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refactor(dash-spv): snapshot the masternode engine without copying shared entries - #1227
Follow-up to #1221. The engine's lists share their masternode and quorum maps and entries in memory, but the serde snapshot from #1221 writes every list out in full and restores none of that sharing. At a full mainnet retention window (2,312 lists, about 4 days) that is a 2.27 GiB file, a 6.5 to 8.7 s restore and 2.7 GiB of RAM after the restore, against 5.5 MiB for the running engine.
The ~30 ms restore measured in #1221 holds right after the first sync, when the engine holds a handful of lists. While following the tip it adds a list per block, and each list costs about 1 MiB of file and 3 ms of restore in that format, until the window is full.
This replaces the format and fixes a few restore and truncation details.
Changes
Snapshot format (sml_engine/snapshot_codec.rs): every distinct masternode and quorum entry is written once, and every list as a reference to an earlier list's map or as the changes from the previous list. The file starts with a DMLE magic, a format version and the network. Decoding uses bincode's native derives with a 64 MiB limit, so a corrupt length prefix fails with LimitExceeded instead of aborting. The serde feature of bincode is no longer needed.
Keep the snapshot unless it fails to decode: any read error removed the snapshot before, including I/O errors that can clear on a later launch, such as iOS data protection refusing reads while the device is locked.
Restore up to the stored headers: headers are stored every 5 seconds and the snapshot after each QRInfo, so after a crash the snapshot can hold lists above the stored header tip. It is now restored up to its newest list still in the header chain instead of being discarded.
One owner for engine truncation: DiskStorageManager::truncate_above runs the engine step even when an earlier step fails, and the client no longer truncates the same shared engine a second time.
Drop the unused headers field of PersistentMasternodeStorage, and document which heights get_quorum_at_height resolves.
Numbers
Same harness on both formats, release build, Apple M2 Pro, mainnet lists following the tip at the real average change rate. Ranges are the medians of two rounds.
Saving a full window takes 2.0 to 2.9 s to encode plus 1.6 to 1.9 s to write with #1221, peaking at 2.6 GiB extra RAM. With this PR it takes 3.0 to 3.8 ms plus 5.8 to 7.6 ms, peaking at 2.9 MiB.
Testing
Round trip on three engines (the mainnet fixture, a 300 list chain with status changes and an empty quorum type map, and the real 2240504 diffs plus QRInfo): every field restores equal, the restored engine shares at least what the original did, and encoding it again gives identical bytes.
Corrupt and foreign snapshots are refused: wrong magic, version or network, empty, truncated, trailing bytes, and a 2^60 entry count that must fail with LimitExceeded.
A full mainnet retention window stays under twice the size of a single list.
Storage: an undecodable snapshot is removed, one failing to read is kept, and one ahead of the headers is restored up to its newest list in the chain.
cargo test -p dash-spv with the dashd integration suites, cargo test -p dash-spv-ffi --test dashd_sync, clippy and the pre-push hooks all pass.
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Engine snapshots now use a versioned format and validate compatibility and data integrity when restored. Loading continues to reject unexpected trailing data, helping prevent incomplete or corrupted snapshots from being accepted.
Snapshot storage now reuses repeated data, reducing duplication while preserving restored engine state.
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The PR adds a versioned, bounded bincode codec for MasternodeListEngine snapshots. It interns masternode and quorum entries, stores list maps as references or deltas, and validates snapshot metadata and references during decoding. Engine snapshot APIs now use the codec, with tests for restoration and invalid input.
Changes: Masternode engine snapshot codec
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Snapshot format and encoding dash-spv/src/sml_engine/snapshot_codec.rs, dash-spv/Cargo.toml
The codec defines a versioned format with a 64 MiB decode limit. It interns entries and stores list maps as references or deltas. The manifest uses the workspace bincode dependency without locally enabling its serde feature.
Decoding, engine integration, and validation dash-spv/src/sml_engine.rs, dash-spv/src/sml_engine/helpers.rs, dash-spv/src/sml_engine/snapshot_codec.rs
Engine snapshot methods use the codec, and decoding rebuilds engine state after validating the network, version, references, and heights. Tests cover round trips, allocation sharing, snapshot size, and invalid input. Test support adds a mainnet list-chain builder.
dashpay/rust-dashcore#1221: Adds persistent MasternodeListEngine snapshots that this PR updates with a new snapshot format.
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Upgrading discards the existing masternode snapshot, leaving list and quorum queries unavailable until synchronization rebuilds it.
