* core/rawdb, cmd, ethdb, eth: implement freezer tail deletion
* core/rawdb: address comments from martin and sina
* core/rawdb: fixes cornercase in tail deletion
* core/rawdb: separate metadata into a standalone file
* core/rawdb: remove unused code
* core/rawdb: add random test
* core/rawdb: polish code
* core/rawdb: fsync meta file before manipulating the index
* core/rawdb: fix typo
* core/rawdb: address comments
* freezer: add readonly flag to table
* freezer: enforce readonly in table repair
* freezer: enforce readonly in newFreezer
* minor fix
* minor
* core/rawdb: test that writing during readonly fails
* rm unused log
* check readonly on batch append
* minor
* Revert "check readonly on batch append"
This reverts commit 2ddb5ec4ba7534bf6edbdfec158ea99a2eed5036.
* review fixes
* minor test refactor
* attempt at fixing windows issue
* add comment re windows sync issue
* k->kind
* open readonly db for genesis check
Co-authored-by: Martin Holst Swende <martin@swende.se>
This change is a rewrite of the freezer code.
When writing ancient chain data to the freezer, the previous version first encoded each
individual item to a temporary buffer, then wrote the buffer. For small item sizes (for
example, in the block hash freezer table), this strategy causes a lot of system calls for
writing tiny chunks of data. It also allocated a lot of temporary []byte buffers.
In the new version, we instead encode multiple items into a re-useable batch buffer, which
is then written to the file all at once. This avoids performing a system call for every
inserted item.
To make the internal batching work, the ancient database API had to be changed. While
integrating this new API in BlockChain.InsertReceiptChain, additional optimizations were
also added there.
Co-authored-by: Felix Lange <fjl@twurst.com>
