trie: polishes to trie committer (#21351)

* trie: update tests to check commit integrity

* trie: polish committer

* trie: fix typo

* trie: remove hasvalue notion

According to the benchmarks, type assertion between the pointer and
interface is extremely fast.

BenchmarkIntmethod-12           1000000000               1.91 ns/op
BenchmarkInterface-12           1000000000               2.13 ns/op
BenchmarkTypeSwitch-12          1000000000               1.81 ns/op
BenchmarkTypeAssertion-12       2000000000               1.78 ns/op

So the overhead for asserting whether the shortnode has "valuenode"
child is super tiny. No necessary to have another field.

* trie: linter nitpicks

Co-authored-by: Martin Holst Swende <martin@swende.se>

trie/committer.go

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/sha3"
 )
 
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ type leaf struct {
 	size int         // size of the rlp data (estimate)
 	hash common.Hash // hash of rlp data
 	node node        // the node to commit
-	vnodes bool        // set to true if the node (possibly) contains a valueNode
 }
 
 // committer is a type used for the trie Commit operation. A committer has some
@@ -74,18 +72,12 @@ func returnCommitterToPool(h *committer) {
 	committerPool.Put(h)
 }
 
-// commitNeeded returns 'false' if the given node is already in sync with db
-func (c *committer) commitNeeded(n node) bool {
-	hash, dirty := n.cache()
-	return hash == nil || dirty
-}
-
 // commit collapses a node down into a hash node and inserts it into the database
 func (c *committer) Commit(n node, db *Database) (hashNode, error) {
 	if db == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("no db provided")
 	}
-	h, err := c.commit(n, db, true)
+	h, err := c.commit(n, db)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -93,7 +85,7 @@ func (c *committer) Commit(n node, db *Database) (hashNode, error) {
 }
 
 // commit collapses a node down into a hash node and inserts it into the database
-func (c *committer) commit(n node, db *Database, force bool) (node, error) {
+func (c *committer) commit(n node, db *Database) (node, error) {
 	// if this path is clean, use available cached data
 	hash, dirty := n.cache()
 	if hash != nil && !dirty {
@@ -104,8 +96,11 @@ func (c *committer) commit(n node, db *Database, force bool) (node, error) {
 	case *shortNode:
 		// Commit child
 		collapsed := cn.copy()
-		if _, ok := cn.Val.(valueNode); !ok {
+
-			childV, err := c.commit(cn.Val, db, false)
+		// If the child is fullnode, recursively commit.
+		// Otherwise it can only be hashNode or valueNode.
+		if _, ok := cn.Val.(*fullNode); ok {
+			childV, err := c.commit(cn.Val, db)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -113,78 +108,78 @@ func (c *committer) commit(n node, db *Database, force bool) (node, error) {
 		}
 		// The key needs to be copied, since we're delivering it to database
 		collapsed.Key = hexToCompact(cn.Key)
-		hashedNode := c.store(collapsed, db, force, true)
+		hashedNode := c.store(collapsed, db)
 		if hn, ok := hashedNode.(hashNode); ok {
 			return hn, nil
 		}
 		return collapsed, nil
 	case *fullNode:
-		hashedKids, hasVnodes, err := c.commitChildren(cn, db, force)
+		hashedKids, err := c.commitChildren(cn, db)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		collapsed := cn.copy()
 		collapsed.Children = hashedKids
 
-		hashedNode := c.store(collapsed, db, force, hasVnodes)
+		hashedNode := c.store(collapsed, db)
 		if hn, ok := hashedNode.(hashNode); ok {
 			return hn, nil
 		}
 		return collapsed, nil
-	case valueNode:
-		return c.store(cn, db, force, false), nil
-	// hashnodes aren't stored
 	case hashNode:
 		return cn, nil
+	default:
+		// nil, valuenode shouldn't be committed
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("%T: invalid node: %v", n, n))
 	}
-	return hash, nil
 }
 
