AutoDAG: ctx.GlobalBool(AutoDAGFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalBool(MiningEnabledFlag.Name),
EnablePreimageRecording: ctx.GlobalBool(VMEnableDebugFlag.Name),
}
@@ -923,7 +982,7 @@ func MakeChain(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node) (chain *core.BlockChain, chai
seal := pow.PoW(pow.FakePow{})
if !ctx.GlobalBool(FakePoWFlag.Name) {
seal = pow.NewFullEthash("", "")
seal = pow.NewFullEthash("", 1, 0, "", 0)
}
chain, err = core.NewBlockChain(chainDb, chainConfig, seal, new(event.TypeMux), vm.Config{EnablePreimageRecording: ctx.GlobalBool(VMEnableDebugFlag.Name)})
if err != nil {

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eth/backend.go
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@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ type Config struct {
PowShared bool
ExtraData []byte
EthashCacheDir string
EthashCachesInMem int
EthashCachesOnDisk int
EthashDatasetDir string
EthashDatasetsOnDisk int
Etherbase common.Address
GasPrice *big.Int
MinerThreads int
@@ -157,16 +163,11 @@ func New(ctx *node.ServiceContext, config *Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
if err := SetupGenesisBlock(&chainDb, config); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
pow, err := CreatePoW(config)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
eth := &Ethereum{
chainDb: chainDb,
eventMux: ctx.EventMux,
accountManager: ctx.AccountManager,
pow: pow,
pow: CreatePoW(ctx, config),
shutdownChan: make(chan bool),
stopDbUpgrade: stopDbUpgrade,
netVersionId: config.NetworkId,
@@ -284,19 +285,20 @@ func SetupGenesisBlock(chainDb *ethdb.Database, config *Config) error {
}
// CreatePoW creates the required type of PoW instance for an Ethereum service
func CreatePoW(config *Config) (pow.PoW, error) {
func CreatePoW(ctx *node.ServiceContext, config *Config) pow.PoW {
switch {
case config.PowFake:
log.Warn("Ethash used in fake mode")
return pow.FakePow{}, nil
return pow.FakePow{}
case config.PowTest:
log.Warn("Ethash used in test mode")
return pow.NewTestEthash(), nil
return pow.NewTestEthash()
case config.PowShared:
log.Warn("Ethash used in shared mode")
return pow.NewSharedEthash(), nil
return pow.NewSharedEthash()
default:
return pow.NewFullEthash("", ""), nil
return pow.NewFullEthash(ctx.ResolvePath(config.EthashCacheDir), config.EthashCachesInMem, config.EthashCachesOnDisk,
config.EthashDatasetDir, config.EthashDatasetsOnDisk)
}
}

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les/backend.go
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@@ -77,11 +77,6 @@ func New(ctx *node.ServiceContext, config *eth.Config) (*LightEthereum, error) {
if err := eth.SetupGenesisBlock(&chainDb, config); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
pow, err := eth.CreatePoW(config)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
odr := NewLesOdr(chainDb)
relay := NewLesTxRelay()
eth := &LightEthereum{
@@ -90,7 +85,7 @@ func New(ctx *node.ServiceContext, config *eth.Config) (*LightEthereum, error) {
chainDb: chainDb,
eventMux: ctx.EventMux,
accountManager: ctx.AccountManager,
pow: pow,
pow: eth.CreatePoW(ctx, config),
shutdownChan: make(chan bool),
netVersionId: config.NetworkId,
solcPath: config.SolcPath,

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node/service.go
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@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ func (ctx *ServiceContext) OpenDatabase(name string, cache int, handles int) (et
return ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(ctx.config.resolvePath(name), cache, handles)
}
// ResolvePath resolves a user path into the data directory if that was relative
// and if the user actually uses persistent storage. It will return an empty string
// for emphemeral storage and the user's own input for absolute paths.
func (ctx *ServiceContext) ResolvePath(path string) string {
return ctx.config.resolvePath(path)
}
// Service retrieves a currently running service registered of a specific type.
func (ctx *ServiceContext) Service(service interface{}) error {
element := reflect.ValueOf(service).Elem()

