cmd, core, eth: background transaction indexing (#20302)

* cmd, core, eth: init tx lookup in background

* core/rawdb: tiny log fixes to make it clearer what's happening

* core, eth: fix rebase errors

* core/rawdb: make reindexing less generic, but more optimal

* rlp: implement rlp list iterator

* core/rawdb: new implementation of tx indexing/unindex using generic tx iterator and hashing rlp-data

* core/rawdb, cmd/utils: fix review concerns

* cmd/utils: fix merge issue

* core/rawdb: add some log formatting polishes

Co-authored-by: rjl493456442 <garyrong0905@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Péter Szilágyi <peterke@gmail.com>

cmd/geth/chaincmd.go

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ The dumpgenesis command dumps the genesis block configuration in JSON format to
 			utils.MetricsInfluxDBUsernameFlag,
 			utils.MetricsInfluxDBPasswordFlag,
 			utils.MetricsInfluxDBTagsFlag,
+			utils.TxLookupLimitFlag,
 		},
 		Category: "BLOCKCHAIN COMMANDS",
 		Description: `
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ The export-preimages command export hash preimages to an RLP encoded stream`,
 			utils.FakePoWFlag,
 			utils.RopstenFlag,
 			utils.RinkebyFlag,
+			utils.TxLookupLimitFlag,
 			utils.GoerliFlag,
 			utils.LegacyTestnetFlag,
 		},
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ func importChain(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	stack := makeFullNode(ctx)
 	defer stack.Close()
 
-	chain, db := utils.MakeChain(ctx, stack)
+	chain, db := utils.MakeChain(ctx, stack, false)
 	defer db.Close()
 
 	// Start periodically gathering memory profiles
@@ -364,7 +366,7 @@ func exportChain(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	stack := makeFullNode(ctx)
 	defer stack.Close()
 
-	chain, _ := utils.MakeChain(ctx, stack)
+	chain, _ := utils.MakeChain(ctx, stack, true)
 	start := time.Now()
 
 	var err error
@@ -439,7 +441,7 @@ func copyDb(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	stack := makeFullNode(ctx)
 	defer stack.Close()
 
-	chain, chainDb := utils.MakeChain(ctx, stack)
+	chain, chainDb := utils.MakeChain(ctx, stack, false)
 	syncMode := *utils.GlobalTextMarshaler(ctx, utils.SyncModeFlag.Name).(*downloader.SyncMode)
 
 	var syncBloom *trie.SyncBloom
@@ -547,7 +549,7 @@ func dump(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	stack := makeFullNode(ctx)
 	defer stack.Close()
 
-	chain, chainDb := utils.MakeChain(ctx, stack)
+	chain, chainDb := utils.MakeChain(ctx, stack, true)
 	defer chainDb.Close()
 	for _, arg := range ctx.Args() {
 		var block *types.Block
@@ -586,7 +588,7 @@ func inspect(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	node, _ := makeConfigNode(ctx)
 	defer node.Close()
 
-	_, chainDb := utils.MakeChain(ctx, node)
+	_, chainDb := utils.MakeChain(ctx, node, true)
 	defer chainDb.Close()
 
 	return rawdb.InspectDatabase(chainDb)

cmd/geth/main.go

@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ var (
 		utils.ExitWhenSyncedFlag,
 		utils.GCModeFlag,
 		utils.SnapshotFlag,
+		utils.TxLookupLimitFlag,
 		utils.LightServeFlag,
 		utils.LegacyLightServFlag,
 		utils.LightIngressFlag,

cmd/geth/retesteth.go

@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ func (api *RetestethAPI) SetChainParams(ctx context.Context, chainParams ChainPa
 	}
 	engine := &NoRewardEngine{inner: inner, rewardsOn: chainParams.SealEngine != "NoReward"}
 
