take snapshot at specified block and slightly better informants (#1873)

* prettier informant for snapshot creation

* allow taking snapshot at a given block

* minor tweaks

* elaborate on cli

ethcore/src/client/client.rs

@@ -594,19 +594,35 @@ impl Client {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/// Take a snapshot.
+	/// Take a snapshot at the given block.
-	pub fn take_snapshot<W: snapshot_io::SnapshotWriter + Send>(&self, writer: W) -> Result<(), ::error::Error> {
+	/// If the ID given is "latest", this will default to 1000 blocks behind.
+	pub fn take_snapshot<W: snapshot_io::SnapshotWriter + Send>(&self, writer: W, at: BlockID, p: &snapshot::Progress) -> Result<(), ::error::Error> {
 		let db = self.state_db.lock().boxed_clone();
 		let best_block_number = self.chain_info().best_block_number;
-		let start_block_number = if best_block_number > 1000 {
+		let block_number = try!(self.block_number(at).ok_or(snapshot::Error::InvalidStartingBlock(at)));
-			best_block_number - 1000
-		} else {
-			0
-		};
-		let start_hash = self.block_hash(BlockID::Number(start_block_number))
-			.expect("blocks within HISTORY are always stored.");
 
-		try!(snapshot::take_snapshot(&self.chain, start_hash, db.as_hashdb(), writer));
+		if best_block_number > HISTORY + block_number && db.is_pruned() {
+			return Err(snapshot::Error::OldBlockPrunedDB.into());
+		}
+
+		let start_hash = match at {
+			BlockID::Latest => {
+				let start_num = if best_block_number > 1000 {
+					best_block_number - 1000
+				} else {
+					0
+				};
+
+				self.block_hash(BlockID::Number(start_num))
+					.expect("blocks within HISTORY are always stored.")
+			}
+			_ => match self.block_hash(at) {
+				Some(hash) => hash,
+				None => return Err(snapshot::Error::InvalidStartingBlock(at).into()),
+			},
+		};
+
+		try!(snapshot::take_snapshot(&self.chain, start_hash, db.as_hashdb(), writer, p));
 
 		Ok(())
 	}

ethcore/src/snapshot/error.rs

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 use std::fmt;
 
+use ids::BlockID;
+
 use util::H256;
 use util::trie::TrieError;
 use util::rlp::DecoderError;
@@ -26,9 +28,13 @@ use util::rlp::DecoderError;
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
 	/// Invalid starting block for snapshot.
-	InvalidStartingBlock(H256),
+	InvalidStartingBlock(BlockID),
 	/// Block not found.
 	BlockNotFound(H256),
+	/// Incomplete chain.
+	IncompleteChain,
+	/// Old starting block in a pruned database.
+	OldBlockPrunedDB,
 	/// Trie error.
 	Trie(TrieError),
 	/// Decoder error.
@@ -40,8 +46,11 @@ pub enum Error {
 impl fmt::Display for Error {
 	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
 		match *self {
-			Error::InvalidStartingBlock(ref hash) => write!(f, "Invalid starting block hash: {}", hash),
+			Error::InvalidStartingBlock(ref id) => write!(f, "Invalid starting block: {:?}", id),
 			Error::BlockNotFound(ref hash) => write!(f, "Block not found in chain: {}", hash),
+			Error::IncompleteChain => write!(f, "Cannot create snapshot due to incomplete chain."),
+			Error::OldBlockPrunedDB => write!(f, "Attempted to create a snapshot at an old block while using \
+				a pruned database. Please re-run with the --pruning archive flag."),
 			Error::Io(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
 			Error::Decoder(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
 			Error::Trie(ref err) => err.fmt(f),

ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs

@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@
 
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 
 use account_db::{AccountDB, AccountDBMut};
 use blockchain::{BlockChain, BlockProvider};
 use engines::Engine;
+use ids::BlockID;
 use views::BlockView;
 
 use util::{Bytes, Hashable, HashDB, snappy, TrieDB, TrieDBMut, TrieMut};
@@ -58,9 +60,49 @@ const PREFERRED_CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
 // How many blocks to include in a snapshot, starting from the head of the chain.
 const SNAPSHOT_BLOCKS: u64 = 30000;
 
+/// A progress indicator for snapshots.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Progress {
+	accounts: AtomicUsize,
+	blocks: AtomicUsize,
+	size: AtomicUsize, // Todo [rob] use Atomicu64 when it stabilizes.
+	done: AtomicBool,
+}
+
+impl Progress {
+	/// Create a new progress indicator.
+	pub fn new() -> Self {
+		Progress {
+			accounts: AtomicUsize::new(0),
+			blocks: AtomicUsize::new(0),
+			size: AtomicUsize::new(0),
+			done: AtomicBool::new(false),
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// Get the number of accounts snapshotted thus far.
+	pub fn accounts(&self) -> usize { self.accounts.load(Ordering::Relaxed) }
+
+	/// Get the number of blocks snapshotted thus far.
+	pub fn blocks(&self) -> usize { self.blocks.load(Ordering::Relaxed) }
+
+	/// Get the written size of the snapshot in bytes.
+	pub fn size(&self) -> usize { self.size.load(Ordering::Relaxed) }
+
+	/// Whether the snapshot is complete.
+	pub fn done(&self) -> bool  { self.done.load(Ordering::SeqCst) }
+
+}
 /// Take a snapshot using the given blockchain, starting block hash, and database, writing into the given writer.
-pub fn take_snapshot<W: SnapshotWriter + Send>(chain: &BlockChain, start_block_hash: H256, state_db: &HashDB, writer: W) -> Result<(), Error> {
+pub fn take_snapshot<W: SnapshotWriter + Send>(
-	let start_header = try!(chain.block_header(&start_block_hash).ok_or(Error::InvalidStartingBlock(start_block_hash)));
+	chain: &BlockChain,
+	block_at: H256,
+	state_db: &HashDB,
+	writer: W,
+	p: &Progress
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+	let start_header = try!(chain.block_header(&block_at)
+		.ok_or(Error::InvalidStartingBlock(BlockID::Hash(block_at))));
 	let state_root = start_header.state_root();
 	let number = start_header.number();
 
@@ -68,8 +110,8 @@ pub fn take_snapshot<W: SnapshotWriter + Send>(chain: &BlockChain, start_block_h
 
 	let writer = Mutex::new(writer);
 	let (state_hashes, block_hashes) = try!(scope(|scope| {
-		let block_guard = scope.spawn(|| chunk_blocks(chain, (number, start_block_hash), &writer));
+		let block_guard = scope.spawn(|| chunk_blocks(chain, (number, block_at), &writer, p));
-		let state_res = chunk_state(state_db, state_root, &writer);
+		let state_res = chunk_state(state_db, state_root, &writer, p);
 
 		state_res.and_then(|state_hashes| {
 			block_guard.join().map(|block_hashes| (state_hashes, block_hashes))
@@ -83,11 +125,13 @@ pub fn take_snapshot<W: SnapshotWriter + Send>(chain: &BlockChain, start_block_h
 		block_hashes: block_hashes,
 		state_root: *state_root,
 		block_number: number,
-		block_hash: start_block_hash,
+		block_hash: block_at,
 	};
 
 	try!(writer.into_inner().finish(manifest_data));
 
+	p.done.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
+
 	Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -100,6 +144,7 @@ struct BlockChunker<'a> {
 	hashes: Vec<H256>,
 	snappy_buffer: Vec<u8>,
 	writer: &'a Mutex<SnapshotWriter + 'a>,
+	progress: &'a Progress,
 }
 
 impl<'a> BlockChunker<'a> {
@@ -162,7 +207,8 @@ impl<'a> BlockChunker<'a> {
 
 		let parent_total_difficulty = parent_details.total_difficulty;
 
