Prefetcher cleanup

server/block_processor.py

@@ -49,16 +49,12 @@ class Prefetcher(LoggedClass):
         self.semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore()
         self.queue = asyncio.Queue()
         self.queue_size = 0
+        self.fetched_height = height
+        self.mempool = []
         # Target cache size.  Has little effect on sync time.
         self.target_cache_size = 10 * 1024 * 1024
-        self.fetched_height = height
+        # First fetch to be 10 blocks
-        self.recent_sizes = [0]
+        self.ave_size = self.target_cache_size // 10
-
-    async def get_blocks(self):
-        '''Returns a list of prefetched blocks.'''
-        blocks, total_size = await self.queue.get()
-        self.queue_size -= total_size
-        return blocks
 
     async def clear(self, height):
         '''Clear prefetched blocks and restart from the given height.
@@ -73,49 +69,73 @@ class Prefetcher(LoggedClass):
             self.queue_size = 0
             self.fetched_height = height
 
+    async def get_blocks(self):
+        '''Returns a list of prefetched blocks and the mempool.'''
+        blocks, height, size = await self.queue.get()
+        self.queue_size -= size
+        if height == self.daemon.cached_height():
+            return blocks, self.mempool
+        else:
+            return blocks, None
+
     async def start(self):
         '''Loop forever polling for more blocks.'''
-        self.logger.info('looping forever prefetching blocks...')
+        self.logger.info('starting prefetch loop...')
         while True:
-            while self.queue_size < self.target_cache_size:
+            try:
-                try:
+                if await self._caught_up():
-                    with await self.semaphore:
+                    await asyncio.sleep(5)
-                        await self._prefetch()
+                else:
-                except DaemonError as e:
+                    await asyncio.sleep(0)
-                    self.logger.info('ignoring daemon errors: {}'.format(e))
+            except DaemonError as e:
-            await asyncio.sleep(2)
+                self.logger.info('ignoring daemon errors: {}'.format(e))
 
-    def _prefill_count(self, room):
+    async def _caught_up(self):
-        ave_size = sum(self.recent_sizes) // len(self.recent_sizes)
+        '''Poll for new blocks and mempool state.
-        count = room // ave_size if ave_size else 0
+
-        return max(count, 10)
+        Mempool is only queried if caught up with daemon.'''
+        with await self.semaphore:
+            blocks, size = await self._prefetch()
+            self.fetched_height += len(blocks)
+            caught_up = self.fetched_height == self.daemon.cached_height()
+            if caught_up:
+                self.mempool = await self.daemon.mempool_hashes()
+
+            # Wake up block processor if we have something
+            if blocks or caught_up:
+                self.queue.put_nowait((blocks, self.fetched_height, size))
+                self.queue_size += size
+
+            return caught_up
 
     async def _prefetch(self):
-        '''Prefetch blocks if there are any to prefetch.'''
+        '''Prefetch blocks unless the prefetch queue is full.'''
+        if self.queue_size >= self.target_cache_size:
+            return [], 0
+
         daemon_height = await self.daemon.height()
-        max_count = min(daemon_height - self.fetched_height, 4000)
+        cache_room = self.target_cache_size // self.ave_size
-        count = min(max_count, self._prefill_count(self.target_cache_size))
+
+        # Try and catch up all blocks but limit to room in cache.
+        # Constrain count to between 0 and 4000 regardless
+        count = min(daemon_height - self.fetched_height, cache_room)
+        count = min(4000, max(count, 0))
         if not count:
-            return 0
+            return [], 0
+
         first = self.fetched_height + 1
         hex_hashes = await self.daemon.block_hex_hashes(first, count)
-        if not hex_hashes:
-            self.logger.error('requested {:,d} hashes, got none'.format(count))
-            return 0
-
         blocks = await self.daemon.raw_blocks(hex_hashes)
-        sizes = [len(block) for block in blocks]
-        total_size = sum(sizes)
-        self.queue.put_nowait((blocks, total_size))
-        self.queue_size += total_size
-        self.fetched_height += len(blocks)
 
-        # Keep 50 most recent block sizes for fetch count estimation
+        size = sum(len(block) for block in blocks)
-        self.recent_sizes.extend(sizes)
+
-        excess = len(self.recent_sizes) - 50
+        # Update our recent average block size estimate
-        if excess > 0:
+        if count >= 10:
-            self.recent_sizes = self.recent_sizes[excess:]
+            self.ave_size = size // count
-        return count
+        else:
+            self.ave_size = (size + (10 - count) * self.ave_size) // 10
+
+        return blocks, size
 
 
 class BlockProcessor(LoggedClass):
@@ -224,7 +244,7 @@ class BlockProcessor(LoggedClass):
     async def wait_for_blocks(self):
         '''Loop forever processing blocks in the forward direction.'''
         while True:
-            blocks = await self.prefetcher.get_blocks()
+            blocks, mempool = await self.prefetcher.get_blocks()
             for block in blocks:
                 if not self.advance_block(block):
                     await self.handle_chain_reorg()