Use thread pools for rayon par_iter (#4473)

* Use thread pools for rayon par_iter

* address review comments

* cleanup

Cargo.lock

@@ -2629,6 +2629,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "solana-storage-program 0.16.0",
  "solana-vote-api 0.16.0",
  "solana-vote-program 0.16.0",
+ "sys-info 0.5.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]

core/src/blocktree_processor.rs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use crate::blocktree::Blocktree;
 use crate::entry::{Entry, EntrySlice};
 use crate::leader_schedule_cache::LeaderScheduleCache;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
+use rayon::ThreadPool;
 use solana_metrics::{datapoint, datapoint_error, inc_new_counter_debug};
 use solana_runtime::bank::Bank;
 use solana_runtime::locked_accounts_results::LockedAccountsResults;
@@ -15,6 +16,14 @@ use std::result;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
+pub const NUM_THREADS: u32 = 10;
+use std::cell::RefCell;
+
+thread_local!(static PAR_THREAD_POOL: RefCell<ThreadPool> = RefCell::new(rayon::ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
+                    .num_threads(sys_info::cpu_num().unwrap_or(NUM_THREADS) as usize)
+                    .build()
+                    .unwrap()));
+
 fn first_err(results: &[Result<()>]) -> Result<()> {
     for r in results {
         if r.is_err() {
@@ -29,7 +38,9 @@ fn par_execute_entries(
     entries: &[(&Entry, LockedAccountsResults<Transaction>)],
 ) -> Result<()> {
     inc_new_counter_debug!("bank-par_execute_entries-count", entries.len());
-    let results: Vec<Result<()>> = entries
+    let results: Vec<Result<()>> = PAR_THREAD_POOL.with(|thread_pool| {
+        thread_pool.borrow().install(|| {
+            entries
                 .into_par_iter()
                 .map(|(e, locked_accounts)| {
                     let results = bank.load_execute_and_commit_transactions(
@@ -54,7 +65,9 @@ fn par_execute_entries(
                     }
                     first_err.unwrap_or(Ok(()))
                 })
-        .collect();
+                .collect()
+        })
+    });
 
     first_err(&results)
 }

core/src/broadcast_stage.rs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use crate::result::{Error, Result};
 use crate::service::Service;
 use crate::staking_utils;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
+use rayon::ThreadPool;
 use solana_metrics::{
     datapoint, inc_new_counter_debug, inc_new_counter_error, inc_new_counter_info,
     inc_new_counter_warn,
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::thread::{self, Builder, JoinHandle};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
+pub const NUM_THREADS: u32 = 10;
+
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone)]
 pub enum BroadcastStageReturnType {
     ChannelDisconnected,
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ struct Broadcast {
     id: Pubkey,
     coding_generator: CodingGenerator,
     stats: BroadcastStats,
+    thread_pool: ThreadPool,
 }
 
 impl Broadcast {
@@ -96,14 +100,16 @@ impl Broadcast {
 
         let to_blobs_start = Instant::now();
 
-        let blobs: Vec<_> = ventries
+        let blobs: Vec<_> = self.thread_pool.install(|| {
+            ventries
                 .into_par_iter()
                 .map(|p| {
                     let entries: Vec<_> = p.into_iter().map(|e| e.0).collect();
                     entries.to_shared_blobs()
                 })
                 .flatten()
-            .collect();
+                .collect()
+        });
 
         let blob_index = blocktree
             .meta(bank.slot())
@@ -218,6 +224,10 @@ impl BroadcastStage {
             id: me.id,
             coding_generator,
             stats: BroadcastStats::default(),
+            thread_pool: rayon::ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
+                .num_threads(sys_info::cpu_num().unwrap_or(NUM_THREADS) as usize)
+                .build()
+                .unwrap(),
         };
 
         loop {

core/src/sigverify.rs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use crate::packet::{Packet, Packets};
 use crate::result::Result;
 use bincode::serialized_size;
+use rayon::ThreadPool;
 use solana_metrics::inc_new_counter_debug;
 use solana_sdk::message::MessageHeader;
 use solana_sdk::pubkey::Pubkey;
@@ -16,6 +17,14 @@ use solana_sdk::signature::Signature;
 use solana_sdk::transaction::Transaction;
 use std::mem::size_of;
 