 // commitChildren commits the children of the given fullnode
-func (c *committer) commitChildren(n *fullNode, db *Database, force bool) ([17]node, bool, error) {
+func (c *committer) commitChildren(n *fullNode, db *Database) ([17]node, error) {
 	var children [17]node
-	var hasValueNodeChildren = false
+	for i := 0; i < 16; i++ {
-	for i, child := range n.Children {
+		child := n.Children[i]
 		if child == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		hnode, err := c.commit(child, db, false)
+		// If it's the hashed child, save the hash value directly.
+		// Note: it's impossible that the child in range [0, 15]
+		// is a valuenode.
+		if hn, ok := child.(hashNode); ok {
+			children[i] = hn
+			continue
+		}
+		// Commit the child recursively and store the "hashed" value.
+		// Note the returned node can be some embedded nodes, so it's
+		// possible the type is not hashnode.
+		hashed, err := c.commit(child, db)
 		if err != nil {
-			return children, false, err
+			return children, err
 		}
-		children[i] = hnode
+		children[i] = hashed
-		if _, ok := hnode.(valueNode); ok {
-			hasValueNodeChildren = true
 	}
+	// For the 17th child, it's possible the type is valuenode.
+	if n.Children[16] != nil {
+		children[16] = n.Children[16]
 	}
-	return children, hasValueNodeChildren, nil
+	return children, nil
 }
 
 // store hashes the node n and if we have a storage layer specified, it writes
 // the key/value pair to it and tracks any node->child references as well as any
 // node->external trie references.
-func (c *committer) store(n node, db *Database, force bool, hasVnodeChildren bool) node {
+func (c *committer) store(n node, db *Database) node {
 	// Larger nodes are replaced by their hash and stored in the database.
 	var (
 		hash, _ = n.cache()
 		size    int
 	)
 	if hash == nil {
-		if vn, ok := n.(valueNode); ok {
+		// This was not generated - must be a small node stored in the parent.
-			c.tmp.Reset()
+		// In theory we should apply the leafCall here if it's not nil(embedded
-			if err := rlp.Encode(&c.tmp, vn); err != nil {
+		// node usually contains value). But small value(less than 32bytes) is
-				panic("encode error: " + err.Error())
+		// not our target.
-			}
-			size = len(c.tmp)
-			if size < 32 && !force {
-				return n // Nodes smaller than 32 bytes are stored inside their parent
-			}
-			hash = c.makeHashNode(c.tmp)
-		} else {
-			// This was not generated - must be a small node stored in the parent
-			// No need to do anything here
 		return n
-		}
 	} else {
 		// We have the hash already, estimate the RLP encoding-size of the node.
 		// The size is used for mem tracking, does not need to be exact
@@ -197,7 +192,6 @@ func (c *committer) store(n node, db *Database, force bool, hasVnodeChildren boo
 			size: size,
 			hash: common.BytesToHash(hash),
 			node: n,
-			vnodes: hasVnodeChildren,
 		}
 	} else if db != nil {
 		// No leaf-callback used, but there's still a database. Do serial
@@ -209,30 +203,30 @@ func (c *committer) store(n node, db *Database, force bool, hasVnodeChildren boo
 	return hash
 }
 
-// commitLoop does the actual insert + leaf callback for nodes
+// commitLoop does the actual insert + leaf callback for nodes.
 func (c *committer) commitLoop(db *Database) {
 	for item := range c.leafCh {
 		var (
 			hash = item.hash
 			size = item.size
 			n    = item.node
-			hasVnodes = item.vnodes
 		)
 		// We are pooling the trie nodes into an intermediate memory cache
 		db.lock.Lock()
 		db.insert(hash, size, n)
 		db.lock.Unlock()
-		if c.onleaf != nil && hasVnodes {
+
+		if c.onleaf != nil {
 			switch n := n.(type) {
 			case *shortNode:
 				if child, ok := n.Val.(valueNode); ok {
 					c.onleaf(nil, child, hash)
 				}
 			case *fullNode:
-				for i := 0; i < 16; i++ {
+				// For children in range [0, 15], it's impossible
-					if child, ok := n.Children[i].(valueNode); ok {
+				// to contain valuenode. Only check the 17th child.
-						c.onleaf(nil, child, hash)
+				if n.Children[16] != nil {
-					}
+					c.onleaf(nil, n.Children[16].(valueNode), hash)
 				}
 			}
 		}

trie/hasher.go

@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ func returnHasherToPool(h *hasher) {
 // hash collapses a node down into a hash node, also returning a copy of the
 // original node initialized with the computed hash to replace the original one.
 func (h *hasher) hash(n node, force bool) (hashed node, cached node) {
-	// We're not storing the node, just hashing, use available cached data
+	// Return the cached hash if it's available
 	if hash, _ := n.cache(); hash != nil {
 		return hash, n
 	}
-	// Trie not processed yet or needs storage, walk the children
+	// Trie not processed yet, walk the children
 	switch n := n.(type) {
 	case *shortNode:
 		collapsed, cached := h.hashShortNodeChildren(n)