-		let mut rlp_stream = RlpStream::new_list(3 + self.rlps.len());
+		let num_entries = self.rlps.len();
+		let mut rlp_stream = RlpStream::new_list(3 + num_entries);
 		rlp_stream.append(&parent_number).append(&parent_hash).append(&parent_total_difficulty);
 
 		for pair in self.rlps.drain(..) {
@@ -178,6 +224,9 @@ impl<'a> BlockChunker<'a> {
 		try!(self.writer.lock().write_block_chunk(hash, compressed));
 		trace!(target: "snapshot", "wrote block chunk. hash: {}, size: {}, uncompressed size: {}", hash.hex(), size, raw_data.len());
 
+		self.progress.size.fetch_add(size, Ordering::SeqCst);
+		self.progress.blocks.fetch_add(num_entries, Ordering::SeqCst);
+
 		self.hashes.push(hash);
 		Ok(())
 	}
@@ -189,7 +238,7 @@ impl<'a> BlockChunker<'a> {
 /// The path parameter is the directory to store the block chunks in.
 /// This function assumes the directory exists already.
 /// Returns a list of chunk hashes, with the first having the blocks furthest from the genesis.
-pub fn chunk_blocks<'a>(chain: &'a BlockChain, start_block_info: (u64, H256), writer: &Mutex<SnapshotWriter + 'a>) -> Result<Vec<H256>, Error> {
+pub fn chunk_blocks<'a>(chain: &'a BlockChain, start_block_info: (u64, H256), writer: &Mutex<SnapshotWriter + 'a>, progress: &'a Progress) -> Result<Vec<H256>, Error> {
 	let (start_number, start_hash) = start_block_info;
 
 	let first_hash = if start_number < SNAPSHOT_BLOCKS {
@@ -197,8 +246,7 @@ pub fn chunk_blocks<'a>(chain: &'a BlockChain, start_block_info: (u64, H256), wr
 		chain.genesis_hash()
 	} else {
 		let first_num = start_number - SNAPSHOT_BLOCKS;
-		chain.block_hash(first_num)
+		try!(chain.block_hash(first_num).ok_or(Error::IncompleteChain))
-			.expect("number before best block number; whole chain is stored; qed")
 	};
 
 	let mut chunker = BlockChunker {
@@ -208,6 +256,7 @@ pub fn chunk_blocks<'a>(chain: &'a BlockChain, start_block_info: (u64, H256), wr
 		hashes: Vec::new(),
 		snappy_buffer: vec![0; snappy::max_compressed_len(PREFERRED_CHUNK_SIZE)],
 		writer: writer,
+		progress: progress,
 	};
 
 	try!(chunker.chunk_all(first_hash));
@@ -222,6 +271,7 @@ struct StateChunker<'a> {
 	cur_size: usize,
 	snappy_buffer: Vec<u8>,
 	writer: &'a Mutex<SnapshotWriter + 'a>,
+	progress: &'a Progress,
 }
 
 impl<'a> StateChunker<'a> {
@@ -249,7 +299,8 @@ impl<'a> StateChunker<'a> {
 	// Write out the buffer to disk, pushing the created chunk's hash to
 	// the list.
 	fn write_chunk(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
-		let mut stream = RlpStream::new_list(self.rlps.len());
+		let num_entries = self.rlps.len();
+		let mut stream = RlpStream::new_list(num_entries);
 		for rlp in self.rlps.drain(..) {
 			stream.append_raw(&rlp, 1);
 		}
@@ -263,6 +314,9 @@ impl<'a> StateChunker<'a> {
 		try!(self.writer.lock().write_state_chunk(hash, compressed));
 		trace!(target: "snapshot", "wrote state chunk. size: {}, uncompressed size: {}", compressed_size, raw_data.len());
 
+		self.progress.accounts.fetch_add(num_entries, Ordering::SeqCst);
+		self.progress.size.fetch_add(compressed_size, Ordering::SeqCst);
+
 		self.hashes.push(hash);
 		self.cur_size = 0;
 