107
pow/ethash.go
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@@ -17,12 +17,19 @@
package pow
import (
"bufio"
"bytes"
"errors"
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"math/big"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"sync"
"time"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
metrics "github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics"
)
@@ -36,6 +43,15 @@ var (
var (
// maxUint256 is a big integer representing 2^256-1
maxUint256 = new(big.Int).Exp(big.NewInt(2), big.NewInt(256), big.NewInt(0))
// sharedEthash is a full instance that can be shared between multiple users.
sharedEthash = NewFullEthash("", 3, 0, "", 0)
// algorithmRevision is the data structure version used for file naming.
algorithmRevision = 23
// dumpMagic is a dataset dump header to sanity check a data dump.
dumpMagic = hexutil.MustDecode("0xfee1deadbaddcafe")
)
// cache wraps an ethash cache with some metadata to allow easier concurrent use.
@@ -48,21 +64,65 @@ type cache struct {
}
// generate ensures that the cache content is generates.
func (c *cache) generate(test bool) {
func (c *cache) generate(dir string, limit int, test bool) {
c.once.Do(func() {
cacheSize := cacheSize(c.epoch*epochLength + 1)
// If we have a testing cache, generate and return
if test {
cacheSize = 1024
}
rawCache := generateCache(cacheSize, seedHash(c.epoch*epochLength+1))
rawCache := generateCache(1024, seedHash(c.epoch*epochLength+1))
c.cache = prepare(uint64(len(rawCache)), bytes.NewReader(rawCache))
return
}
// Full cache generation is needed, check cache dir for existing data
size := cacheSize(c.epoch*epochLength + 1)
seed := seedHash(c.epoch*epochLength + 1)
path := filepath.Join(dir, fmt.Sprintf("cache-R%d-%x", algorithmRevision, seed))
logger := log.New("seed", hexutil.Bytes(seed))
if dir != "" {
dump, err := os.Open(path)
if err == nil {
logger.Info("Loading ethash cache from disk")
start := time.Now()
c.cache = prepare(size, bufio.NewReader(dump))
logger.Info("Loaded ethash cache from disk", "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)))
dump.Close()
return
}
}
// No previous disk cache was available, generate on the fly
rawCache := generateCache(size, seed)
c.cache = prepare(size, bytes.NewReader(rawCache))
// If a cache directory is given, attempt to serialize for next time
if dir != "" {
// Store the ethash cache to disk
start := time.Now()
if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
logger.Error("Failed to create ethash cache dir", "err", err)
} else if err := ioutil.WriteFile(path, rawCache, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
logger.Error("Failed to write ethash cache to disk", "err", err)
} else {
logger.Info("Stored ethash cache to disk", "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)))
}
// Iterate over all previous instances and delete old ones
for ep := int(c.epoch) - limit; ep >= 0; ep-- {
seed := seedHash(uint64(ep)*epochLength + 1)
path := filepath.Join(dir, fmt.Sprintf("cache-R%d-%x", algorithmRevision, seed))
os.Remove(path)
}
}
})
}
// Ethash is a PoW data struture implementing the ethash algorithm.
type Ethash struct {
cachedir string // Data directory to store the verification caches
cachesinmem int // Number of caches to keep in memory
cachesondisk int // Number of caches to keep on disk
dagdir string // Data directory to store full mining datasets
dagsondisk int // Number of mining datasets to keep on disk
caches map[uint64]*cache // In memory caches to avoid regenerating too often
future *cache // Pre-generated cache for the estimated future epoch
@@ -71,14 +131,26 @@ type Ethash struct {
hashrate *metrics.StandardMeter // Meter tracking the average hashrate
tester bool // Flag whether to use a smaller test dataset
shared bool // Flag whether to use a global chared dataset
}
// NewFullEthash creates a full sized ethash PoW scheme.
func NewFullEthash(cachedir, dagdir string) PoW {
func NewFullEthash(cachedir string, cachesinmem, cachesondisk int, dagdir string, dagsondisk int) PoW {
if cachesinmem <= 0 {
log.Warn("One ethash cache must alwast be in memory", "requested", cachesinmem)
cachesinmem = 1
}
if cachedir != "" && cachesondisk > 0 {
log.Info("Disk storage enabled for ethash caches", "dir", cachedir, "count", cachesondisk)
}
if dagdir != "" && dagsondisk > 0 {
log.Info("Disk storage enabled for ethash DAGs", "dir", dagdir, "count", dagsondisk)
}
return &Ethash{
cachedir: cachedir,
cachesinmem: cachesinmem,
cachesondisk: cachesondisk,
dagdir: dagdir,
dagsondisk: dagsondisk,
caches: make(map[uint64]*cache),
}
}
@@ -87,6 +159,7 @@ func NewFullEthash(cachedir, dagdir string) PoW {
// purposes.
func NewTestEthash() PoW {
return &Ethash{
cachesinmem: 1,
caches: make(map[uint64]*cache),
tester: true,
}
@@ -95,10 +168,7 @@ func NewTestEthash() PoW {
// NewSharedEthash creates a full sized ethash PoW shared between all requesters
// running in the same process.
func NewSharedEthash() PoW {
return &Ethash{
caches: make(map[uint64]*cache),
shared: true,
}
return sharedEthash
}
// Verify implements PoW, checking whether the given block satisfies the PoW
@@ -140,7 +210,7 @@ func (ethash *Ethash) cache(block uint64) []uint32 {
current, future := ethash.caches[epoch], (*cache)(nil)
if current == nil {
// No in-memory cache, evict the oldest if the cache limit was reached
for len(ethash.caches) >= 3 {
for len(ethash.caches) >= ethash.cachesinmem {
var evict *cache
for _, cache := range ethash.caches {
if evict == nil || evict.used.After(cache.used) {
@@ -149,21 +219,21 @@ func (ethash *Ethash) cache(block uint64) []uint32 {
}
delete(ethash.caches, evict.epoch)
log.Debug("Evictinged ethash cache", "old", evict.epoch, "used", evict.used)
log.Debug("Evicted ethash cache", "epoch", evict.epoch, "used", evict.used)
}
// If we have the new cache pre-generated, use that, otherwise create a new one
if ethash.future != nil && ethash.future.epoch == epoch {
log.Debug("Using pre-generated cache", "epoch", epoch)
current, ethash.future = ethash.future, nil
} else {
log.Debug("Generating new ethash cache", "epoch", epoch)
log.Debug("Requiring new ethash cache", "epoch", epoch)
current = &cache{epoch: epoch}
}
ethash.caches[epoch] = current
// If we just used up the future cache, or need a refresh, regenerate
if ethash.future == nil || ethash.future.epoch <= epoch {
log.Debug("Pre-generating cache for the future", "epoch", epoch+1)
log.Debug("Requiring new future ethash cache", "epoch", epoch+1)
future = &cache{epoch: epoch + 1}
ethash.future = future
}
@@ -172,16 +242,15 @@ func (ethash *Ethash) cache(block uint64) []uint32 {
ethash.lock.Unlock()
// Wait for generation finish, bump the timestamp and finalize the cache
current.once.Do(func() {
current.generate(ethash.tester)
})
current.generate(ethash.cachedir, ethash.cachesondisk, ethash.tester)
current.lock.Lock()
current.used = time.Now()
current.lock.Unlock()
// If we exhusted the future cache, now's a goot time to regenerate it
if future != nil {
go future.generate(ethash.tester)
go future.generate(ethash.cachedir, ethash.cachesondisk, ethash.tester)
}
return current.cache
}

