perf(blockchain): serve chain height and L1 head from memory

blockchain/blockchain.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"iter"
+	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/NethermindEth/juno/blockchain/networks"
 	"github.com/NethermindEth/juno/blockchain/statebackend"
@@ -104,6 +105,14 @@
 	cachedFilters *AggregatedBloomFilterCache
 	runningFilter *core.RunningEventFilter
 	stateBackend  statebackend.StateBackend
+
+	// chainHeight and l1Head mirror their database entries. Nil means "unknown", so a failed
+	// refresh sends readers to the database instead of serving a stale value. Only valid while
+	// db.ChainHeight and db.L1Height are written through Blockchain by one writer at a time: a
+	// migration on the raw db.KeyValueStore, or a concurrent store and revert, leave it stale.
+	chainHeight atomic.Pointer[uint64]
+	l1Head      atomic.Pointer[core.L1Head]
+	cacheHeads  bool
 }
 
 // options holds configuration for constructing a Blockchain.
@@ -112,6 +121,7 @@
 	stateVersion            bool
 	runningFilterInitialize core.RunningEventFilterInitializer
 	retentionFloor          *pruner.RetentionFloor
+	remoteDatabase          bool
 }
 
 // Option is a functional option for configuring Blockchain options.
@@ -139,6 +149,15 @@
 	}
 }
 
+// WithRemoteDatabase marks the database as one another process writes, as `--remote-db` followers
+// do. Such a node never stores or reverts, so it cannot know when the heads move and must read
+// them back instead of caching them.
+func WithRemoteDatabase() Option {
+	return func(o *options) {
+		o.remoteDatabase = true
+	}
+}
+
 // WithRetentionFloor shares a seeded retention floor (see
 // [pruner.NewRetentionFloor]) with the state backend, so retention checks
 // skip the database. The default unseeded floor probes the database instead.
@@ -167,7 +186,7 @@
 
 	runningFilter := core.NewRunningEventFilterLazy(database, o.runningFilterInitialize)
 
-	return &Blockchain{
+	chain := &Blockchain{
 		database:      database,
 		network:       network,
 		listener:      o.listener,
@@ -181,7 +200,16 @@
 			o.retentionFloor,
 			o.stateVersion,
 		),
+		cacheHeads: !o.remoteDatabase,
+	}
+	if chain.cacheHeads {
+		chain.cacheChainHeight()
+		if l1Head, err := core.GetL1Head(database); err == nil {
+			chain.l1Head.Store(&l1Head)
+		}
 	}
+
+	return chain
 }
 
 func (b *Blockchain) Network() *networks.Network {
@@ -191,12 +219,36 @@
 // Height returns the latest block height. If blockchain is empty nil is returned.
 func (b *Blockchain) Height() (uint64, error) {
 	b.listener.OnRead("Height")
+	return b.height()
+}
+
+func (b *Blockchain) height() (uint64, error) {
+	if height := b.chainHeight.Load(); height != nil {
+		return *height, nil
+	}
 	return core.GetChainHeight(b.database)
 }
 
+// cacheChainHeight refreshes the cached height from the database rather than from the caller's
+// block, so the cache stays derived from what was committed: reverting the genesis block removes
+// the entry entirely instead of decrementing it. A read failure caches "unknown", which sends
+// readers to the database.
+func (b *Blockchain) cacheChainHeight() {
+	if !b.cacheHeads {
+		return
+	}
+
+	height, err := core.GetChainHeight(b.database)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.chainHeight.Store(nil)
+		return
+	}
+	b.chainHeight.Store(&height)
+}
+
 func (b *Blockchain) Head() (*core.Block, error) {
 	b.listener.OnRead("Head")
-	curHeight, err := core.GetChainHeight(b.database)
+	curHeight, err := b.height()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -206,7 +258,7 @@
 
 func (b *Blockchain) HeadsHeader() (*core.Header, error) {
 	b.listener.OnRead("HeadsHeader")
-	height, err := core.GetChainHeight(b.database)
+	height, err := b.height()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -358,14 +410,47 @@
 	return L1HeadSubscription{b.l1HeadFeed.Subscribe()}
 }
 
+// L1Head returns the latest L1 head. The returned felts are shared with every other caller and
+// must not be mutated in place.
 func (b *Blockchain) L1Head() (core.L1Head, error) {
 	b.listener.OnRead("L1Head")
+	if l1Head := b.l1Head.Load(); l1Head != nil {
+		return *l1Head, nil
+	}
 	return core.GetL1Head(b.database)
 }
 
 func (b *Blockchain) SetL1Head(update *core.L1Head) error {
+	if err := core.WriteL1Head(b.database, update); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	b.cacheL1Head(update)
 	b.l1HeadFeed.Send(update)
-	return core.WriteL1Head(b.database, update)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (b *Blockchain) cacheL1Head(update *core.L1Head) {
+	if !b.cacheHeads {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if update == nil {
+		b.l1Head.Store(nil)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Deep copy: update and the felts it points at are shared with the feed's subscribers and
+	// outlive this call, while every later L1Head reader hands out what is cached here. Both
+	// felts are optional, so neither can be cloned unconditionally.
+	cached := core.L1Head{BlockNumber: update.BlockNumber}
+	if update.BlockHash != nil {
+		cached.BlockHash = update.BlockHash.Clone()
+	}
+	if update.StateRoot != nil {
+		cached.StateRoot = update.StateRoot.Clone()
+	}
+	b.l1Head.Store(&cached)
 }
 
 // Store takes a block and state update and performs sanity checks before putting in the database.
@@ -375,6 +460,8 @@
 	stateUpdate *core.StateUpdate,
 	newClasses map[felt.Felt]core.ClassDefinition,
 ) error {
+	defer b.cacheChainHeight()
+
 	return b.stateBackend.Store(block, blockCommitments, stateUpdate, newClasses)
 }
 
@@ -433,6 +520,8 @@
 	preConfirmedFn func() (PreConfirmedReader, error),
 ) (EventFilterer, error) {
 	b.listener.OnRead("EventFilter")
+	// Do not use b.height() here. Events reads the height from the database on each call. Thus
+	// this bound and the range logic in Events use the same source.
 	latest, err := core.GetChainHeight(b.database)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -452,6 +541,12 @@
 
 // RevertHead reverts the head block
 func (b *Blockchain) RevertHead() error {
+	defer b.cacheChainHeight()
+
+	// Drop the cached height before the batch commits. A stale height outlives the block it names
+	// and would point readers at one that is already deleted; an unknown height sends them to the
+	// database, which is correct on both sides of the commit.
+	b.chainHeight.Store(nil)
 	return b.stateBackend.RevertHead()
 }
 
@@ -477,6 +572,8 @@
 	newClasses map[felt.Felt]core.ClassDefinition,
 	sign core.BlockSignFunc,
 ) error {
+	defer b.cacheChainHeight()
+
 	return b.stateBackend.Finalise(block, stateUpdate, newClasses, sign)
 }