Merge pull request #3573 from ethcore/no-bg-download

CLI option to disable ancient block downloading

ethcore/src/blockchain/blockchain.rs

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ pub trait BlockProvider {
 	fn blocks_with_bloom(&self, bloom: &H2048, from_block: BlockNumber, to_block: BlockNumber) -> Vec<BlockNumber>;
 
 	/// Returns logs matching given filter.
-	fn logs<F>(&self, mut blocks: Vec<BlockNumber>, matches: F, limit: Option<usize>) -> Vec<LocalizedLogEntry>
+	fn logs<F>(&self, blocks: Vec<BlockNumber>, matches: F, limit: Option<usize>) -> Vec<LocalizedLogEntry>
 		where F: Fn(&LogEntry) -> bool, Self: Sized;
 }
 

parity/cli/mod.rs

@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ usage! {
 			or |c: &Config| otry!(c.network).reserved_peers.clone().map(Some),
 		flag_reserved_only: bool = false,
 			or |c: &Config| otry!(c.network).reserved_only.clone(),
+		flag_no_ancient_blocks: bool = false, or |_| None,
 
 		// -- API and Console Options
 		// RPC
@@ -533,6 +534,7 @@ mod tests {
 			flag_node_key: None,
 			flag_reserved_peers: Some("./path_to_file".into()),
 			flag_reserved_only: false,
+			flag_no_ancient_blocks: false,
 
 			// -- API and Console Options
 			// RPC

parity/cli/usage.txt

@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ Networking Options:
                            all - connect to any IP address.
                            (default: {flag_allow_ips})
   --max-pending-peers NUM  Allow up to NUM pending connections. (default: {flag_max_pending_peers})
+  --no-ancient-blocks      Disable downloading old blocks after snapshot restoration
+                           or warp sync. (default: {flag_no_ancient_blocks})
 
 API and Console Options:
   --no-jsonrpc             Disable the JSON-RPC API server. (default: {flag_no_jsonrpc})

parity/configuration.rs

@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ impl Configuration {
 				custom_bootnodes: self.args.flag_bootnodes.is_some(),
 				no_periodic_snapshot: self.args.flag_no_periodic_snapshot,
 				check_seal: !self.args.flag_no_seal_check,
+				download_old_blocks: !self.args.flag_no_ancient_blocks,
 			};
 			Cmd::Run(run_cmd)
 		};
@@ -871,6 +872,7 @@ mod tests {
 			fat_db: Default::default(),
 			no_periodic_snapshot: false,
 			check_seal: true,
+			download_old_blocks: true,
 		}));
 	}
 

parity/run.rs

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ pub struct RunCmd {
 	pub custom_bootnodes: bool,
 	pub no_periodic_snapshot: bool,
 	pub check_seal: bool,
+	pub download_old_blocks: bool,
 }
 
 pub fn open_ui(dapps_conf: &dapps::Configuration, signer_conf: &signer::Configuration) -> Result<(), String> {
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ pub fn execute(cmd: RunCmd, logger: Arc<RotatingLogger>) -> Result<(), String> {
 	}
 	sync_config.fork_block = spec.fork_block();
 	sync_config.warp_sync = cmd.warp_sync;
+	sync_config.download_old_blocks = cmd.download_old_blocks;
 
 	// prepare account provider
 	let account_provider = Arc::new(try!(prepare_account_provider(&cmd.dirs, cmd.acc_conf)));

sync/src/api.rs

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ pub const WARP_SYNC_PROTOCOL_ID: ProtocolId = *b"par";
 pub struct SyncConfig {
 	/// Max blocks to download ahead
 	pub max_download_ahead_blocks: usize,
+	/// Enable ancient block download.
+	pub download_old_blocks: bool,
 	/// Network ID
 	pub network_id: usize,
 	/// Main "eth" subprotocol name.
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ impl Default for SyncConfig {
 	fn default() -> SyncConfig {
 		SyncConfig {
 			max_download_ahead_blocks: 20000,
+			download_old_blocks: true,
 			network_id: 1,
 			subprotocol_name: *b"eth",
 			fork_block: None,

sync/src/chain.rs

@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ pub struct ChainSync {
 	sync_start_time: Option<u64>,
 	/// Transactions propagation statistics
 	transactions_stats: TransactionsStats,
+	/// Enable ancient block downloading
+	download_old_blocks: bool,
 }
 
 type RlpResponseResult = Result<Option<(PacketId, RlpStream)>, PacketDecodeError>;
@@ -372,6 +374,7 @@ impl ChainSync {
 			last_sent_block_number: 0,
 			network_id: config.network_id,
 			fork_block: config.fork_block,
+			download_old_blocks: config.download_old_blocks,
 			snapshot: Snapshot::new(),
 			sync_start_time: None,
 			transactions_stats: TransactionsStats::default(),
@@ -539,6 +542,8 @@ impl ChainSync {
 		// Do not assume that the block queue/chain still has our last_imported_block
 		let chain = chain.chain_info();
 		self.new_blocks = BlockDownloader::new(false, &chain.best_block_hash, chain.best_block_number);
+		self.old_blocks = None;
+		if self.download_old_blocks {
 			if let (Some(ancient_block_hash), Some(ancient_block_number)) = (chain.ancient_block_hash, chain.ancient_block_number) {
 
 				trace!(target: "sync", "Downloading old blocks from {:?} (#{}) till {:?} (#{:?})", ancient_block_hash, ancient_block_number, chain.first_block_hash, chain.first_block_number);
@@ -548,8 +553,7 @@ impl ChainSync {
 					downloader.set_target(&hash);
 				}
 				self.old_blocks = Some(downloader);
-		} else {
-			self.old_blocks = None;
+			}
 		}
 	}