@@ -275,7 +329,7 @@ impl<'a> StateChunker<'a> {
 ///
 /// Returns a list of hashes of chunks created, or any error it may
 /// have encountered.
-pub fn chunk_state<'a>(db: &HashDB, root: &H256, writer: &Mutex<SnapshotWriter + 'a>) -> Result<Vec<H256>, Error> {
+pub fn chunk_state<'a>(db: &HashDB, root: &H256, writer: &Mutex<SnapshotWriter + 'a>, progress: &'a Progress) -> Result<Vec<H256>, Error> {
 	let account_trie = try!(TrieDB::new(db, &root));
 
 	let mut chunker = StateChunker {
@@ -284,10 +338,9 @@ pub fn chunk_state<'a>(db: &HashDB, root: &H256, writer: &Mutex<SnapshotWriter +
 		cur_size: 0,
 		snappy_buffer: vec![0; snappy::max_compressed_len(PREFERRED_CHUNK_SIZE)],
 		writer: writer,
+		progress: progress,
 	};
 
-	trace!(target: "snapshot", "beginning state chunking");
-
 	// account_key here is the address' hash.
 	for (account_key, account_data) in account_trie.iter() {
 		let account = Account::from_thin_rlp(account_data);
@@ -383,6 +436,7 @@ impl StateRebuilder {
 		let chunk_size = account_fat_rlps.len() / ::num_cpus::get() + 1;
 
 		// build account tries in parallel.
+		// Todo [rob] keep a thread pool around so we don't do this per-chunk.
 		try!(scope(|scope| {
 			let mut handles = Vec::new();
 			for (account_chunk, out_pairs_chunk) in account_fat_rlps.chunks(chunk_size).zip(pairs.chunks_mut(chunk_size)) {

ethcore/src/snapshot/tests/blocks.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use devtools::RandomTempPath;
 
 use blockchain::generator::{ChainGenerator, ChainIterator, BlockFinalizer};
 use blockchain::BlockChain;
-use snapshot::{chunk_blocks, BlockRebuilder};
+use snapshot::{chunk_blocks, BlockRebuilder, Progress};
 use snapshot::io::{PackedReader, PackedWriter, SnapshotReader, SnapshotWriter};
 
 use util::{Mutex, snappy};
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ fn chunk_and_restore(amount: u64) {
 
 	// snapshot it.
 	let writer = Mutex::new(PackedWriter::new(&snapshot_path).unwrap());
-	let block_hashes = chunk_blocks(&bc, (amount, best_hash), &writer).unwrap();
+	let block_hashes = chunk_blocks(&bc, (amount, best_hash), &writer, &Progress::new()).unwrap();
 	writer.into_inner().finish(::snapshot::ManifestData {
 		state_hashes: Vec::new(),
 		block_hashes: block_hashes,

ethcore/src/snapshot/tests/state.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 //! State snapshotting tests.
 
-use snapshot::{chunk_state, StateRebuilder};
+use snapshot::{chunk_state, Progress, StateRebuilder};
 use snapshot::io::{PackedReader, PackedWriter, SnapshotReader, SnapshotWriter};
 use super::helpers::{compare_dbs, StateProducer};
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ fn snap_and_restore() {
 	let state_root = producer.state_root();
 	let writer = Mutex::new(PackedWriter::new(&snap_file).unwrap());
 
-	let state_hashes = chunk_state(&old_db, &state_root, &writer).unwrap();
+	let state_hashes = chunk_state(&old_db, &state_root, &writer, &Progress::new()).unwrap();
 
 	writer.into_inner().finish(::snapshot::ManifestData {
 		state_hashes: state_hashes,

parity/cli.rs

@@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ Import/Export Options:
   --format FORMAT          For import/export in given format. FORMAT must be
                            one of 'hex' and 'binary'.
 
