Misc GC optimisations (erigontech#619)

* uint256 in rlp

* uint256 rather than big.Int in Transation

* linters

* more linters

* still linters

* Reduce garbage in writeUint256

* Experiment with GC in writeByteArray

* Misc GC optimisations

* unsafe experiment with writeByteArray

common/dbutils/composite_keys.go

@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ func ParseCompositeStorageKey(compositeKey []byte) (common.Hash, uint64, common.
 // AddrHash + incarnation + KeyHash
 // For contract storage (for plain state)
 func PlainGenerateCompositeStorageKey(address common.Address, incarnation uint64, key common.Hash) []byte {
-	compositeKey := make([]byte, 0, common.AddressLength+8+common.HashLength)
-	compositeKey = append(compositeKey, PlainGenerateStoragePrefix(address, incarnation)...)
-	compositeKey = append(compositeKey, key[:]...)
+	compositeKey := make([]byte, common.AddressLength+8+common.HashLength)
+	copy(compositeKey, address[:])
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(compositeKey[common.AddressLength:], ^incarnation)
+	copy(compositeKey[common.AddressLength+8:], key[:])
 	return compositeKey
 }
 

core/vm/gas_table.go

@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ func gasSStoreEIP2200(evm *EVM, contract *Contract, stack *Stack, mem *Memory, m
 	if current.Eq(value) { // noop (1)
 		return params.SstoreNoopGasEIP2200, nil
 	}
+
 	var original uint256.Int
 	evm.IntraBlockState.GetCommittedState(contract.Address(), &key, &original)
 	if original == current {

rlp/encode.go

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"math/big"
 	"reflect"
 	"sync"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/holiman/uint256"
 )
@@ -114,10 +115,10 @@ func EncodeToReader(val interface{}) (size int, r io.Reader, err error) {
 }
 
 type encbuf struct {
-	str     []byte      // string data, contains everything except list headers
-	lheads  []*listhead // all list headers
-	lhsize  int         // sum of sizes of all encoded list headers
-	sizebuf []byte      // 9-byte auxiliary buffer for uint encoding
+	str     []byte     // string data, contains everything except list headers
+	lheads  []listhead // all list headers
+	lhsize  int        // sum of sizes of all encoded list headers
+	sizebuf []byte     // 9-byte auxiliary buffer for uint encoding
 }
 
 type listhead struct {
@@ -203,13 +204,15 @@ func (w *encbuf) encodeString(b []byte) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (w *encbuf) list() *listhead {
-	lh := &listhead{offset: len(w.str), size: w.lhsize}
+func (w *encbuf) list() int {
+	lh := listhead{offset: len(w.str), size: w.lhsize}
+	idx := len(w.lheads)
 	w.lheads = append(w.lheads, lh)
-	return lh
+	return idx
 }
 
-func (w *encbuf) listEnd(lh *listhead) {
+func (w *encbuf) listEnd(idx int) {
+	lh := &w.lheads[idx]
 	lh.size = w.size() - lh.offset - lh.size
 	if lh.size < 56 {
 		w.lhsize++ // length encoded into kind tag
@@ -481,7 +484,16 @@ func writeByteArray(val reflect.Value, w *encbuf) error {
 	pos := len(w.str)
 	w.str = append(w.str, make([]byte, size)...)
 	slice := w.str[pos:]
-	reflect.Copy(reflect.ValueOf(slice), val)
+	if val.CanAddr() {
+		sh := &reflect.SliceHeader{
+			Data: val.UnsafeAddr(),
+			Len:  size,
+			Cap:  size,
+		}
+		copy(slice, *(*[]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(sh)))
+	} else {
+		reflect.Copy(reflect.ValueOf(slice), val)
+	}
 	return nil
 }