coins: add Sync() method to allow flush without cacheCoins drop

In certain circumstances, we may want to flush to disk without
emptying `cacheCoins`, which affects performance. UTXO snapshot
activation is one such case.

This method is currently unused and this commit does not
change any behavior.

Incorporates feedback from John Newbery.

Co-authored-by: Suhas Daftuar <sdaftuar@gmail.com>

src/coins.cpp

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 bool CCoinsView::GetCoin(const COutPoint &outpoint, Coin &coin) const { return false; }
 uint256 CCoinsView::GetBestBlock() const { return uint256(); }
 std::vector<uint256> CCoinsView::GetHeadBlocks() const { return std::vector<uint256>(); }
-bool CCoinsView::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock) { return false; }
+bool CCoinsView::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock, bool erase) { return false; }
 std::unique_ptr<CCoinsViewCursor> CCoinsView::Cursor() const { return nullptr; }
 
 bool CCoinsView::HaveCoin(const COutPoint &outpoint) const
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ bool CCoinsViewBacked::HaveCoin(const COutPoint &outpoint) const { return base->
 uint256 CCoinsViewBacked::GetBestBlock() const { return base->GetBestBlock(); }
 std::vector<uint256> CCoinsViewBacked::GetHeadBlocks() const { return base->GetHeadBlocks(); }
 void CCoinsViewBacked::SetBackend(CCoinsView &viewIn) { base = &viewIn; }
-bool CCoinsViewBacked::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock) { return base->BatchWrite(mapCoins, hashBlock); }
+bool CCoinsViewBacked::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock, bool erase) { return base->BatchWrite(mapCoins, hashBlock, erase); }
 std::unique_ptr<CCoinsViewCursor> CCoinsViewBacked::Cursor() const { return base->Cursor(); }
 size_t CCoinsViewBacked::EstimateSize() const { return base->EstimateSize(); }
 
@@ -176,8 +176,10 @@ void CCoinsViewCache::SetBestBlock(const uint256 &hashBlockIn) {
     hashBlock = hashBlockIn;
 }
 
-bool CCoinsViewCache::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlockIn) {
+bool CCoinsViewCache::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlockIn, bool erase) {
-    for (CCoinsMap::iterator it = mapCoins.begin(); it != mapCoins.end(); it = mapCoins.erase(it)) {
+    for (CCoinsMap::iterator it = mapCoins.begin();
+            it != mapCoins.end();
+            it = erase ? mapCoins.erase(it) : std::next(it)) {
         // Ignore non-dirty entries (optimization).
         if (!(it->second.flags & CCoinsCacheEntry::DIRTY)) {
             continue;
@@ -190,7 +192,14 @@ bool CCoinsViewCache::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlockIn
                 // Create the coin in the parent cache, move the data up
                 // and mark it as dirty.
                 CCoinsCacheEntry& entry = cacheCoins[it->first];
-                entry.coin = std::move(it->second.coin);
+                if (erase) {
+                    // The `move` call here is purely an optimization; we rely on the
+                    // `mapCoins.erase` call in the `for` expression to actually remove
+                    // the entry from the child map.
+                    entry.coin = std::move(it->second.coin);
+                } else {
+                    entry.coin = it->second.coin;
+                }
                 cachedCoinsUsage += entry.coin.DynamicMemoryUsage();
                 entry.flags = CCoinsCacheEntry::DIRTY;
                 // We can mark it FRESH in the parent if it was FRESH in the child
@@ -218,7 +227,14 @@ bool CCoinsViewCache::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlockIn
             } else {
                 // A normal modification.
                 cachedCoinsUsage -= itUs->second.coin.DynamicMemoryUsage();
-                itUs->second.coin = std::move(it->second.coin);
+                if (erase) {
+                    // The `move` call here is purely an optimization; we rely on the
+                    // `mapCoins.erase` call in the `for` expression to actually remove
+                    // the entry from the child map.
+                    itUs->second.coin = std::move(it->second.coin);
+                } else {
+                    itUs->second.coin = it->second.coin;
+                }
                 cachedCoinsUsage += itUs->second.coin.DynamicMemoryUsage();
                 itUs->second.flags |= CCoinsCacheEntry::DIRTY;
                 // NOTE: It isn't safe to mark the coin as FRESH in the parent
@@ -233,12 +249,29 @@ bool CCoinsViewCache::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlockIn
 }
 
 bool CCoinsViewCache::Flush() {
-    bool fOk = base->BatchWrite(cacheCoins, hashBlock);
+    bool fOk = base->BatchWrite(cacheCoins, hashBlock, /*erase=*/ true);
     cacheCoins.clear();
     cachedCoinsUsage = 0;
     return fOk;
 }
 