+Snapshot Options:
+  --at BLOCK               Take a snapshot at the given block, which may be an
+                           index, hash, or 'latest'. Note that taking snapshots at
+                           non-recent blocks will only work with --pruning archive
+                           [default: latest]
+
 Virtual Machine Options:
   --jitvm                  Enable the JIT VM.
 
@@ -365,6 +371,7 @@ pub struct Args {
 	pub flag_version: bool,
 	pub flag_from: String,
 	pub flag_to: String,
+  pub flag_at: String,
 	pub flag_format: Option<String>,
 	pub flag_jitvm: bool,
 	pub flag_log_file: Option<String>,

parity/configuration.rs

@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ impl Configuration {
 				file_path: self.args.arg_file.clone(),
 				wal: wal,
 				kind: snapshot::Kind::Take,
+				block_at: try!(to_block_id(&self.args.flag_at)),
 			};
 			Cmd::Snapshot(snapshot_cmd)
 		} else if self.args.cmd_restore {
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ impl Configuration {
 				file_path: self.args.arg_file.clone(),
 				wal: wal,
 				kind: snapshot::Kind::Restore,
+				block_at: try!(to_block_id("latest")), // unimportant.
 			};
 			Cmd::Snapshot(restore_cmd)
 		} else {

parity/snapshot.rs

@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@
 use std::time::Duration;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::Arc;
+
 use ethcore_logger::{setup_log, Config as LogConfig};
-use ethcore::snapshot::{RestorationStatus, SnapshotService};
+use ethcore::snapshot::{Progress, RestorationStatus, SnapshotService};
 use ethcore::snapshot::io::{SnapshotReader, PackedReader, PackedWriter};
 use ethcore::service::ClientService;
 use ethcore::client::{Mode, DatabaseCompactionProfile, Switch, VMType};
 use ethcore::miner::Miner;
+use ethcore::ids::BlockID;
+
 use cache::CacheConfig;
 use params::{SpecType, Pruning};
 use helpers::{to_client_config, execute_upgrades};
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ pub struct SnapshotCommand {
 	pub file_path: Option<String>,
 	pub wal: bool,
 	pub kind: Kind,
+	pub block_at: BlockID,
 }
 
 impl SnapshotCommand {
@@ -168,6 +172,7 @@ impl SnapshotCommand {
 	pub fn take_snapshot(self) -> Result<(), String> {
 		let file_path = try!(self.file_path.clone().ok_or("No file path provided.".to_owned()));
 		let file_path: PathBuf = file_path.into();
+		let block_at = self.block_at.clone();
 		let (service, _panic_handler) = try!(self.start_service());
 
 		warn!("Snapshots are currently experimental. File formats may be subject to change.");
@@ -175,11 +180,35 @@ impl SnapshotCommand {
 		let writer = try!(PackedWriter::new(&file_path)
 			.map_err(|e| format!("Failed to open snapshot writer: {}", e)));
 
-		if let Err(e) = service.client().take_snapshot(writer) {
+		let progress = Arc::new(Progress::new());
+		let p = progress.clone();
+		let informant_handle = ::std::thread::spawn(move || {
+			::std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(5));
+
+			let mut last_size = 0;
+			while !p.done() {
+				let cur_size = p.size();
+				if cur_size != last_size {
+					last_size = cur_size;
+					info!("Snapshot: {} accounts {} blocks {} bytes", p.accounts(), p.blocks(), p.size());
+				} else {
+					info!("Snapshot: No progress since last update.");
+				}
+
+				::std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(5));
+			}
+ 		});
+
+		if let Err(e) = service.client().take_snapshot(writer, block_at, &*progress) {
 			let _ = ::std::fs::remove_file(&file_path);
 			return Err(format!("Encountered fatal error while creating snapshot: {}", e));
 		}
 
+		info!("snapshot creation complete");
+
+		assert!(progress.done());
+		try!(informant_handle.join().map_err(|_| "failed to join logger thread"));
+
 		Ok(())
 	}
 }