core/state: return error when storage trie can't be opened (#26350)

This changes the StorageTrie method to return an error when the trie
is not available. It used to return an 'empty trie' in this case, but that's
not possible anymore under PBSS.

core/state/dump.go

@@ -168,7 +168,12 @@ func (s *StateDB) DumpToCollector(c DumpCollector, conf *DumpConfig) (nextKey []
 		}
 		if !conf.SkipStorage {
 			account.Storage = make(map[common.Hash]string)
-			storageIt := trie.NewIterator(obj.getTrie(s.db).NodeIterator(nil))
+			tr, err := obj.getTrie(s.db)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("Failed to load storage trie", "err", err)
+				continue
+			}
+			storageIt := trie.NewIterator(tr.NodeIterator(nil))
 			for storageIt.Next() {
 				_, content, _, err := rlp.Split(storageIt.Value)
 				if err != nil {

core/state/state_object.go

@@ -148,7 +148,10 @@ func (s *stateObject) touch() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *stateObject) getTrie(db Database) Trie {
+// getTrie returns the associated storage trie. The trie will be opened
+// if it's not loaded previously. An error will be returned if trie can't
+// be loaded.
+func (s *stateObject) getTrie(db Database) (Trie, error) {
 	if s.trie == nil {
 		// Try fetching from prefetcher first
 		// We don't prefetch empty tries
@@ -158,15 +161,14 @@ func (s *stateObject) getTrie(db Database) Trie {
 			s.trie = s.db.prefetcher.trie(s.addrHash, s.data.Root)
 		}
 		if s.trie == nil {
-			var err error
+			tr, err := db.OpenStorageTrie(s.db.originalRoot, s.addrHash, s.data.Root)
-			s.trie, err = db.OpenStorageTrie(s.db.originalRoot, s.addrHash, s.data.Root)
 			if err != nil {
-				s.trie, _ = db.OpenStorageTrie(s.db.originalRoot, s.addrHash, common.Hash{})
+				return nil, err
-				s.setError(fmt.Errorf("can't create storage trie: %v", err))
 			}
+			s.trie = tr
 		}
 	}
-	return s.trie
+	return s.trie, nil
 }
 
 // GetState retrieves a value from the account storage trie.
@@ -221,7 +223,12 @@ func (s *stateObject) GetCommittedState(db Database, key common.Hash) common.Has
 	// If the snapshot is unavailable or reading from it fails, load from the database.
 	if s.db.snap == nil || err != nil {
 		start := time.Now()
-		enc, err = s.getTrie(db).TryGet(key.Bytes())
+		tr, err := s.getTrie(db)
+		if err != nil {
+			s.setError(err)
+			return common.Hash{}
+		}
+		enc, err = tr.TryGet(key.Bytes())
 		if metrics.EnabledExpensive {
 			s.db.StorageReads += time.Since(start)
 		}
@@ -304,23 +311,29 @@ func (s *stateObject) finalise(prefetch bool) {
 }
 
 // updateTrie writes cached storage modifications into the object's storage trie.
-// It will return nil if the trie has not been loaded and no changes have been made
+// It will return nil if the trie has not been loaded and no changes have been
-func (s *stateObject) updateTrie(db Database) Trie {
+// made. An error will be returned if the trie can't be loaded/updated correctly.
+func (s *stateObject) updateTrie(db Database) (Trie, error) {
 	// Make sure all dirty slots are finalized into the pending storage area
 	s.finalise(false) // Don't prefetch anymore, pull directly if need be
 	if len(s.pendingStorage) == 0 {
-		return s.trie
+		return s.trie, nil
 	}
 	// Track the amount of time wasted on updating the storage trie
 	if metrics.EnabledExpensive {
 		defer func(start time.Time) { s.db.StorageUpdates += time.Since(start) }(time.Now())
 	}
 	// The snapshot storage map for the object
-	var storage map[common.Hash][]byte
+	var (
+		storage map[common.Hash][]byte
+		hasher  = s.db.hasher
+	)
+	tr, err := s.getTrie(db)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.setError(err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	// Insert all the pending updates into the trie
-	tr := s.getTrie(db)
-	hasher := s.db.hasher
-
 	usedStorage := make([][]byte, 0, len(s.pendingStorage))
 	for key, value := range s.pendingStorage {
 		// Skip noop changes, persist actual changes
@@ -331,12 +344,18 @@ func (s *stateObject) updateTrie(db Database) Trie {
 
 		var v []byte
 		if (value == common.Hash{}) {
-			s.setError(tr.TryDelete(key[:]))
+			if err := tr.TryDelete(key[:]); err != nil {
+				s.setError(err)
+				return nil, err
+			}
 			s.db.StorageDeleted += 1
 		} else {
 			// Encoding []byte cannot fail, ok to ignore the error.
 			v, _ = rlp.EncodeToBytes(common.TrimLeftZeroes(value[:]))
-			s.setError(tr.TryUpdate(key[:], v))
+			if err := tr.TryUpdate(key[:], v); err != nil {
+				s.setError(err)
+				return nil, err
+			}
 			s.db.StorageUpdated += 1
 		}
 		// If state snapshotting is active, cache the data til commit
@@ -358,37 +377,47 @@ func (s *stateObject) updateTrie(db Database) Trie {
 	if len(s.pendingStorage) > 0 {
 		s.pendingStorage = make(Storage)
 	}
-	return tr
+	return tr, nil
 }
 