trie/trie.go

@@ -505,13 +505,16 @@ func (t *Trie) Commit(onleaf LeafCallback) (root common.Hash, err error) {
 	if t.root == nil {
 		return emptyRoot, nil
 	}
+	// Derive the hash for all dirty nodes first. We hold the assumption
+	// in the following procedure that all nodes are hashed.
 	rootHash := t.Hash()
 	h := newCommitter()
 	defer returnCommitterToPool(h)
+
 	// Do a quick check if we really need to commit, before we spin
 	// up goroutines. This can happen e.g. if we load a trie for reading storage
 	// values, but don't write to it.
-	if !h.commitNeeded(t.root) {
+	if _, dirty := t.root.cache(); !dirty {
 		return rootHash, nil
 	}
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup

trie/trie_test.go

@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ package trie
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"hash"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"math/rand"
@@ -31,9 +33,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb/leveldb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb/memorydb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/sha3"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -659,6 +663,136 @@ func makeAccounts(size int) (addresses [][20]byte, accounts [][]byte) {
 	return addresses, accounts
 }
 
+// spongeDb is a dummy db backend which accumulates writes in a sponge
+type spongeDb struct {
+	sponge hash.Hash
+}
+
+func (s *spongeDb) Has(key []byte) (bool, error)             { panic("implement me") }
+func (s *spongeDb) Get(key []byte) ([]byte, error)           { return nil, errors.New("no such elem") }
+func (s *spongeDb) Delete(key []byte) error                  { panic("implement me") }
+func (s *spongeDb) NewBatch() ethdb.Batch                    { return &spongeBatch{s} }
+func (s *spongeDb) Stat(property string) (string, error)     { panic("implement me") }
+func (s *spongeDb) Compact(start []byte, limit []byte) error { panic("implement me") }
+func (s *spongeDb) Close() error                             { return nil }
+func (s *spongeDb) Put(key []byte, value []byte) error {
+	s.sponge.Write(key)
+	s.sponge.Write(value)
+	return nil
+}
+func (s *spongeDb) NewIterator(prefix []byte, start []byte) ethdb.Iterator { panic("implement me") }
+
+// spongeBatch is a dummy batch which immediately writes to the underlying spongedb
+type spongeBatch struct {
+	db *spongeDb
+}
+
+func (b *spongeBatch) Put(key, value []byte) error {
+	b.db.Put(key, value)
+	return nil
+}
+func (b *spongeBatch) Delete(key []byte) error             { panic("implement me") }
+func (b *spongeBatch) ValueSize() int                      { return 100 }
+func (b *spongeBatch) Write() error                        { return nil }
+func (b *spongeBatch) Reset()                              {}
+func (b *spongeBatch) Replay(w ethdb.KeyValueWriter) error { return nil }
+
+// TestCommitSequence tests that the trie.Commit operation writes the elements of the trie
+// in the expected order, and calls the callbacks in the expected order.
+// The test data was based on the 'master' code, and is basically random. It can be used
+// to check whether changes to the trie modifies the write order or data in any way.
+func TestCommitSequence(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, tc := range []struct {
+		count              int
+		expWriteSeqHash    []byte
+		expCallbackSeqHash []byte
+	}{
+		{20, common.FromHex("68c495e45209e243eb7e4f4e8ca8f9f7be71003bd9cafb8061b4534373740193"),
+			common.FromHex("01783213033d6b7781a641ab499e680d959336d025ac16f44d02f4f0c021bbf5")},
+		{200, common.FromHex("3b20d16c13c4bc3eb3b8d0ad7a169fef3b1600e056c0665895d03d3d2b2ff236"),
+			common.FromHex("fb8db0ec82e8f02729f11228940885b181c3047ab0d654ed0110291ca57111a8")},
