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Incremental block construction #598

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add API for incrementally building blocks
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drop receipts that snuck in
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PR feedback and test failures
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28 changes: 28 additions & 0 deletions evm/chains/base.py
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Expand Up @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
MAX_UNCLE_DEPTH,
)
from evm.db.chain import AsyncChainDB
from evm.db.trie import make_trie_root_and_nodes
from evm.estimators import (
get_gas_estimator,
)
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#
# Execution API
#
@abstractmethod
def apply_transaction(self, transaction):
"""
Applies the transaction to the current tip block.
"""
raise NotImplementedError("Chain classes must implement this method")

@abstractmethod
def estimate_gas(self, transaction, at_header=None):
"""
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#
# Mining and Execution API
#
def apply_transaction(self, transaction):
"""
Applies the transaction to the current tip block.
"""
vm = self.get_vm()
block, receipt, computation = vm.apply_transaction(transaction)
receipts = block.get_receipts(self.chaindb) + [receipt]
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This feels a little weird. We're getting back the block after the transaction, but it doesn't have the receipts that were also produced as a part of the transaction and some of the final header fields.

I think I get where you're eventually going: that we shouldn't return a block at all, but the building pieces that are needed to form the block. It is just hard to track which of those changes are still going in the block and which aren't. Maybe that's fine for this PR, where you're just trying to enable this one feature of incremental building, and come back for a reorg later.

A TransactionDiff is continuing to look like a nice encapsulation, which would include all the things that change in the block, plus the receipt, and the computation.

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Agreed, though I'm going to push fixing this out a bit as I'm about to make a number of incremental changes. Good spot as I hadn't quite connected that logic (should not return a block unless the block is actually complete).


tx_root_hash, tx_kv_nodes = make_trie_root_and_nodes(block.transactions)
receipt_root_hash, receipt_kv_nodes = make_trie_root_and_nodes(receipts)
self.chaindb.persist_trie_data_dict(tx_kv_nodes)
self.chaindb.persist_trie_data_dict(receipt_kv_nodes)
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  1. Just wondering, since now there's no "clean up function", after calling Chain.apply_transaction(transaction) (Maybe it's miner to select transactions or eth-tester), it seems the transactions and receipts will be in the database permanently...?
  2. Those four lines appear twice, maybe add a simple function to deal with it?

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+1 though I'm going to be fixing this in a subsequent PR.

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Maybe add a big warning to the docstring here stating that this will generate/persist partial block state and that has a big performance hit?


self.header = block.header.copy(
transaction_root=tx_root_hash,
receipt_root=receipt_root_hash,
)
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Shouldn't we update gas_used here as well?


return block.copy(header=self.header), receipt, computation

def estimate_gas(self, transaction, at_header=None):
if at_header is None:
at_header = self.get_canonical_head()
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58 changes: 33 additions & 25 deletions evm/vm/base.py
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Expand Up @@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ def __init__(self, header, chaindb):
self.chaindb = chaindb
block_class = self.get_block_class()
self.block = block_class.from_header(header=header, chaindb=self.chaindb)
self.receipts = [] # type: List[Receipt]

#
# Logging
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"""
Apply the transaction to the vm in the current block.
"""
computation, block, receipt = self.state.apply_transaction(
block, receipt, computation = self.state.apply_transaction(
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FYI: this ordering is structured from highest to lowest level elements.

transaction,
self.block,
)
self.block = block
self.receipts.append(receipt)
self.chaindb.persist()
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Yeah, it's gross to have db writes sprinkled about. But... I think we'll have to come back to that one in a future PR.


return computation, self.block
return self.block, receipt, computation

def execute_bytecode(self,
origin,
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# Mining
#
def import_block(self, block):
self.receipts = []
self.block = self.block.copy(
header=self.configure_header(
coinbase=block.header.coinbase,
Expand All @@ -145,26 +143,42 @@ def import_block(self, block):
)

# run all of the transactions.
for transaction in block.transactions:
execution_data = [
self.apply_transaction(transaction)
for transaction
in block.transactions
]
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Something about generating a list this way makes it less obvious that apply_transaction() is also mutating the state in the VM. I guess if we become super consistent about apply => "mutation", then it's not a problem.