+bool CCoinsViewCache::Sync()
+{
+    bool fOk = base->BatchWrite(cacheCoins, hashBlock, /*erase=*/ false);
+    // Instead of clearing `cacheCoins` as we would in Flush(), just clear the
+    // FRESH/DIRTY flags of any coin that isn't spent.
+    for (auto it = cacheCoins.begin(); it != cacheCoins.end(); ) {
+        if (it->second.coin.IsSpent()) {
+            cachedCoinsUsage -= it->second.coin.DynamicMemoryUsage();
+            it = cacheCoins.erase(it);
+        } else {
+            it->second.flags = 0;
+            ++it;
+        }
+    }
+    return fOk;
+}
+
 void CCoinsViewCache::Uncache(const COutPoint& hash)
 {
     CCoinsMap::iterator it = cacheCoins.find(hash);

src/coins.h

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public:
 
     //! Do a bulk modification (multiple Coin changes + BestBlock change).
     //! The passed mapCoins can be modified.
-    virtual bool BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock);
+    virtual bool BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock, bool erase = true);
 
     //! Get a cursor to iterate over the whole state
     virtual std::unique_ptr<CCoinsViewCursor> Cursor() const;
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public:
     uint256 GetBestBlock() const override;
     std::vector<uint256> GetHeadBlocks() const override;
     void SetBackend(CCoinsView &viewIn);
-    bool BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock) override;
+    bool BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock, bool erase = true) override;
     std::unique_ptr<CCoinsViewCursor> Cursor() const override;
     size_t EstimateSize() const override;
 };
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public:
     bool HaveCoin(const COutPoint &outpoint) const override;
     uint256 GetBestBlock() const override;
     void SetBestBlock(const uint256 &hashBlock);
-    bool BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock) override;
+    bool BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock, bool erase = true) override;
     std::unique_ptr<CCoinsViewCursor> Cursor() const override {
         throw std::logic_error("CCoinsViewCache cursor iteration not supported.");
     }
@@ -282,12 +282,22 @@ public:
     bool SpendCoin(const COutPoint &outpoint, Coin* moveto = nullptr);
 
     /**
-     * Push the modifications applied to this cache to its base.
+     * Push the modifications applied to this cache to its base and wipe local state.
-     * Failure to call this method before destruction will cause the changes to be forgotten.
+     * Failure to call this method or Sync() before destruction will cause the changes
+     * to be forgotten.
      * If false is returned, the state of this cache (and its backing view) will be undefined.
      */
     bool Flush();
 
+    /**
+     * Push the modifications applied to this cache to its base while retaining
+     * the contents of this cache (except for spent coins, which we erase).
+     * Failure to call this method or Flush() before destruction will cause the changes
+     * to be forgotten.
+     * If false is returned, the state of this cache (and its backing view) will be undefined.
+     */
+    bool Sync();
+
     /**
      * Removes the UTXO with the given outpoint from the cache, if it is
      * not modified.

src/test/coins_tests.cpp

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public:
 
     uint256 GetBestBlock() const override { return hashBestBlock_; }
 
-    bool BatchWrite(CCoinsMap& mapCoins, const uint256& hashBlock) override
+    bool BatchWrite(CCoinsMap& mapCoins, const uint256& hashBlock, bool erase = true) override
     {
         for (CCoinsMap::iterator it = mapCoins.begin(); it != mapCoins.end(); ) {
             if (it->second.flags & CCoinsCacheEntry::DIRTY) {

src/txdb.cpp

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ std::vector<uint256> CCoinsViewDB::GetHeadBlocks() const {
     return vhashHeadBlocks;
 }
 
-bool CCoinsViewDB::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock) {
+bool CCoinsViewDB::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock, bool erase) {
     CDBBatch batch(*m_db);
     size_t count = 0;
     size_t changed = 0;
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ bool CCoinsViewDB::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock) {
             changed++;
         }
         count++;
-        CCoinsMap::iterator itOld = it++;
+        it = erase ? mapCoins.erase(it) : std::next(it);
-        mapCoins.erase(itOld);
         if (batch.SizeEstimate() > batch_size) {
             LogPrint(BCLog::COINDB, "Writing partial batch of %.2f MiB\n", batch.SizeEstimate() * (1.0 / 1048576.0));
             m_db->WriteBatch(batch);

src/txdb.h

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public:
     bool HaveCoin(const COutPoint &outpoint) const override;
     uint256 GetBestBlock() const override;
     std::vector<uint256> GetHeadBlocks() const override;
-    bool BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock) override;
+    bool BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock, bool erase = true) override;
     std::unique_ptr<CCoinsViewCursor> Cursor() const override;
 
     //! Whether an unsupported database format is used.