core: use finalized block as the chain freeze indicator (#28683)

* core: use finalized block as the chain freeze indicator

* core/rawdb: use max(finality, head-90k) as chain freezing threshold

* core/rawdb: fix tests

* core/rawdb: fix lint

* core/rawdb: address comments from peter

* core/rawdb: fix typo

core/blockchain_repair_test.go

@@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@ func testRepair(t *testing.T, tt *rewindTest, snapshots bool) {
 
 func testRepairWithScheme(t *testing.T, tt *rewindTest, snapshots bool, scheme string) {
 	// It's hard to follow the test case, visualize the input
-	//log.Root().SetHandler(log.LvlFilterHandler(log.LvlTrace, log.StreamHandler(os.Stderr, log.TerminalFormat(true))))
+	// log.Root().SetHandler(log.LvlFilterHandler(log.LvlTrace, log.StreamHandler(os.Stderr, log.TerminalFormat(true))))
 	// fmt.Println(tt.dump(true))
 
 	// Create a temporary persistent database
@@ -1830,10 +1830,14 @@ func testRepairWithScheme(t *testing.T, tt *rewindTest, snapshots bool, scheme s
 	}
 	// Force run a freeze cycle
 	type freezer interface {
-		Freeze(threshold uint64) error
+		Freeze() error
 		Ancients() (uint64, error)
 	}
-	db.(freezer).Freeze(tt.freezeThreshold)
+	if tt.freezeThreshold < uint64(tt.canonicalBlocks) {
+		final := uint64(tt.canonicalBlocks) - tt.freezeThreshold
+		chain.SetFinalized(canonblocks[int(final)-1].Header())
+	}
+	db.(freezer).Freeze()
 
 	// Set the simulated pivot block
 	if tt.pivotBlock != nil {

core/blockchain_sethead_test.go

@@ -2044,10 +2044,14 @@ func testSetHeadWithScheme(t *testing.T, tt *rewindTest, snapshots bool, scheme
 
 	// Force run a freeze cycle
 	type freezer interface {
-		Freeze(threshold uint64) error
+		Freeze() error
 		Ancients() (uint64, error)
 	}
-	db.(freezer).Freeze(tt.freezeThreshold)
+	if tt.freezeThreshold < uint64(tt.canonicalBlocks) {
+		final := uint64(tt.canonicalBlocks) - tt.freezeThreshold
+		chain.SetFinalized(canonblocks[int(final)-1].Header())
+	}
+	db.(freezer).Freeze()
 
 	// Set the simulated pivot block
 	if tt.pivotBlock != nil {

core/rawdb/chain_freezer.go

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 package rawdb
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ const (
 // The background thread will keep moving ancient chain segments from key-value
 // database to flat files for saving space on live database.
 type chainFreezer struct {
-	threshold atomic.Uint64 // Number of recent blocks not to freeze (params.FullImmutabilityThreshold apart from tests)
-
 	*Freezer
 	quit    chan struct{}
 	wg      sync.WaitGroup
@@ -57,13 +55,11 @@ func newChainFreezer(datadir string, namespace string, readonly bool) (*chainFre
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	cf := chainFreezer{
+	return &chainFreezer{
 		Freezer: freezer,
 		quit:    make(chan struct{}),
 		trigger: make(chan chan struct{}),
-	}
+	}, nil
-	cf.threshold.Store(params.FullImmutabilityThreshold)
-	return &cf, nil
 }
 
 // Close closes the chain freezer instance and terminates the background thread.
@@ -77,6 +73,57 @@ func (f *chainFreezer) Close() error {
 	return f.Freezer.Close()
 }
 
+// readHeadNumber returns the number of chain head block. 0 is returned if the
+// block is unknown or not available yet.
+func (f *chainFreezer) readHeadNumber(db ethdb.KeyValueReader) uint64 {
+	hash := ReadHeadBlockHash(db)
+	if hash == (common.Hash{}) {
+		log.Error("Head block is not reachable")
+		return 0
+	}
+	number := ReadHeaderNumber(db, hash)
+	if number == nil {
+		log.Error("Number of head block is missing")
+		return 0
+	}
+	return *number
+}
+
+// readFinalizedNumber returns the number of finalized block. 0 is returned
+// if the block is unknown or not available yet.
+func (f *chainFreezer) readFinalizedNumber(db ethdb.KeyValueReader) uint64 {
+	hash := ReadFinalizedBlockHash(db)
+	if hash == (common.Hash{}) {
+		return 0
+	}
+	number := ReadHeaderNumber(db, hash)
+	if number == nil {
+		log.Error("Number of finalized block is missing")
+		return 0
+	}
+	return *number
+}
+
+// freezeThreshold returns the threshold for chain freezing. It's determined
+// by formula: max(finality, HEAD-params.FullImmutabilityThreshold).
+func (f *chainFreezer) freezeThreshold(db ethdb.KeyValueReader) (uint64, error) {
+	var (
+		head      = f.readHeadNumber(db)
+		final     = f.readFinalizedNumber(db)
+		headLimit uint64
+	)
+	if head > params.FullImmutabilityThreshold {
+		headLimit = head - params.FullImmutabilityThreshold
+	}
+	if final == 0 && headLimit == 0 {
+		return 0, errors.New("freezing threshold is not available")
+	}
+	if final > headLimit {
+		return final, nil
+	}
+	return headLimit, nil
+}
+
 // freeze is a background thread that periodically checks the blockchain for any
 // import progress and moves ancient data from the fast database into the freezer.
 //
@@ -114,60 +161,39 @@ func (f *chainFreezer) freeze(db ethdb.KeyValueStore) {
 				return
 			}
 		}
-		// Retrieve the freezing threshold.
+		threshold, err := f.freezeThreshold(nfdb)
-		hash := ReadHeadBlockHash(nfdb)
+		if err != nil {
-		if hash == (common.Hash{}) {
-			log.Debug("Current full block hash unavailable") // new chain, empty database
 			backoff = true
+			log.Debug("Current full block not old enough to freeze", "err", err)
 			continue
 		}
-		number := ReadHeaderNumber(nfdb, hash)
-		threshold := f.threshold.Load()
 		frozen := f.frozen.Load()
-		switch {
-		case number == nil:
-			log.Error("Current full block number unavailable", "hash", hash)
-			backoff = true
-			continue
-
-		case *number < threshold:
-			log.Debug("Current full block not old enough to freeze", "number", *number, "hash", hash, "delay", threshold)
-			backoff = true
-			continue
 
