* Add a way to signal shutdown to snapshotting threads
* Pass Progress to fat_rlps() so we can abort from there too.
* Checking for abort in a single spot
* Remove nightly-only weak/strong counts
* fix warning
* Fix tests
* Add dummy impl to abort snapshots
* Add another dummy impl for TestSnapshotService
* Remove debugging code
* Return error instead of the odd Ok(())
Switch to AtomicU64
* Rename db_restore => client
* First step: make it compile!
* Second step: working implementation!
* Refactoring
* Fix tests
* PR Grumbles
* PR Grumbles WIP
* Migrate ancient blocks interating backward
* Early return in block migration if snapshot is aborted
* Remove RwLock getter (PR Grumble I)
* Remove dependency on `Client`: only used Traits
* Add test for recovering aborted snapshot recovery
* Add test for migrating old blocks
* Fix build
* PR Grumble I
* PR Grumble II
* PR Grumble III
* PR Grumble IV
* PR Grumble V
* PR Grumble VI
* Fix one test
* Fix test
* PR Grumble
* PR Grumbles
* PR Grumbles II
* Fix tests
* Release RwLock earlier
* Revert Cargo.lock
* Update _update ancient block_ logic: set local in `commit`
* Update typo in ethcore/src/snapshot/service.rs
Co-Authored-By: ngotchac <ngotchac@gmail.com>
The `patricia_trie` crate is generic over the hasher (by way of HashDB) and node encoding scheme. Adds a new `patricia_trie_ethereum` crate with concrete impls for Keccak/RLP.
* Update `add_license` script
* run script
* add `remove duplicate lines script` and run it
* Revert changes `English spaces`
* strip whitespaces
* Revert `GPL` in files with `apache/mit license`
* don't append `gpl license` in files with other lic
* Don't append `gpl header` in files with other lic.
* re-ran script
* include c and cpp files too
* remove duplicate header
* rebase nit
* separate modules for consensus snapshot chunks
* bulk of authority warp logic
* finish authority warp implementation
* squash warnings and enable authority snapshot mode
* test harness for PoA
* fiddle with harness
* epoch generation proof fixes
* update constructor code
* store epoch transition proof after block commit
* basic snap and restore test
* use keyvaluedb in state restoration
* decompress chunks
* fix encoding issues
* fixed-to-contract-to-contract test
* implement ancient block import
* restore genesis transition in PoW snapshot
* add format version method to snapshot components
* supported version numbers in snapshot_components
* allow returning of ancient epoch transitions
* genesis hash mismatch check
* remove commented code
* clarify "cancelled periodic snapshot" message
* more rigorous checks for snapshot validity
* verify ancient blocks on import
* limit number of fed blocks
* make it possible to feed snapshot service canonical hashes
* fix failing test build
* swap ethash DAG only when more recent
* to_rlp takes self by-reference
* clean up some derefs
* out-of-order insertion for blockchain
* implement block rebuilder without verification
* group block chunk header into struct
* block rebuilder does verification
* integrate snapshot service with client service; flesh out implementation more
* initial implementation of snapshot service
* remove snapshottaker trait
* snapshot writer trait with packed and loose implementations
* write chunks using "snapshotwriter" in service
* have snapshot taking use snapshotwriter
* implement snapshot readers
* back up client dbs when replacing
* use snapshot reader in snapshot service
* describe offset format
* use new get_db_path in parity, allow some errors in service
* blockchain formatting
* implement parity snapshot
* implement snapshot restore
* force blocks to be submitted in order
* fix bug loading block hashes in packed reader
* fix seal field loading
* fix uncle hash computation
* fix a few bugs
* store genesis state in db. reverse block chunk order in packed writer
* allow out-of-order import for blocks
* bring restoration types together
* only snapshot the last 30000 blocks
* restore into overlaydb instead of journaldb
* commit version to database
* use memorydbs and commit directly
* fix trie test compilation
* fix failing tests
* sha3_null_rlp, not H256::zero
* move overlaydb to ref_overlaydb, add new overlaydb without on-disk rc
* port archivedb to new overlaydb
* add deletion mode tests for overlaydb
* use new overlaydb, check state root at end
* share chain info between state and block snapshotting
* create blocks snapshot using blockchain directly
* allow snapshot from arbitrary block, remove panickers from snapshot creation
* begin test framework
* blockchain chunking test
* implement stateproducer::tick
* state snapshot test
* create block and state chunks concurrently, better restoration informant
* fix tests
* add deletion mode tests for overlaydb
* address comments
* more tests
* Fix up tests.
* remove a few printlns
* add a little more documentation to `commit`
* fix tests
* fix ref_overlaydb test names
* snapshot command skeleton
* revert ref_overlaydb renaming
* reimplement snapshot commands
* fix many errors
* everything but inject
* get ethcore compiling
* get snapshot tests passing again
* instrument snapshot commands again
* fix fallout from other changes, mark snapshots as experimental
* optimize injection patterns
* do two injections
* fix up tests
* take snapshots from 1000 blocks efore
* address minor comments
* fix a few io crate related errors
* clarify names about total difficulty
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