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Agreed. Fixing in subsequent refactoring steps.

if execution_data:
_, receipts, _ = zip(*execution_data)
else:
receipts = tuple()

return self.mine_block()
tx_root_hash, tx_kv_nodes = make_trie_root_and_nodes(block.transactions)
receipt_root_hash, receipt_kv_nodes = make_trie_root_and_nodes(receipts)

def mine_block(self, *args, **kwargs):
"""
Mine the current block. Proxies to self.pack_block method.
"""
tx_root_hash, tx_kv_nodes = make_trie_root_and_nodes(self.block.transactions)
receipt_root_hash, receipt_kv_nodes = make_trie_root_and_nodes(self.receipts)
self.chaindb.persist_trie_data_dict(tx_kv_nodes)
self.chaindb.persist_trie_data_dict(receipt_kv_nodes)

header = self.block.header.copy(
transaction_root=tx_root_hash,
receipt_root=receipt_root_hash,
if receipts:
gas_used = receipts[-1].gas_used
else:
gas_used = 0

self.block = self.block.copy(
header=self.block.header.copy(
transaction_root=tx_root_hash,
receipt_root=receipt_root_hash,
gas_used=gas_used,
),
)

block = self.pack_block(self.block.copy(header=header), *args, **kwargs)
return self.mine_block()

def mine_block(self, *args, **kwargs):
"""
Mine the current block. Proxies to self.pack_block method.
"""
block = self.pack_block(self.block, *args, **kwargs)

if block.number == 0:
return block
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header = self.block.header
temp_block = self.generate_block_from_parent_header_and_coinbase(header, header.coinbase)
prev_hashes = (header.hash, ) + self.previous_hashes
gas_used = 0
if self.receipts:
gas_used = self.receipts[-1].gas_used
state = self.get_state(self.chaindb, temp_block, prev_hashes, gas_used)
state = self.get_state(self.chaindb, temp_block, prev_hashes, gas_used=0)
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Hah, yay for unrelated bugfixes (gas_used should always start at 0 in a temp block).

assert state.gas_used == 0, "There must not be any gas used in a fresh temporary block"

snapshot = state.snapshot()
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def state(self):
"""Return current state property
"""
gas_used = 0
if self.receipts:
gas_used = self.receipts[-1].gas_used
return self.get_state(
chaindb=self.chaindb,
block=self.block,
prev_hashes=self.previous_hashes,
gas_used=gas_used,
gas_used=self.block.header.gas_used,
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IIUC, before this change, on every call to VM.apply_transaction(), the VM.state would include the gas_used up to the last applied tx, but now it won't as self.block.header.gas_used is only updated at the end of VM.import_block(). Is that ok or can it be a problem when applying transactions that would exceed the block's gas limit?

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I'll add a test to check.

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This is currently handled. State.apply_transaction calls State.add_transaction which updates the block header's gas_used. And VM.apply_transaction updates self.block on each call.

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Then in import_block() above we don't need to update gas_used when we do self.block.copy()?

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+1

I'll get this cleaned up in a subsequent PR. adding a comment.

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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions evm/vm/state.py
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Expand Up @@ -285,11 +285,10 @@ def apply_transaction(

# Set block.
new_block, receipt = self.add_transaction(transaction, computation, block)

with self.mutable_state_db() as state_db:
state_db.persist()

return computation, new_block, receipt
return new_block, receipt, computation

def add_transaction(self, transaction, computation, block):
"""
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Expand Up @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ def vm_logger():

# level = TRACE_LEVEL_NUM
# level = logging.DEBUG
level = logging.INFO
# level = logging.INFO
level = logging.ERROR
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FYI: This came from me ending up with a terminal full of INFO level logging messages long enough to push the actual test failure off the history of my terminal.


logger.setLevel(level)
handler.setLevel(level)
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56 changes: 56 additions & 0 deletions tests/core/chain-object/test_build_block_incrementally.py
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import pytest

from evm.utils.address import force_bytes_to_address

from tests.core.helpers import (
new_transaction,
)


ADDRESS_1010 = force_bytes_to_address(b'\x10\x10')


@pytest.fixture
def chain(chain_without_block_validation):
return chain_without_block_validation


def test_building_block_incrementally_with_single_transaction(chain,
funded_address,
funded_address_private_key):
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style nitpick

def long_signature(
        thing_a,
        thing_b,
        thing_c=None,
        thing_d=None):
    pass

tx = new_transaction(
chain.get_vm(),
from_=funded_address,
to=ADDRESS_1010,
private_key=funded_address_private_key,
)
_, _, computation = chain.apply_transaction(tx)
assert computation.is_success

mined_block = chain.mine_block()
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Before mining, there might be other things we want to assert. Perhaps:

  • that the transaction is present in the pending block
  • that it is not present in the latest block

assert len(mined_block.transactions) == 1

actual_tx = mined_block.transactions[0]
assert actual_tx == tx


def test_building_block_incrementally_with_multiple_transactions(chain,
funded_address,
funded_address_private_key):
txns = []
for _ in range(3):
tx = new_transaction(
chain.get_vm(),
from_=funded_address,
to=ADDRESS_1010,
private_key=funded_address_private_key,
)
txns.append(tx)
_, _, computation = chain.apply_transaction(tx)
assert computation.is_success

mined_block = chain.mine_block()
assert len(mined_block.transactions) == 3

for left, right in zip(txns, mined_block.transactions):
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Maybe:

