store headers in memory

lbry/wallet/server/leveldb.py

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ class LevelDB:
         self.history = History()
         self.utxo_db = None
         self.tx_counts = None
+        self.headers = None
         self.last_flush = time.time()
 
         self.logger.info(f'using {self.env.db_engine} for DB backend')
@@ -113,6 +114,19 @@ class LevelDB:
         else:
             assert self.db_tx_count == 0
 
+    async def _read_headers(self):
+        if self.headers is not None:
+            return
+
+        def get_headers():
+            return [
+                header for header in self.headers_db.iterator(prefix=HEADER_PREFIX, include_key=False)
+            ]
+
+        headers = await asyncio.get_event_loop().run_in_executor(self.executor, get_headers)
+        assert len(headers) - 1 == self.db_height, f"{len(headers)} vs {self.db_height}"
+        self.headers = headers
+
     async def _open_dbs(self, for_sync, compacting):
         if self.executor is None:
             self.executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max(1, os.cpu_count() - 1))
@@ -150,6 +164,7 @@ class LevelDB:
 
         # Read TX counts (requires meta directory)
         await self._read_tx_counts()
+        await self._read_headers()
 
     def close(self):
         self.utxo_db.close()
@@ -286,6 +301,7 @@ class LevelDB:
             batch_put = batch.put
             for i, header in enumerate(flush_data.headers):
                 batch_put(HEADER_PREFIX + util.pack_be_uint64(self.fs_height + i + 1), header)
+                self.headers.append(header)
         flush_data.headers.clear()
 
         height_start = self.fs_height + 1
@@ -392,7 +408,9 @@ class LevelDB:
 
     def backup_fs(self, height, tx_count):
         """Back up during a reorg.  This just updates our pointers."""
-        self.fs_height = height
+        while self.fs_height > height:
+            self.fs_height -= 1
+            self.headers.pop()
         self.fs_tx_count = tx_count
         # Truncate header_mc: header count is 1 more than the height.
         self.header_mc.truncate(height + 1)
@@ -422,13 +440,7 @@ class LevelDB:
             # Read some from disk
             disk_count = max(0, min(count, self.db_height + 1 - start_height))
             if disk_count:
-                headers = b''.join(
+                headers = b''.join(self.headers[start_height:start_height+disk_count])
-                    self.headers_db.iterator(
-                        start=HEADER_PREFIX + util.pack_be_uint64(start_height),
-                        stop=HEADER_PREFIX + util.pack_be_uint64(start_height + disk_count),
-                        include_key=False
-                    )
-                )
                 if b16:
                     return headers.hex().encode(), disk_count
                 elif b64:
@@ -437,6 +449,10 @@ class LevelDB:
                 return headers, disk_count
             return b'', 0
 
+        if not b16 and not b64:
+            disk_count = max(0, min(count, self.db_height + 1 - start_height))
+            return b''.join(header for header in self.headers[start_height:start_height + disk_count]), disk_count
+
         return await asyncio.get_event_loop().run_in_executor(self.executor, read_headers)
 
     def fs_tx_hash(self, tx_num):
@@ -495,16 +511,9 @@ class LevelDB:
         return await asyncio.get_event_loop().run_in_executor(self.executor, self._fs_transactions, txids)
 
     async def fs_block_hashes(self, height, count):
-        headers_concat, headers_count = await self.read_headers(height, count)
+        if height + count > len(self.headers):
-        if headers_count != count:
+            raise self.DBError(f'only got {len(self.headers) - height:,d} headers starting at {height:,d}, not {count:,d}')
-            raise self.DBError(f'only got {headers_count:,d} headers starting at {height:,d}, not {count:,d}')
+        return [self.coin.header_hash(header) for header in self.headers[height:height + count]]
-        offset = 0
-        headers = []
-        for n in range(count):
-            headers.append(headers_concat[offset:offset + self.coin.BASIC_HEADER_SIZE])
-            offset += self.coin.BASIC_HEADER_SIZE
-
-        return [self.coin.header_hash(header) for header in headers]
 
     async def limited_history(self, hashX, *, limit=1000):
         """Return an unpruned, sorted list of (tx_hash, height) tuples of