txscript: Optimize IsNullData

This converts the IsNullData function to analyze the raw script instead
of using the far less efficient parseScript, thereby significantly
optimizing the function.

The following is a before and after comparison of analyzing a large
script:

benchmark                       old ns/op     new ns/op     delta
BenchmarkIsNullDataScript-8     62495         2.65          -100.00%

benchmark                       old allocs     new allocs     delta
BenchmarkIsNullDataScript-8     1              0              -100.00%

benchmark                       old bytes     new bytes     delta
BenchmarkIsNullDataScript-8     311299        0             -100.00%

txscript/script.go

@@ -154,11 +154,8 @@ func isWitnessProgram(pops []parsedOpcode) bool {
 // IsNullData returns true if the passed script is a null data script, false
 // otherwise.
 func IsNullData(script []byte) bool {
-	pops, err := parseScript(script)
+	const scriptVersion = 0
-	if err != nil {
+	return isNullDataScript(scriptVersion, script)
-		return false
-	}
-	return isNullData(pops)
 }
 
 // ExtractWitnessProgramInfo attempts to extract the witness program version,

txscript/standard.go

@@ -461,6 +461,41 @@ func isNullData(pops []parsedOpcode) bool {
 		len(pops[1].data) <= MaxDataCarrierSize
 }
 
+// isNullDataScript returns whether or not the passed script is a standard
+// null data script.
+//
+// NOTE: This function is only valid for version 0 scripts.  It will always
+// return false for other script versions.
+func isNullDataScript(scriptVersion uint16, script []byte) bool {
+	// The only currently supported script version is 0.
+	if scriptVersion != 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// A null script is of the form:
+	//  OP_RETURN <optional data>
+	//
+	// Thus, it can either be a single OP_RETURN or an OP_RETURN followed by a
+	// data push up to MaxDataCarrierSize bytes.
+
+	// The script can't possibly be a a null data script if it doesn't start
+	// with OP_RETURN.  Fail fast to avoid more work below.
+	if len(script) < 1 || script[0] != OP_RETURN {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Single OP_RETURN.
+	if len(script) == 1 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	// OP_RETURN followed by data push up to MaxDataCarrierSize bytes.
+	tokenizer := MakeScriptTokenizer(scriptVersion, script[1:])
+	return tokenizer.Next() && tokenizer.Done() &&
+		(isSmallInt(tokenizer.Opcode()) || tokenizer.Opcode() <= OP_PUSHDATA4) &&
+		len(tokenizer.Data()) <= MaxDataCarrierSize
+}
+
 // scriptType returns the type of the script being inspected from the known
 // standard types.
 func typeOfScript(pops []parsedOpcode) ScriptClass {