fix(sims): OOM at sim-multi-seed-long run (backport #21503) (#21517)

Co-authored-by: Alexander Peters <alpe@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Julien Robert <julien@rbrt.fr>

.github/workflows/sims-nightly.yml

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
           go-version: "1.23"
           check-latest: true
       - name: test-sim-multi-seed-long
+        env:
+          GOMEMLIMIT: 14GiB # reserve 2 GiB as buffer for GC to avoid OOM
         run: |
           make test-sim-multi-seed-long
 

scripts/build/simulations.mk

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test-sim-custom-genesis-multi-seed:
 
 test-sim-multi-seed-long:
 	@echo "Running long multi-seed application simulation. This may take awhile!"
-	@cd ${CURRENT_DIR}/simapp && go test -mod=readonly -timeout=1h -tags='sims' -run TestFullAppSimulation \
+	@cd ${CURRENT_DIR}/simapp && go test -mod=readonly -timeout=2h -tags='sims' -run TestFullAppSimulation \
 		-NumBlocks=150 -Period=50
 
 test-sim-multi-seed-short:

testutils/sims/runner.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package sims
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ type SimulationApp interface {
 	SetNotSigverifyTx()
 	GetBaseApp() *baseapp.BaseApp
 	TxConfig() client.TxConfig
+	Close() error
 }
 
 // Run is a helper function that runs a simulation test with the given parameters.
@@ -113,7 +115,6 @@ func RunWithSeeds[T SimulationApp](
 				runLogger = log.NewTestLoggerInfo(t)
 			}
 			runLogger = runLogger.With("seed", tCfg.Seed)
-
 			app := testInstance.App
 			stateFactory := setupStateFactory(app)
 			simParams, err := simulation.SimulateFromSeedX(
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ func RunWithSeeds[T SimulationApp](
 				app.GetBaseApp(),
 				stateFactory.AppStateFn,
 				simtypes.RandomAccounts, // Replace with own random account function if using keys other than secp256k1
-				simtestutil.SimulationOperations(app, stateFactory.Codec, tCfg, testInstance.App.TxConfig()),
+				simtestutil.SimulationOperations(app, stateFactory.Codec, tCfg, app.TxConfig()),
 				stateFactory.BlockedAddr,
 				tCfg,
 				stateFactory.Codec,
@@ -133,12 +134,13 @@ func RunWithSeeds[T SimulationApp](
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			err = simtestutil.CheckExportSimulation(app, tCfg, simParams)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			if tCfg.Commit {
-				simtestutil.PrintStats(testInstance.DB)
+			if tCfg.Commit && tCfg.DBBackend == "goleveldb" {
+				simtestutil.PrintStats(testInstance.DB.(*dbm.GoLevelDB))
 			}
 			for _, step := range postRunActions {
 				step(t, testInstance)
 			}
+			require.NoError(t, app.Close())
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -172,6 +174,8 @@ func NewSimulationAppInstance[T SimulationApp](
 ) TestInstance[T] {
 	t.Helper()
 	workDir := t.TempDir()
+	require.NoError(t, os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(workDir, "data"), 0o755))
+
 	dbDir := filepath.Join(workDir, "leveldb-app-sim")
 	var logger log.Logger
 	if cli.FlagVerboseValue {
@@ -184,7 +188,7 @@ func NewSimulationAppInstance[T SimulationApp](
 	db, err := dbm.NewDB("Simulation", dbm.BackendType(tCfg.DBBackend), dbDir)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		require.NoError(t, db.Close())
+		_ = db.Close() // ensure db is closed
 	})
 	appOptions := make(simtestutil.AppOptionsMap)
 	appOptions[flags.FlagHome] = workDir

x/simulation/client/cli/flags.go

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func GetSimulatorFlags() {
 	flag.IntVar(&FlagBlockSizeValue, "BlockSize", 200, "operations per block")
 	flag.BoolVar(&FlagLeanValue, "Lean", false, "lean simulation log output")
 	flag.BoolVar(&FlagCommitValue, "Commit", true, "have the simulation commit")
-	flag.StringVar(&FlagDBBackendValue, "DBBackend", "goleveldb", "custom db backend type")
+	flag.StringVar(&FlagDBBackendValue, "DBBackend", "goleveldb", "custom db backend type: goleveldb, memdb")
 
 	// simulation flags
 	flag.BoolVar(&FlagEnabledValue, "Enabled", false, "enable the simulation")