-	blockchain, err := core.NewBlockChain(ethDb, nil, chainConfig, engine, vm.Config{}, nil)
+	blockchain, err := core.NewBlockChain(ethDb, nil, chainConfig, engine, vm.Config{}, nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}

cmd/geth/usage.go

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ var AppHelpFlagGroups = []flagGroup{
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
 			utils.ExitWhenSyncedFlag,
 			utils.GCModeFlag,
+			utils.TxLookupLimitFlag,
 			utils.EthStatsURLFlag,
 			utils.IdentityFlag,
 			utils.LightKDFFlag,

cmd/utils/flags.go

@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ var (
 		Name:  "snapshot",
 		Usage: `Enables snapshot-database mode -- experimental work in progress feature`,
 	}
+	TxLookupLimitFlag = cli.Int64Flag{
+		Name:  "txlookuplimit",
+		Usage: "Number of recent blocks to maintain transactions index by-hash for (default = index all blocks)",
+		Value: 0,
+	}
 	LightKDFFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:  "lightkdf",
 		Usage: "Reduce key-derivation RAM & CPU usage at some expense of KDF strength",
@@ -1469,7 +1474,11 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *eth.Config) {
 	CheckExclusive(ctx, DeveloperFlag, LegacyTestnetFlag, RopstenFlag, RinkebyFlag, GoerliFlag)
 	CheckExclusive(ctx, LegacyLightServFlag, LightServeFlag, SyncModeFlag, "light")
 	CheckExclusive(ctx, DeveloperFlag, ExternalSignerFlag) // Can't use both ephemeral unlocked and external signer
-
+	CheckExclusive(ctx, GCModeFlag, "archive", TxLookupLimitFlag)
+	// todo(rjl493456442) make it available for les server
+	// Ancient tx indices pruning is not available for les server now
+	// since light client relies on the server for transaction status query.
+	CheckExclusive(ctx, LegacyLightServFlag, LightServeFlag, TxLookupLimitFlag)
 	var ks *keystore.KeyStore
 	if keystores := stack.AccountManager().Backends(keystore.KeyStoreType); len(keystores) > 0 {
 		ks = keystores[0].(*keystore.KeyStore)
@@ -1505,6 +1514,9 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *eth.Config) {
 	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(CacheNoPrefetchFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.NoPrefetch = ctx.GlobalBool(CacheNoPrefetchFlag.Name)
 	}
+	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name) {
+		cfg.TxLookupLimit = ctx.GlobalUint64(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name)
+	}
 	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(CacheFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalIsSet(CacheTrieFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.TrieCleanCache = ctx.GlobalInt(CacheFlag.Name) * ctx.GlobalInt(CacheTrieFlag.Name) / 100
 	}
@@ -1746,7 +1758,7 @@ func MakeGenesis(ctx *cli.Context) *core.Genesis {
 }
 
 // MakeChain creates a chain manager from set command line flags.
-func MakeChain(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node) (chain *core.BlockChain, chainDb ethdb.Database) {
+func MakeChain(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, readOnly bool) (chain *core.BlockChain, chainDb ethdb.Database) {
 	var err error
 	chainDb = MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack)
 	config, _, err := core.SetupGenesisBlock(chainDb, MakeGenesis(ctx))
@@ -1792,7 +1804,12 @@ func MakeChain(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node) (chain *core.BlockChain, chai
 		cache.TrieDirtyLimit = ctx.GlobalInt(CacheFlag.Name) * ctx.GlobalInt(CacheGCFlag.Name) / 100
 	}
 	vmcfg := vm.Config{EnablePreimageRecording: ctx.GlobalBool(VMEnableDebugFlag.Name)}
-	chain, err = core.NewBlockChain(chainDb, cache, config, engine, vmcfg, nil)
+	var limit *uint64
+	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name) && !readOnly {
+		l := ctx.GlobalUint64(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name)
+		limit = &l
+	}
+	chain, err = core.NewBlockChain(chainDb, cache, config, engine, vmcfg, nil, limit)
 	if err != nil {
 		Fatalf("Can't create BlockChain: %v", err)
 	}