erigon-pulse/ethdb/Readme.md
2023-12-05 05:58:57 +07:00

159 lines
8.3 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

#### `Ethdb` package hold's bouquet of objects to access DB
Words "KV" and "DB" have special meaning here:
- KV - key-value-style API to access data: let developer manage transactions, stateful cursors.
- DB - object-oriented-style API to access data: Get/Put/Delete/WalkOverTable/MultiPut, managing transactions internally.
So, DB abstraction fits 95% times and leads to more maintainable code - because it looks stateless.
About "key-value-style": Modern key-value databases don't provide Get/Put/Delete methods,
because it's very hard-drive-unfriendly - it pushes developers do random-disk-access which is [order of magnitude slower than sequential read](https://www.seagate.com/sg/en/tech-insights/lies-damn-lies-and-ssd-benchmark-master-ti/).
To enforce sequential-reads - introduced stateful cursors/iterators - they intentionally look as file-api: open_cursor/seek/write_data_from_current_position/move_to_end/step_back/step_forward/delete_key_on_current_position/append.
## Class diagram:
```asciiflow.com
// This is not call graph, just show classes from low-level to high-level.
// And show which classes satisfy which interfaces.
+-----------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------+
| github.com/erigontech/mdbx-go | | google.golang.org/grpc.ClientConn |
| (app-agnostic MDBX go bindings) | | (app-agnostic RPC and streaming) |
+-----------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------+
| |
| |
v v
+-----------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------+
| ethdb/kv_mdbx.go | | ethdb/kv_remote.go |
| (tg-specific MDBX implementaion) | | (tg-specific remote DB access) |
+-----------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------+
| |
| |
v v
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ethdb/kv_abstract.go |
| (Common KV interface. DB-friendly, disk-friendly, cpu-cache-friendly. |
| Same app code can work with local or remote database. |
| Allows experiment with another database implementations. |
| Supports context.Context for cancelation. Any operation can return error) |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | |
| | |
v v v
+-----------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------+
| ethdb/object_db.go | | ethdb/tx_db.go | | ethdb/remote/remotedbserver |
| (thread-safe, stateless, | | (non-thread-safe, more performant | | (grpc server, using kv_abstract, |
| opens/close short transactions | | than object_db, method Begin | | kv_remote call this server, 1 |
| internally when need) | | DOESN'T create new TxDb object) | | transaction maps on 1 grpc stream |
+-----------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------+
| |
| |
v v
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ethdb/interface.go |
| (Common DB interfaces. ethdb.Database and ethdb.DbWithPendingMutations are widely used) |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|
|
v
+--------------------------------------------------+
| ethdb/mutation.go |
| (also known as "batch", recording all writes and |
| them flush to DB in sorted way only when call |
| .Commit(), use it to avoid random-writes. |
| It use and satisfy ethdb.Database in same time |
+--------------------------------------------------+
```
## ethdb.AbstractKV design:
- InMemory, ReadOnly: `NewMDBX().Flags(mdbx.ReadOnly).InMem().Open()`
- MultipleDatabases, Customization: `NewMDBX().Path(path).WithBucketsConfig(config).Open()`
- 1 Transaction object can be used only within 1 goroutine.
- Only 1 write transaction can be active at a time (other will wait).
- Unlimited read transactions can be active concurrently (not blocked by write transaction).
- Methods db.Update, db.View - can be used to open and close short transaction.
- Methods Begin/Commit/Rollback - for long transaction.
- it's safe to call .Rollback() after .Commit(), multiple rollbacks are also safe. Common transaction pattern:
```
tx, err := db.Begin(true, ethdb.RW)
if err != nil {
return err
}
defer tx.Rollback() // important to avoid transactions leak at panic or early return
// ... code which uses database in transaction
err := tx.Commit()
if err != nil {
return err
}
```
- No internal copies/allocations. It means: 1. app must copy keys/values before put to database. 2. Data after read from db - valid only during current transaction - copy it if plan use data after transaction Commit/Rollback.
- Methods .Bucket() and .Cursor(), cant return nil, can't return error.
- Bucket and Cursor - are interfaces - means different classes can satisfy it: for example `MdbxCursor` and `MdbxDupSortCursor` classes satisfy it.
If your are not familiar with "DupSort" concept, please read [dupsort.md](../docs/programmers_guide/dupsort.md) first.
- If Cursor returns err!=nil then key SHOULD be != nil (can be []byte{} for example).
Then traversal code look as:
```go
for k, v, err := c.First(); k != nil; k, v, err = c.Next() {
if err != nil {
return err
}
// logic
}
```
- Move cursor: `cursor.Seek(key)`
## ethdb.Database design:
- Allows pass multiple implementations
- Allows traversal tables by `db.Walk`
## ethdb.TxDb design:
- holds inside 1 long-running transaction and 1 cursor per table
- method Begin DOESN'T create new TxDb object, it means this object can be passed into other objects by pointer,
and high-level app code can start/commit transactions when it needs without re-creating all objects which holds
TxDb pointer.
- This is the reason why txDb.CommitAndBegin() method works: inside it creating new transaction object, pointer to TxDb stays valid.
## How to dump/load table
Install all database tools: `make db-tools`
```
./build/bin/mdbx_dump -a <datadir>/erigon/chaindata | lz4 > dump.lz4
lz4 -d < dump.lz4 | ./build/bin/mdbx_load -an <datadir>/erigon/chaindata
```
## How to get table checksum
```
./build/bin/mdbx_dump -s table_name <datadir>/erigon/chaindata | tail -n +4 | sha256sum # tail here is for excluding header
Header example:
VERSION=3
geometry=l268435456,c268435456,u25769803776,s268435456,g268435456
mapsize=756375552
maxreaders=120
format=bytevalue
database=TBL0001
type=btree
db_pagesize=4096
duplicates=1
dupsort=1
HEADER=END
```