-		case *number-threshold <= frozen:
+		// Short circuit if the blocks below threshold are already frozen.
-			log.Debug("Ancient blocks frozen already", "number", *number, "hash", hash, "frozen", frozen)
+		if frozen != 0 && frozen-1 >= threshold {
 			backoff = true
+			log.Debug("Ancient blocks frozen already", "threshold", threshold, "frozen", frozen)
 			continue
 		}
-		head := ReadHeader(nfdb, hash, *number)
-		if head == nil {
-			log.Error("Current full block unavailable", "number", *number, "hash", hash)
-			backoff = true
-			continue
-		}
-
 		// Seems we have data ready to be frozen, process in usable batches
 		var (
 			start = time.Now()
-			first, _ = f.Ancients()
+			first = frozen    // the first block to freeze
-			limit    = *number - threshold
+			last  = threshold // the last block to freeze
 		)
-		if limit-first > freezerBatchLimit {
+		if last-first+1 > freezerBatchLimit {
-			limit = first + freezerBatchLimit
+			last = freezerBatchLimit + first - 1
 		}
-		ancients, err := f.freezeRange(nfdb, first, limit)
+		ancients, err := f.freezeRange(nfdb, first, last)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("Error in block freeze operation", "err", err)
 			backoff = true
 			continue
 		}
-
 		// Batch of blocks have been frozen, flush them before wiping from leveldb
 		if err := f.Sync(); err != nil {
 			log.Crit("Failed to flush frozen tables", "err", err)
 		}
-
 		// Wipe out all data from the active database
 		batch := db.NewBatch()
 		for i := 0; i < len(ancients); i++ {
@@ -250,8 +276,11 @@ func (f *chainFreezer) freeze(db ethdb.KeyValueStore) {
 	}
 }
 
+// freezeRange moves a batch of chain segments from the fast database to the freezer.
+// The parameters (number, limit) specify the relevant block range, both of which
+// are included.
 func (f *chainFreezer) freezeRange(nfdb *nofreezedb, number, limit uint64) (hashes []common.Hash, err error) {
-	hashes = make([]common.Hash, 0, limit-number)
+	hashes = make([]common.Hash, 0, limit-number+1)
 
 	_, err = f.ModifyAncients(func(op ethdb.AncientWriteOp) error {
 		for ; number <= limit; number++ {
@@ -293,11 +322,9 @@ func (f *chainFreezer) freezeRange(nfdb *nofreezedb, number, limit uint64) (hash
 			if err := op.AppendRaw(ChainFreezerDifficultyTable, number, td); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("can't write td to Freezer: %v", err)
 			}
-
 			hashes = append(hashes, hash)
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
-
 	return hashes, err
 }

core/rawdb/database.go

@@ -66,16 +66,10 @@ func (frdb *freezerdb) Close() error {
 // Freeze is a helper method used for external testing to trigger and block until
 // a freeze cycle completes, without having to sleep for a minute to trigger the
 // automatic background run.
-func (frdb *freezerdb) Freeze(threshold uint64) error {
+func (frdb *freezerdb) Freeze() error {
 	if frdb.AncientStore.(*chainFreezer).readonly {
 		return errReadOnly
 	}
-	// Set the freezer threshold to a temporary value
-	defer func(old uint64) {
-		frdb.AncientStore.(*chainFreezer).threshold.Store(old)
-	}(frdb.AncientStore.(*chainFreezer).threshold.Load())
-	frdb.AncientStore.(*chainFreezer).threshold.Store(threshold)
-
 	// Trigger a freeze cycle and block until it's done
 	trigger := make(chan struct{}, 1)
 	frdb.AncientStore.(*chainFreezer).trigger <- trigger