Rework block processing benchmark code

* Replace -benchmark (and the related fBenchmark) with a regular debug option, -debug=bench.
* Increase coverage and granularity of individual block processing steps.
* Add cummulative times.

src/init.cpp

@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
     strUsage += "\n" + _("Debugging/Testing options:") + "\n";
     if (GetBoolArg("-help-debug", false))
     {
-        strUsage += "  -benchmark             " + _("Show benchmark information (default: 0)") + "\n";
         strUsage += "  -checkpoints           " + _("Only accept block chain matching built-in checkpoints (default: 1)") + "\n";
         strUsage += "  -dblogsize=<n>         " + _("Flush database activity from memory pool to disk log every <n> megabytes (default: 100)") + "\n";
         strUsage += "  -disablesafemode       " + _("Disable safemode, override a real safe mode event (default: 0)") + "\n";
@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
     strUsage += "  -debug=<category>      " + _("Output debugging information (default: 0, supplying <category> is optional)") + "\n";
     strUsage += "                         " + _("If <category> is not supplied, output all debugging information.") + "\n";
     strUsage += "                         " + _("<category> can be:");
-    strUsage +=                                 " addrman, alert, coindb, db, lock, rand, rpc, selectcoins, mempool, net"; // Don't translate these and qt below
+    strUsage +=                                 " addrman, alert, bench, coindb, db, lock, rand, rpc, selectcoins, mempool, net"; // Don't translate these and qt below
     if (mode == HMM_BITCOIN_QT)
         strUsage += ", qt";
     strUsage += ".\n";
@@ -599,7 +598,9 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     if (GetBoolArg("-tor", false))
         return InitError(_("Error: Unsupported argument -tor found, use -onion."));
 
-    fBenchmark = GetBoolArg("-benchmark", false);
+    if (GetBoolArg("-benchmark", false))
+        InitWarning(_("Warning: Unsupported argument -benchmark ignored, use -debug=bench."));
+
     // Checkmempool defaults to true in regtest mode
     mempool.setSanityCheck(GetBoolArg("-checkmempool", Params().DefaultCheckMemPool()));
     Checkpoints::fEnabled = GetBoolArg("-checkpoints", true);

src/main.cpp

@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ CConditionVariable cvBlockChange;
 int nScriptCheckThreads = 0;
 bool fImporting = false;
 bool fReindex = false;
-bool fBenchmark = false;
 bool fTxIndex = false;
 bool fIsBareMultisigStd = true;
 unsigned int nCoinCacheSize = 5000;
@@ -1680,6 +1679,12 @@ void ThreadScriptCheck() {
     scriptcheckqueue.Thread();
 }
 
+static int64_t nTimeVerify = 0;
+static int64_t nTimeConnect = 0;
+static int64_t nTimeIndex = 0;
+static int64_t nTimeCallbacks = 0;
+static int64_t nTimeTotal = 0;
+
 bool ConnectBlock(CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex, CCoinsViewCache& view, bool fJustCheck)
 {
     AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
@@ -1735,7 +1740,7 @@ bool ConnectBlock(CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex, C
 
     CCheckQueueControl<CScriptCheck> control(fScriptChecks && nScriptCheckThreads ? &scriptcheckqueue : NULL);
 
-    int64_t nStart = GetTimeMicros();
+    int64_t nTimeStart = GetTimeMicros();
     int64_t nFees = 0;
     int nInputs = 0;
     unsigned int nSigOps = 0;
@@ -1785,9 +1790,8 @@ bool ConnectBlock(CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex, C
         vPos.push_back(std::make_pair(tx.GetHash(), pos));
         pos.nTxOffset += ::GetSerializeSize(tx, SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
     }
-    int64_t nTime = GetTimeMicros() - nStart;
-    if (fBenchmark)
-        LogPrintf("- Connect %u transactions: %.2fms (%.3fms/tx, %.3fms/txin)\n", (unsigned)block.vtx.size(), 0.001 * nTime, 0.001 * nTime / block.vtx.size(), nInputs <= 1 ? 0 : 0.001 * nTime / (nInputs-1));
+    int64_t nTime1 = GetTimeMicros(); nTimeConnect += nTime1 - nTimeStart;
+    LogPrint("bench", "      - Connect %u transactions: %.2fms (%.3fms/tx, %.3fms/txin) [%.2fs]\n", (unsigned)block.vtx.size(), 0.001 * (nTime1 - nTimeStart), 0.001 * (nTime1 - nTimeStart) / block.vtx.size(), nInputs <= 1 ? 0 : 0.001 * (nTime1 - nTimeStart) / (nInputs-1), nTimeConnect * 0.000001);
 
     if (block.vtx[0].GetValueOut() > GetBlockValue(pindex->nHeight, nFees))
         return state.DoS(100,
@@ -1797,9 +1801,8 @@ bool ConnectBlock(CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex, C
 
     if (!control.Wait())
         return state.DoS(100, false);
-    int64_t nTime2 = GetTimeMicros() - nStart;
-    if (fBenchmark)
-        LogPrintf("- Verify %u txins: %.2fms (%.3fms/txin)\n", nInputs - 1, 0.001 * nTime2, nInputs <= 1 ? 0 : 0.001 * nTime2 / (nInputs-1));
+    int64_t nTime2 = GetTimeMicros(); nTimeVerify += nTime2 - nTimeStart;
+    LogPrint("bench", "    - Verify %u txins: %.2fms (%.3fms/txin) [%.2fs]\n", nInputs - 1, 0.001 * (nTime2 - nTimeStart), nInputs <= 1 ? 0 : 0.001 * (nTime2 - nTimeStart) / (nInputs-1), nTimeVerify * 0.000001);
 
     if (fJustCheck)
         return true;
@@ -1840,6 +1843,9 @@ bool ConnectBlock(CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex, C
     ret = view.SetBestBlock(pindex->GetBlockHash());
     assert(ret);
 
