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-rw-r--r--src/Makefile.test.include1
-rw-r--r--src/test/validation_flush_tests.cpp174
-rw-r--r--src/txdb.h2
-rw-r--r--src/validation.cpp41
-rw-r--r--src/validation.h20
5 files changed, 230 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/Makefile.test.include b/src/Makefile.test.include
index 091ef50349..f7b5994714 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.test.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.test.include
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ BITCOIN_TESTS =\
test/uint256_tests.cpp \
test/util_tests.cpp \
test/validation_block_tests.cpp \
+ test/validation_flush_tests.cpp \
test/versionbits_tests.cpp
if ENABLE_PROPERTY_TESTS
diff --git a/src/test/validation_flush_tests.cpp b/src/test/validation_flush_tests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab8b957f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/validation_flush_tests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+//
+#include <txmempool.h>
+#include <validation.h>
+#include <sync.h>
+#include <test/util/setup_common.h>
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(validation_flush_tests, BasicTestingSetup)
+
+//! Test utilities for detecting when we need to flush the coins cache based
+//! on estimated memory usage.
+//!
+//! @sa CChainState::GetCoinsCacheSizeState()
+//!
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(getcoinscachesizestate)
+{
+ BlockManager blockman{};
+ CChainState chainstate{blockman};
+ chainstate.InitCoinsDB(/*cache_size_bytes*/ 1 << 10, /*in_memory*/ true, /*should_wipe*/ false);
+ WITH_LOCK(::cs_main, chainstate.InitCoinsCache());
+ CTxMemPool tx_pool{};
+
+ constexpr bool is_64_bit = sizeof(void*) == 8;
+
+ LOCK(::cs_main);
+ auto& view = chainstate.CoinsTip();
+
+ //! Create and add a Coin with DynamicMemoryUsage of 80 bytes to the given view.
+ auto add_coin = [](CCoinsViewCache& coins_view) -> COutPoint {
+ Coin newcoin;
+ uint256 txid = InsecureRand256();
+ COutPoint outp{txid, 0};
+ newcoin.nHeight = 1;
+ newcoin.out.nValue = InsecureRand32();
+ newcoin.out.scriptPubKey.assign((uint32_t)56, 1);
+ coins_view.AddCoin(outp, std::move(newcoin), false);
+
+ return outp;
+ };
+
+ // The number of bytes consumed by coin's heap data, i.e. CScript
+ // (prevector<28, unsigned char>) when assigned 56 bytes of data per above.
+ //
+ // See also: Coin::DynamicMemoryUsage().
+ constexpr int COIN_SIZE = is_64_bit ? 80 : 64;
+
+ auto print_view_mem_usage = [](CCoinsViewCache& view) {
+ BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE("CCoinsViewCache memory usage: " << view.DynamicMemoryUsage());
+ };
+
+ constexpr size_t MAX_COINS_CACHE_BYTES = 1024;
+
+ // Without any coins in the cache, we shouldn't need to flush.
+ BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
+ chainstate.GetCoinsCacheSizeState(tx_pool, MAX_COINS_CACHE_BYTES, /*max_mempool_size_bytes*/ 0),
+ CoinsCacheSizeState::OK);
+
+ // If the initial memory allocations of cacheCoins don't match these common
+ // cases, we can't really continue to make assertions about memory usage.
+ // End the test early.
+ if (view.DynamicMemoryUsage() != 32 && view.DynamicMemoryUsage() != 16) {
+ // Add a bunch of coins to see that we at least flip over to CRITICAL.
+
+ for (int i{0}; i < 1000; ++i) {
+ COutPoint res = add_coin(view);
+ BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(view.AccessCoin(res).DynamicMemoryUsage(), COIN_SIZE);
+ }
+
+ BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
+ chainstate.GetCoinsCacheSizeState(tx_pool, MAX_COINS_CACHE_BYTES, /*max_mempool_size_bytes*/ 0),
+ CoinsCacheSizeState::CRITICAL);
+
+ BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE("Exiting cache flush tests early due to unsupported arch");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ print_view_mem_usage(view);
+ BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(view.DynamicMemoryUsage(), is_64_bit ? 32 : 16);
+
+ // We should be able to add COINS_UNTIL_CRITICAL coins to the cache before going CRITICAL.
+ // This is contingent not only on the dynamic memory usage of the Coins
+ // that we're adding (COIN_SIZE bytes per), but also on how much memory the
+ // cacheCoins (unordered_map) preallocates.
+ //
+ // I came up with the count by examining the printed memory usage of the
+ // CCoinsCacheView, so it's sort of arbitrary - but it shouldn't change
+ // unless we somehow change the way the cacheCoins map allocates memory.
+ //
+ constexpr int COINS_UNTIL_CRITICAL = is_64_bit ? 4 : 5;
+
+ for (int i{0}; i < COINS_UNTIL_CRITICAL; ++i) {
+ COutPoint res = add_coin(view);
+ print_view_mem_usage(view);
+ BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(view.AccessCoin(res).DynamicMemoryUsage(), COIN_SIZE);
+ BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
+ chainstate.GetCoinsCacheSizeState(tx_pool, MAX_COINS_CACHE_BYTES, /*max_mempool_size_bytes*/ 0),
+ CoinsCacheSizeState::OK);
+ }
+
+ // Adding an additional coin will push us over the edge to CRITICAL.
