Use unbounded channel (#7081)

ledger/Cargo.toml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ bincode = "1.2.0"
 byteorder = "1.3.2"
 bzip2 = "0.3.3"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.9", features = ["serde"] }
+crossbeam-channel = "0.3"
 dir-diff = "0.3.2"
 dlopen = "0.1.8"
 dlopen_derive = "0.1.4"

ledger/src/blocktree_processor.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use crate::{
     entry::{create_ticks, Entry, EntrySlice},
     leader_schedule_cache::LeaderScheduleCache,
 };
+use crossbeam_channel::Sender;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use log::*;
 use rand::{seq::SliceRandom, thread_rng};
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ use solana_sdk::{
 use std::{
     cell::RefCell,
     result,
-    sync::{mpsc::Sender, Arc},
+    sync::Arc,
     time::{Duration, Instant},
 };