-left, right
+expected, actual

assert left == right
6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions tests/core/chain-object/test_chain.py
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Expand Up @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ def tx(chain, funded_address, funded_address_private_key):
return new_transaction(vm, from_, recipient, amount, funded_address_private_key)


@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="modification to initial allocation made the block fixture invalid")
def test_import_block_validation(valid_chain, funded_address, funded_address_initial_balance):
block = rlp.decode(valid_block_rlp, sedes=FrontierBlock)
imported_block = valid_chain.import_block(block)
Expand All @@ -55,8 +56,8 @@ def test_import_block_validation(valid_chain, funded_address, funded_address_ini

def test_import_block(chain, tx):
vm = chain.get_vm()
computation, _ = vm.apply_transaction(tx)
assert not computation.is_error
*_, computation = vm.apply_transaction(tx)
assert computation.is_success

# add pending so that we can confirm it gets removed when imported to a block
chain.add_pending_transaction(tx)
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chain.get_pending_transaction(b'\0' * 32)


@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="modification to initial allocation made the block fixture invalid")
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I broke these tests by modifying the genesis state for the fixture (by increasing the initial ether allotment to the funded_address. I decided not to fix it because I'll be completely reworking this test suite as part of #599

def test_canonical_chain(valid_chain):
genesis_header = valid_chain.chaindb.get_canonical_block_header_by_number(
constants.GENESIS_BLOCK_NUMBER)
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from eth_utils import (
decode_hex,
to_canonical_address,
to_wei,
)
from eth_keys import KeyAPI
from eth_keys import keys

from evm import Chain
from evm import constants
from evm.db import get_db_backend
from evm.db.chain import ChainDB
# TODO: tests should not be locked into one set of VM rules. Look at expanding
# to all mainnet vms.
from evm.vm.forks.spurious_dragon import SpuriousDragonVM


Expand All @@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ def import_block_without_validation(chain, block):

@pytest.fixture
def funded_address_private_key():
return KeyAPI().PrivateKey(
return keys.PrivateKey(
decode_hex('0x45a915e4d060149eb4365960e6a7a45f334393093061116b197e3240065ff2d8')
)

Expand All @@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ def funded_address(funded_address_private_key):

@pytest.fixture
def funded_address_initial_balance():
return 10000000000
return to_wei(1000, 'ether')
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FYI: This is the change that broke the block import fixture



@pytest.fixture
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Expand Up @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def new_transaction(
vm,
from_,
to,
amount,
amount=0,
private_key=None,
gas_price=10,
gas=100000,
Expand All @@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ def fill_block(chain, from_, key, gas, data):
assert vm.state.gas_used == 0

while True:
tx = new_transaction(vm, from_, recipient, amount, key, gas=gas, data=data)
tx = new_transaction(chain.get_vm(), from_, recipient, amount, key, gas=gas, data=data)
try:
vm.apply_transaction(tx)
chain.apply_transaction(tx)
except ValidationError as exc:
if "Transaction exceeds gas limit" == str(exc):
break
else:
raise exc

assert vm.state.gas_used > 0
assert chain.get_vm().state.gas_used > 0
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Expand Up @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def test_apply_transaction(
amount = 100
from_ = funded_address
tx = new_transaction(vm, from_, recipient, amount, funded_address_private_key)
computation, _ = vm.apply_transaction(tx)
*_, computation = vm.apply_transaction(tx)

assert not computation.is_error
tx_gas = tx.gas_price * constants.GAS_TX
Expand All @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def test_import_block(chain, funded_address, funded_address_private_key):
amount = 100
from_ = funded_address
tx = new_transaction(vm, from_, recipient, amount, funded_address_private_key)
computation, _ = vm.apply_transaction(tx)
*_, computation = vm.apply_transaction(tx)

assert not computation.is_error
parent_vm = chain.get_chain_at_block_parent(vm.block).get_vm()
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Expand Up @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def test_apply_transaction(
amount,
private_key=funded_address_private_key,
)
computation, result_block = vm_example.apply_transaction(tx1)
result_block, _, computation = vm_example.apply_transaction(tx1)

# The second transaction
recipient2 = decode_hex('0x2222222222222222222222222222222222222222')
Expand All @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def test_apply_transaction(
amount,
private_key=funded_address_private_key,
)
computation, result_block = vm_example.apply_transaction(tx2)
result_block, _, computation = vm_example.apply_transaction(tx2)
assert len(result_block.transactions) == 2

# (2) Test State.apply_transaction(...)
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)
parent_hash = copy.deepcopy(prev_hashes[0])

computation, block, _ = state1.apply_transaction(
block, _, computation = state1.apply_transaction(
tx1,
block1,
)
Expand All @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def test_apply_transaction(
state_root=block.header.state_root,
gas_used=computation.state.gas_used,
)
computation, block, _ = state1.apply_transaction(
block, _, computation = state1.apply_transaction(
tx2,
block,
)
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