+ add_coin(view);
+ print_view_mem_usage(view);
+
+ auto size_state = chainstate.GetCoinsCacheSizeState(
+ tx_pool, MAX_COINS_CACHE_BYTES, /*max_mempool_size_bytes*/ 0);
+
+ if (!is_64_bit && size_state == CoinsCacheSizeState::LARGE) {
+ // On 32 bit hosts, we may hit LARGE before CRITICAL.
+ add_coin(view);
+ print_view_mem_usage(view);
+ }
+
+ BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
+ chainstate.GetCoinsCacheSizeState(tx_pool, MAX_COINS_CACHE_BYTES, /*max_mempool_size_bytes*/ 0),
+ CoinsCacheSizeState::CRITICAL);
+
+ // Passing non-zero max mempool usage should allow us more headroom.
+ BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
+ chainstate.GetCoinsCacheSizeState(tx_pool, MAX_COINS_CACHE_BYTES, /*max_mempool_size_bytes*/ 1 << 10),
+ CoinsCacheSizeState::OK);
+
+ for (int i{0}; i < 3; ++i) {
+ add_coin(view);
+ print_view_mem_usage(view);
+ BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
+ chainstate.GetCoinsCacheSizeState(tx_pool, MAX_COINS_CACHE_BYTES, /*max_mempool_size_bytes*/ 1 << 10),
+ CoinsCacheSizeState::OK);
+ }
+
+ // Adding another coin with the additional mempool room will put us >90%
+ // but not yet critical.
+ add_coin(view);
+ print_view_mem_usage(view);
+
+ // Only perform these checks on 64 bit hosts; I haven't done the math for 32.
+ if (is_64_bit) {
+ float usage_percentage = (float)view.DynamicMemoryUsage() / (MAX_COINS_CACHE_BYTES + (1 << 10));
+ BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE("CoinsTip usage percentage: " << usage_percentage);
+ BOOST_CHECK(usage_percentage >= 0.9);
+ BOOST_CHECK(usage_percentage < 1);
+ BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
+ chainstate.GetCoinsCacheSizeState(tx_pool, MAX_COINS_CACHE_BYTES, 1 << 10),
+ CoinsCacheSizeState::LARGE);
+ }
+
+ // Using the default max_* values permits way more coins to be added.
+ for (int i{0}; i < 1000; ++i) {
+ add_coin(view);
+ BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
+ chainstate.GetCoinsCacheSizeState(tx_pool),
+ CoinsCacheSizeState::OK);
+ }
+
+ // Flushing the view doesn't take us back to OK because cacheCoins has
+ // preallocated memory that doesn't get reclaimed even after flush.
+
+ BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
+ chainstate.GetCoinsCacheSizeState(tx_pool, MAX_COINS_CACHE_BYTES, 0),
+ CoinsCacheSizeState::CRITICAL);
+
+ view.SetBestBlock(InsecureRand256());
+ BOOST_CHECK(view.Flush());
+ print_view_mem_usage(view);
+
+ BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
+ chainstate.GetCoinsCacheSizeState(tx_pool, MAX_COINS_CACHE_BYTES, 0),
+ CoinsCacheSizeState::CRITICAL);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
diff --git a/src/txdb.h b/src/txdb.h
index f71b4e737d..d661fbc49e 100644
--- a/src/txdb.h
+++ b/src/txdb.h
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ class CBlockIndex;
class CCoinsViewDBCursor;
class uint256;
-//! No need to periodic flush if at least this much space still available.
-static constexpr int MAX_BLOCK_COINSDB_USAGE = 10;
//! -dbcache default (MiB)
static const int64_t nDefaultDbCache = 450;
//! -dbbatchsize default (bytes)
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index cdffec48ab..755f8d43f9 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -2187,13 +2187,44 @@ bool CChainState::ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, BlockValidationState& state,
return true;
}
+CoinsCacheSizeState CChainState::GetCoinsCacheSizeState(const CTxMemPool& tx_pool)
+{
+ return this->GetCoinsCacheSizeState(
+ tx_pool,
+ nCoinCacheUsage,
+ gArgs.GetArg("-maxmempool", DEFAULT_MAX_MEMPOOL_SIZE) * 1000000);
+}
+
+CoinsCacheSizeState CChainState::GetCoinsCacheSizeState(
+ const CTxMemPool& tx_pool,
+ size_t max_coins_cache_size_bytes,
+ size_t max_mempool_size_bytes)
+{
+ int64_t nMempoolUsage = tx_pool.DynamicMemoryUsage();
+ int64_t cacheSize = CoinsTip().DynamicMemoryUsage();
+ int64_t nTotalSpace =
+ max_coins_cache_size_bytes + std::max<int64_t>(max_mempool_size_bytes - nMempoolUsage, 0);
+
+ //! No need to periodic flush if at least this much space still available.