+    int64_t nTime3 = GetTimeMicros(); nTimeIndex += nTime3 - nTime2;
+    LogPrint("bench", "    - Index writing: %.2fms [%.2fs]\n", 0.001 * (nTime3 - nTime2), nTimeIndex * 0.000001);
+
     // Watch for transactions paying to me
     BOOST_FOREACH(const CTransaction& tx, block.vtx)
         g_signals.SyncTransaction(tx, &block);
@@ -1849,6 +1855,9 @@ bool ConnectBlock(CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex, C
     g_signals.UpdatedTransaction(hashPrevBestCoinBase);
     hashPrevBestCoinBase = block.vtx[0].GetHash();
 
+    int64_t nTime4 = GetTimeMicros(); nTimeCallbacks += nTime4 - nTime3;
+    LogPrint("bench", "    - Callbacks: %.2fms [%.2fs]\n", 0.001 * (nTime4 - nTime3), nTimeCallbacks * 0.000001);
+
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -1928,8 +1937,7 @@ bool static DisconnectTip(CValidationState &state) {
             return error("DisconnectTip() : DisconnectBlock %s failed", pindexDelete->GetBlockHash().ToString());
         assert(view.Flush());
     }
-    if (fBenchmark)
-        LogPrintf("- Disconnect: %.2fms\n", (GetTimeMicros() - nStart) * 0.001);
+    LogPrint("bench", "- Disconnect block: %.2fms\n", (GetTimeMicros() - nStart) * 0.001);
     // Write the chain state to disk, if necessary.
     if (!WriteChainState(state))
         return false;
@@ -1953,16 +1961,25 @@ bool static DisconnectTip(CValidationState &state) {
     return true;
 }
 
+static int64_t nTimeReadFromDisk = 0;
+static int64_t nTimeConnectTotal = 0;
+static int64_t nTimeFlush = 0;
+static int64_t nTimeChainState = 0;
+static int64_t nTimePostConnect = 0;
+
 // Connect a new block to chainActive.
 bool static ConnectTip(CValidationState &state, CBlockIndex *pindexNew) {
     assert(pindexNew->pprev == chainActive.Tip());
     mempool.check(pcoinsTip);
     // Read block from disk.
+    int64_t nTime1 = GetTimeMicros();
     CBlock block;
     if (!ReadBlockFromDisk(block, pindexNew))
         return state.Abort(_("Failed to read block"));
     // Apply the block atomically to the chain state.
-    int64_t nStart = GetTimeMicros();
+    int64_t nTime2 = GetTimeMicros(); nTimeReadFromDisk += nTime2 - nTime1;
+    int64_t nTime3;
+    LogPrint("bench", "  - Load block from disk: %.2fms [%.2fs]\n", (nTime2 - nTime1) * 0.001, nTimeReadFromDisk * 0.000001);
     {
         CCoinsViewCache view(*pcoinsTip, true);
         CInv inv(MSG_BLOCK, pindexNew->GetBlockHash());
@@ -1972,13 +1989,17 @@ bool static ConnectTip(CValidationState &state, CBlockIndex *pindexNew) {
             return error("ConnectTip() : ConnectBlock %s failed", pindexNew->GetBlockHash().ToString());
         }
         mapBlockSource.erase(inv.hash);
+        nTime3 = GetTimeMicros(); nTimeConnectTotal += nTime3 - nTime2;
+        LogPrint("bench", "  - Connect total: %.2fms [%.2fs]\n", (nTime3 - nTime2) * 0.001, nTimeConnectTotal * 0.000001);
         assert(view.Flush());
     }
-    if (fBenchmark)
-        LogPrintf("- Connect: %.2fms\n", (GetTimeMicros() - nStart) * 0.001);
+    int64_t nTime4 = GetTimeMicros(); nTimeFlush += nTime4 - nTime3;
+    LogPrint("bench", "  - Flush: %.2fms [%.2fs]\n", (nTime4 - nTime3) * 0.001, nTimeFlush * 0.000001);
     // Write the chain state to disk, if necessary.
     if (!WriteChainState(state))
         return false;
+    int64_t nTime5 = GetTimeMicros(); nTimeChainState += nTime5 - nTime4;
+    LogPrint("bench", "  - Writing chainstate: %.2fms [%.2fs]\n", (nTime5 - nTime4) * 0.001, nTimeChainState * 0.000001);
     // Remove conflicting transactions from the mempool.
     list<CTransaction> txConflicted;
     mempool.removeForBlock(block.vtx, pindexNew->nHeight, txConflicted);
@@ -1994,6 +2015,9 @@ bool static ConnectTip(CValidationState &state, CBlockIndex *pindexNew) {
     BOOST_FOREACH(const CTransaction &tx, block.vtx) {
         SyncWithWallets(tx, &block);
     }
+    int64_t nTime6 = GetTimeMicros(); nTimePostConnect += nTime6 - nTime5; nTimeTotal += nTime6 - nTime1;
+    LogPrint("bench", "  - Connect postprocess: %.2fms [%.2fs]\n", (nTime6 - nTime5) * 0.001, nTimePostConnect * 0.000001);
+    LogPrint("bench", "- Connect block: %.2fms [%.2fs]\n", (nTime6 - nTime1) * 0.001, nTimeTotal * 0.000001);
     return true;
 }
 

src/main.h

@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ extern CWaitableCriticalSection csBestBlock;
 extern CConditionVariable cvBlockChange;
 extern bool fImporting;
 extern bool fReindex;
-extern bool fBenchmark;
 extern int nScriptCheckThreads;
 extern bool fTxIndex;
 extern bool fIsBareMultisigStd;