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Minor · Restore the newest header-valid prefix before accepting the snapshot. · sml_engine.rs:263-267
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Restore the newest header-valid prefix before accepting the snapshot.
The new decoder reconstructs every list but does not use the supplied header context. read_snapshot then checks only the newest list. If that list is off-chain, open creates an empty engine and loses all earlier valid lists.
Use the existing engine truncation path after finding the newest header-valid list. This also removes incompatible rotated-quorum state.
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- let Some(engine_tip) = engine.latest_masternode_list() else {- tracing::warn!("The masternode engine snapshot has no lists, ignoring it");- return Ok(None);- };-- let in_chain =- headers.read().await.get_header_height_by_hash(&engine_tip.block_hash).await?;-- if in_chain != Some(engine_tip.known_height) {- tracing::warn!(- "The masternode engine snapshot's tip {} is not in the header chain, ignoring it",- engine_tip.known_height- );+ let mut newest_valid_height = None;+ for (height, list) in engine.masternode_lists.iter().rev() {+ let in_chain =+ headers.read().await.get_header_height_by_hash(&list.block_hash).await?;+ if in_chain == Some(list.known_height) {+ newest_valid_height = Some(*height);+ break;+ }+ }++ let Some(newest_valid_height) = newest_valid_height else {+ tracing::warn!("The masternode engine snapshot has no lists in the header chain");
return Ok(None);
- }+ };+ engine.truncate_above(newest_valid_height).await;
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Update read_snapshot to search the decoded engine’s masternode_lists from newest
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Preserve PR-base snapshots during upgrade.
A storage created by the PR-base code can contain a valid engine.dat without DMLE magic or a version. The new decoder rejects it. PersistentMasternodeStorage::open then deletes it and creates an empty engine. Because CURRENT_VERSION remains 3, no new storage migration converts this format for a base-version-3 upgrade. The user must resynchronize the masternode lists from the network.
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…ared entries
The engine's lists share their masternode and quorum maps and entries, but the serde snapshot wrote every list in full and restored none of the sharing. A full mainnet retention window took 2.2 GiB on disk, 4 to 12 s to restore and 2.7 GiB of RAM after the restore, against 20 MiB for the running engine.
`snapshot_codec` writes every distinct entry once and every list as a reference to an earlier list's map or as the changes from the previous list. The file starts with a magic, a format version and the network, and decoding bounds allocations so a corrupt length prefix fails with `LimitExceeded` instead of aborting. The same window now takes 1.5 MiB and restores in about 20 ms to 18.5 MiB.
The `serde` feature of `bincode` is no longer needed.
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Follow-up to #1221. The engine's lists share their masternode and quorum maps and entries in memory, but the serde snapshot from #1221 writes every list out in full and restores none of that sharing. At a full mainnet retention window (2,312 lists, about 4 days) that is a 2.27 GiB file, a 6.5 to 8.7 s restore and 2.7 GiB of RAM after the restore, against 5.5 MiB for the running engine.
The ~30 ms restore measured in #1221 holds right after the first sync, when the engine holds a handful of lists. While following the tip it adds a list per block, and each list costs about 1 MiB of file and 3 ms of restore in that format, until the window is full.
This replaces the format and fixes a few restore and truncation details.
Changes
sml_engine/snapshot_codec.rs): every distinct masternode and quorum entry is written once, and every list as a reference to an earlier list's map or as the changes from the previous list. The file starts with aDMLEmagic, a format version and the network. Decoding uses bincode's native derives with a 64 MiB limit, so a corrupt length prefix fails withLimitExceededinstead of aborting. Theserdefeature ofbincodeis no longer needed.DiskStorageManager::truncate_aboveruns the engine step even when an earlier step fails, and the client no longer truncates the same shared engine a second time.headersfield ofPersistentMasternodeStorage, and document which heightsget_quorum_at_heightresolves.Numbers
Same harness on both formats, release build, Apple M2 Pro, mainnet lists following the tip at the real average change rate. Ranges are the medians of two rounds.
Saving a full window takes 2.0 to 2.9 s to encode plus 1.6 to 1.9 s to write with #1221, peaking at 2.6 GiB extra RAM. With this PR it takes 3.0 to 3.8 ms plus 5.8 to 7.6 ms, peaking at 2.9 MiB.
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LimitExceeded.cargo test -p dash-spvwith the dashd integration suites,cargo test -p dash-spv-ffi --test dashd_sync, clippy and the pre-push hooks all pass.PR Hygiene ·
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