-// UpdateRoot sets the trie root to the current root hash of
+// UpdateRoot sets the trie root to the current root hash of. An error
+// will be returned if trie root hash is not computed correctly.
 func (s *stateObject) updateRoot(db Database) {
+	tr, err := s.updateTrie(db)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.setError(fmt.Errorf("updateRoot (%x) error: %w", s.address, err))
+		return
+	}
 	// If nothing changed, don't bother with hashing anything
-	if s.updateTrie(db) == nil {
+	if tr == nil {
 		return
 	}
 	// Track the amount of time wasted on hashing the storage trie
 	if metrics.EnabledExpensive {
 		defer func(start time.Time) { s.db.StorageHashes += time.Since(start) }(time.Now())
 	}
-	s.data.Root = s.trie.Hash()
+	s.data.Root = tr.Hash()
 }
 
 // commitTrie submits the storage changes into the storage trie and re-computes
 // the root. Besides, all trie changes will be collected in a nodeset and returned.
 func (s *stateObject) commitTrie(db Database) (*trie.NodeSet, error) {
-	// If nothing changed, don't bother with hashing anything
+	tr, err := s.updateTrie(db)
-	if s.updateTrie(db) == nil {
+	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	if s.dbErr != nil {
 		return nil, s.dbErr
 	}
+	// If nothing changed, don't bother with committing anything
+	if tr == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
 	// Track the amount of time wasted on committing the storage trie
 	if metrics.EnabledExpensive {
 		defer func(start time.Time) { s.db.StorageCommits += time.Since(start) }(time.Now())
 	}
-	root, nodes, err := s.trie.Commit(false)
+	root, nodes, err := tr.Commit(false)
 	if err == nil {
 		s.data.Root = root
 	}

core/state/statedb.go

@@ -339,13 +339,19 @@ func (s *StateDB) GetProofByHash(addrHash common.Hash) ([][]byte, error) {
 
 // GetStorageProof returns the Merkle proof for given storage slot.
 func (s *StateDB) GetStorageProof(a common.Address, key common.Hash) ([][]byte, error) {
-	var proof proofList
+	trie, err := s.StorageTrie(a)
-	trie := s.StorageTrie(a)
+	if err != nil {
-	if trie == nil {
+		return nil, err
-		return proof, errors.New("storage trie for requested address does not exist")
 	}
-	err := trie.Prove(crypto.Keccak256(key.Bytes()), 0, &proof)
+	if trie == nil {
-	return proof, err
+		return nil, errors.New("storage trie for requested address does not exist")
+	}
+	var proof proofList
+	err = trie.Prove(crypto.Keccak256(key.Bytes()), 0, &proof)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return proof, nil
 }
 
 // GetCommittedState retrieves a value from the given account's committed storage trie.
@@ -362,15 +368,18 @@ func (s *StateDB) Database() Database {
 	return s.db
 }
 
-// StorageTrie returns the storage trie of an account.
+// StorageTrie returns the storage trie of an account. The return value is a copy
-// The return value is a copy and is nil for non-existent accounts.
+// and is nil for non-existent accounts. An error will be returned if storage trie
-func (s *StateDB) StorageTrie(addr common.Address) Trie {
+// is existent but can't be loaded correctly.
+func (s *StateDB) StorageTrie(addr common.Address) (Trie, error) {
 	stateObject := s.getStateObject(addr)
 	if stateObject == nil {
-		return nil
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 	cpy := stateObject.deepCopy(s)
-	cpy.updateTrie(s.db)
+	if _, err := cpy.updateTrie(s.db); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return cpy.getTrie(s.db)
 }
 
@@ -654,7 +663,11 @@ func (db *StateDB) ForEachStorage(addr common.Address, cb func(key, value common
 	if so == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	it := trie.NewIterator(so.getTrie(db.db).NodeIterator(nil))
+	tr, err := so.getTrie(db.db)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	it := trie.NewIterator(tr.NodeIterator(nil))
 
 	for it.Next() {
 		key := common.BytesToHash(db.trie.GetKey(it.Key))

eth/api.go

@@ -417,7 +417,10 @@ func (api *DebugAPI) StorageRangeAt(ctx context.Context, blockHash common.Hash,
 	}
 	defer release()
 
-	st := statedb.StorageTrie(contractAddress)
+	st, err := statedb.StorageTrie(contractAddress)
+	if err != nil {
+		return StorageRangeResult{}, err
+	}
 	if st == nil {
 		return StorageRangeResult{}, fmt.Errorf("account %x doesn't exist", contractAddress)
 	}

eth/api_test.go

@@ -209,7 +209,11 @@ func TestStorageRangeAt(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
-		result, err := storageRangeAt(state.StorageTrie(addr), test.start, test.limit)
+		tr, err := state.StorageTrie(addr)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+		result, err := storageRangeAt(tr, test.start, test.limit)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Error(err)
 		}

internal/ethapi/api.go

@@ -660,8 +660,10 @@ func (s *BlockChainAPI) GetProof(ctx context.Context, address common.Address, st
 	if state == nil || err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
+	storageTrie, err := state.StorageTrie(address)
-	storageTrie := state.StorageTrie(address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	storageHash := types.EmptyRootHash
 	codeHash := state.GetCodeHash(address)
 	storageProof := make([]StorageResult, len(storageKeys))