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pow/ethash_algo.go
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@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@ const (
loopAccesses = 64 // Number of accesses in hashimoto loop
)
var (
// Metadata fields to be compatible with the C++ ethash
ethashRevision = 23 // Data structure version
ethashMagic = hexutil.MustDecode("0xfee1deadbaddcafe") // Dataset dump magic number
)
// cacheSize calculates and returns the size of the ethash verification cache that
// belongs to a certain block number. The cache size grows linearly, however, we
// always take the highest prime below the linearly growing threshold in order to
@@ -108,16 +102,33 @@ func seedHash(block uint64) []byte {
// set of 524288 64-byte values.
func generateCache(size uint64, seed []byte) []byte {
// Print some debug logs to allow analysis on low end devices
logger := log.New("size", size, "seed", hexutil.Bytes(seed))
logger.Debug("Generating ethash cache")
logger := log.New("seed", hexutil.Bytes(seed))
logger.Debug("Generating ethash verification cache")
defer func(start time.Time) {
logger.Debug("Generated ethash cache", "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)))
}(time.Now())
start := time.Now()
defer func() {
logger.Info("Generated ethash verification cache", "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)))
}()
// Calculate the number of thoretical rows (we'll store in one buffer nonetheless)
rows := int(size) / hashBytes
// Start a monitoring goroutine to report progress on low end devices
var progress uint32
done := make(chan struct{})
defer close(done)
go func() {
for {
select {
case <-done:
return
case <-time.After(3 * time.Second):
logger.Info("Generating ethash verification cache", "percentage", atomic.LoadUint32(&progress)*100/uint32(rows)/4, "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)))
}
}
}()
// Create a hasher to reuse between invocations
keccak512 := crypto.Keccak512Hasher()
@@ -126,6 +137,7 @@ func generateCache(size uint64, seed []byte) []byte {
copy(cache, keccak512(seed))
for offset := uint64(hashBytes); offset < size; offset += hashBytes {
copy(cache[offset:], keccak512(cache[offset-hashBytes:offset]))
atomic.AddUint32(&progress, 1)
}
// Use a low-round version of randmemohash
temp := make([]byte, hashBytes)
@@ -139,6 +151,8 @@ func generateCache(size uint64, seed []byte) []byte {
)
xorBytes(temp, cache[srcOff:srcOff+hashBytes], cache[xorOff:xorOff+hashBytes])
copy(cache[dstOff:], keccak512(temp))
atomic.AddUint32(&progress, 1)
}
}
return cache