+ static constexpr int64_t MAX_BLOCK_COINSDB_USAGE_BYTES = 10 * 1024 * 1024; // 10MB
+ int64_t large_threshold =
+ std::max((9 * nTotalSpace) / 10, nTotalSpace - MAX_BLOCK_COINSDB_USAGE_BYTES);
+
+ if (cacheSize > nTotalSpace) {
+ LogPrintf("Cache size (%s) exceeds total space (%s)\n", cacheSize, nTotalSpace);
+ return CoinsCacheSizeState::CRITICAL;
+ } else if (cacheSize > large_threshold) {
+ return CoinsCacheSizeState::LARGE;
+ }
+ return CoinsCacheSizeState::OK;
+}
+
bool CChainState::FlushStateToDisk(
const CChainParams& chainparams,
BlockValidationState &state,
FlushStateMode mode,
int nManualPruneHeight)
{
- int64_t nMempoolUsage = mempool.DynamicMemoryUsage();
LOCK(cs_main);
assert(this->CanFlushToDisk());
static int64_t nLastWrite = 0;
@@ -2208,6 +2239,7 @@ bool CChainState::FlushStateToDisk(
{
bool fFlushForPrune = false;
bool fDoFullFlush = false;
+ CoinsCacheSizeState cache_state = GetCoinsCacheSizeState(::mempool);
LOCK(cs_LastBlockFile);
if (fPruneMode && (fCheckForPruning || nManualPruneHeight > 0) && !fReindex) {
if (nManualPruneHeight > 0) {
@@ -2236,13 +2268,10 @@ bool CChainState::FlushStateToDisk(
if (nLastFlush == 0) {
nLastFlush = nNow;
}
- int64_t nMempoolSizeMax = gArgs.GetArg("-maxmempool", DEFAULT_MAX_MEMPOOL_SIZE) * 1000000;
- int64_t cacheSize = CoinsTip().DynamicMemoryUsage();
- int64_t nTotalSpace = nCoinCacheUsage + std::max<int64_t>(nMempoolSizeMax - nMempoolUsage, 0);
// The cache is large and we're within 10% and 10 MiB of the limit, but we have time now (not in the middle of a block processing).
- bool fCacheLarge = mode == FlushStateMode::PERIODIC && cacheSize > std::max((9 * nTotalSpace) / 10, nTotalSpace - MAX_BLOCK_COINSDB_USAGE * 1024 * 1024);
+ bool fCacheLarge = mode == FlushStateMode::PERIODIC && cache_state >= CoinsCacheSizeState::LARGE;
// The cache is over the limit, we have to write now.
- bool fCacheCritical = mode == FlushStateMode::IF_NEEDED && cacheSize > nTotalSpace;
+ bool fCacheCritical = mode == FlushStateMode::IF_NEEDED && cache_state >= CoinsCacheSizeState::CRITICAL;
// It's been a while since we wrote the block index to disk. Do this frequently, so we don't need to redownload after a crash.
bool fPeriodicWrite = mode == FlushStateMode::PERIODIC && nNow > nLastWrite + (int64_t)DATABASE_WRITE_INTERVAL * 1000000;
// It's been very long since we flushed the cache. Do this infrequently, to optimize cache usage.
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
index 54f97e7213..81b2ccffc2 100644
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -530,6 +530,15 @@ public:
void InitCache() EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(::cs_main);
};
+enum class CoinsCacheSizeState
+{
+ //! The coins cache is in immediate need of a flush.
+ CRITICAL = 2,
+ //! The cache is at >= 90% capacity.
+ LARGE = 1,
+ OK = 0
+};
+
/**
* CChainState stores and provides an API to update our local knowledge of the
* current best chain.
@@ -721,6 +730,17 @@ public:
/** Update the chain tip based on database information, i.e. CoinsTip()'s best block. */
bool LoadChainTip(const CChainParams& chainparams) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_main);
+ //! Dictates whether we need to flush the cache to disk or not.
+ //!
+ //! @return the state of the size of the coins cache.
+ CoinsCacheSizeState GetCoinsCacheSizeState(const CTxMemPool& tx_pool)
+ EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(::cs_main);
+
+ CoinsCacheSizeState GetCoinsCacheSizeState(
+ const CTxMemPool& tx_pool,
+ size_t max_coins_cache_size_bytes,
+ size_t max_mempool_size_bytes) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(::cs_main);
+
private:
bool ActivateBestChainStep(BlockValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams, CBlockIndex* pindexMostWork, const std::shared_ptr<const CBlock>& pblock, bool& fInvalidFound, ConnectTrace& connectTrace) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_main, ::mempool.cs);
bool ConnectTip(BlockValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams, CBlockIndex* pindexNew, const std::shared_ptr<const CBlock>& pblock, ConnectTrace& connectTrace, DisconnectedBlockTransactions& disconnectpool) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_main, ::mempool.cs);