+pub const NUM_THREADS: u32 = 10;
+use std::cell::RefCell;
+
+thread_local!(static PAR_THREAD_POOL: RefCell<ThreadPool> = RefCell::new(rayon::ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
+                    .num_threads(sys_info::cpu_num().unwrap_or(NUM_THREADS) as usize)
+                    .build()
+                    .unwrap()));
+
 type TxOffsets = (Vec<u32>, Vec<u32>, Vec<u32>, Vec<u32>, Vec<Vec<u32>>);
 
 #[cfg(feature = "cuda")]
@@ -174,10 +183,14 @@ pub fn ed25519_verify_cpu(batches: &[Packets]) -> Vec<Vec<u8>> {
     use rayon::prelude::*;
     let count = batch_size(batches);
     debug!("CPU ECDSA for {}", batch_size(batches));
-    let rv = batches
+    let rv = PAR_THREAD_POOL.with(|thread_pool| {
+        thread_pool.borrow().install(|| {
+            batches
                 .into_par_iter()
                 .map(|p| p.packets.par_iter().map(verify_packet).collect())
-        .collect();
+                .collect()
+        })
+    });
     inc_new_counter_debug!("ed25519_verify_cpu", count);
     rv
 }

runtime/Cargo.toml

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ solana-vote-program = { path = "../programs/vote_program", version = "0.16.0"
 solana-stake-program = { path = "../programs/stake_program", version = "0.16.0"   }
 solana-storage-program = { path = "../programs/storage_program", version = "0.16.0"   }
 solana-noop-program = { path = "../programs/noop_program", version = "0.16.0"   }
+sys-info = "0.5.7"
 
 [lib]
 name = "solana_runtime"

runtime/src/accounts_db.rs

@@ -24,15 +24,18 @@ use hashbrown::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use log::*;
 use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
 use rayon::prelude::*;
+use rayon::ThreadPool;
 use solana_sdk::account::Account;
 use solana_sdk::pubkey::Pubkey;
 use std::fs::{create_dir_all, remove_dir_all};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
+use sys_info;
 
 const ACCOUNT_DATA_FILE_SIZE: u64 = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
 const ACCOUNT_DATA_FILE: &str = "data";
+pub const NUM_THREADS: u32 = 10;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
 pub struct ErrorCounters {
@@ -166,7 +169,6 @@ impl AccountStorageEntry {
 }
 
 // This structure handles the load/store of the accounts
-#[derive(Default)]
 pub struct AccountsDB {
     /// Keeps tracks of index into AppendVec on a per fork basis
     pub accounts_index: RwLock<AccountsIndex<AccountInfo>>,
@@ -185,12 +187,32 @@ pub struct AccountsDB {
 
     /// Starting file size of appendvecs
     file_size: u64,
+
+    /// Thread pool used for par_iter
+    thread_pool: ThreadPool,
 }
 
 pub fn get_paths_vec(paths: &str) -> Vec<String> {
     paths.split(',').map(ToString::to_string).collect()
 }
 
+impl Default for AccountsDB {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        AccountsDB {
+            accounts_index: RwLock::new(AccountsIndex::default()),
+            storage: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
+            next_id: AtomicUsize::new(0),
+            write_version: AtomicUsize::new(0),
+            paths: Vec::default(),
+            file_size: u64::default(),
+            thread_pool: rayon::ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
+                .num_threads(2)
+                .build()
+                .unwrap(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl AccountsDB {
     pub fn new_with_file_size(paths: &str, file_size: u64) -> Self {
         let paths = get_paths_vec(&paths);
@@ -201,6 +223,10 @@ impl AccountsDB {
             write_version: AtomicUsize::new(0),
             paths,
             file_size,
+            thread_pool: rayon::ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
+                .num_threads(sys_info::cpu_num().unwrap_or(NUM_THREADS) as usize)
+                .build()
+                .unwrap(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -242,6 +268,7 @@ impl AccountsDB {
             .filter(|store| store.fork_id == fork_id)
             .cloned()
             .collect();
+        self.thread_pool.install(|| {
             storage_maps
                 .into_par_iter()
                 .map(|storage| {
@@ -253,6 +280,7 @@ impl AccountsDB {
                     retval
                 })
                 .collect()
+        })
     }
 
     pub fn load(