+		{2000, common.FromHex("34eff3d1048bebdf77e9ae8bd939f2e7c742edc3dcd1173cff1aad9dbd20451a"),
+			common.FromHex("1c981604b1a9f8ffa40e0ae66b14830a87f5a4ed8345146a3912e6b2dcb05e63")},
+	} {
+		addresses, accounts := makeAccounts(tc.count)
+		// This spongeDb is used to check the sequence of disk-db-writes
+		s := &spongeDb{sponge: sha3.NewLegacyKeccak256()}
+		db := NewDatabase(s)
+		trie, _ := New(common.Hash{}, db)
+		// Another sponge is used to check the callback-sequence
+		callbackSponge := sha3.NewLegacyKeccak256()
+		// Fill the trie with elements
+		for i := 0; i < tc.count; i++ {
+			trie.Update(crypto.Keccak256(addresses[i][:]), accounts[i])
+		}
+		// Flush trie -> database
+		root, _ := trie.Commit(nil)
+		// Flush memdb -> disk (sponge)
+		db.Commit(root, false, func(c common.Hash) {
+			// And spongify the callback-order
+			callbackSponge.Write(c[:])
+		})
+		if got, exp := s.sponge.Sum(nil), tc.expWriteSeqHash; !bytes.Equal(got, exp) {
+			t.Fatalf("test %d, disk write sequence wrong:\ngot %x exp %x\n", i, got, exp)
+		}
+		if got, exp := callbackSponge.Sum(nil), tc.expCallbackSeqHash; !bytes.Equal(got, exp) {
+			t.Fatalf("test %d, call back sequence wrong:\ngot: %x exp %x\n", i, got, exp)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestCommitSequenceRandomBlobs is identical to TestCommitSequence
+// but uses random blobs instead of 'accounts'
+func TestCommitSequenceRandomBlobs(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, tc := range []struct {
+		count              int
+		expWriteSeqHash    []byte
+		expCallbackSeqHash []byte
+	}{
+		{20, common.FromHex("8e4a01548551d139fa9e833ebc4e66fc1ba40a4b9b7259d80db32cff7b64ebbc"),
+			common.FromHex("450238d73bc36dc6cc6f926987e5428535e64be403877c4560e238a52749ba24")},
+		{200, common.FromHex("6869b4e7b95f3097a19ddb30ff735f922b915314047e041614df06958fc50554"),
+			common.FromHex("0ace0b03d6cb8c0b82f6289ef5b1a1838306b455a62dafc63cada8e2924f2550")},
+		{2000, common.FromHex("444200e6f4e2df49f77752f629a96ccf7445d4698c164f962bbd85a0526ef424"),
+			common.FromHex("117d30dafaa62a1eed498c3dfd70982b377ba2b46dd3e725ed6120c80829e518")},
+	} {
+		prng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(int64(i)))
+		// This spongeDb is used to check the sequence of disk-db-writes
+		s := &spongeDb{sponge: sha3.NewLegacyKeccak256()}
+		db := NewDatabase(s)
+		trie, _ := New(common.Hash{}, db)
+		// Another sponge is used to check the callback-sequence
+		callbackSponge := sha3.NewLegacyKeccak256()
+		// Fill the trie with elements
+		for i := 0; i < tc.count; i++ {
+			key := make([]byte, 32)
+			var val []byte
+			// 50% short elements, 50% large elements
+			if prng.Intn(2) == 0 {
+				val = make([]byte, 1+prng.Intn(32))
+			} else {
+				val = make([]byte, 1+prng.Intn(4096))
+			}
+			prng.Read(key)
+			prng.Read(val)
+			trie.Update(key, val)
+		}
+		// Flush trie -> database
+		root, _ := trie.Commit(nil)
+		// Flush memdb -> disk (sponge)
+		db.Commit(root, false, func(c common.Hash) {
+			// And spongify the callback-order
+			callbackSponge.Write(c[:])
+		})
+		if got, exp := s.sponge.Sum(nil), tc.expWriteSeqHash; !bytes.Equal(got, exp) {
+			t.Fatalf("test %d, disk write sequence wrong:\ngot %x exp %x\n", i, got, exp)
+		}
+		if got, exp := callbackSponge.Sum(nil), tc.expCallbackSeqHash; !bytes.Equal(got, exp) {
+			t.Fatalf("test %d, call back sequence wrong:\ngot: %x exp %x\n", i, got, exp)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // BenchmarkCommitAfterHashFixedSize benchmarks the Commit (after Hash) of a fixed number of updates to a trie.
 // This benchmark is meant to capture the difference on efficiency of small versus large changes. Typically,
 // storage tries are small (a couple of entries), whereas the full post-block account trie update is large (a couple