Add option to disable rocksdb compaction

core/src/validator.rs

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ pub struct ValidatorConfig {
     pub halt_on_trusted_validators_accounts_hash_mismatch: bool,
     pub accounts_hash_fault_injection_slots: u64, // 0 = no fault injection
     pub frozen_accounts: Vec<Pubkey>,
+    pub no_rocksdb_compaction: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for ValidatorConfig {
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ impl Default for ValidatorConfig {
             halt_on_trusted_validators_accounts_hash_mismatch: false,
             accounts_hash_fault_injection_slots: 0,
             frozen_accounts: vec![],
+            no_rocksdb_compaction: false,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -589,8 +591,9 @@ fn new_banks_from_blockstore(
         }
     }
 
-    let (blockstore, ledger_signal_receiver, completed_slots_receiver) =
+    let (mut blockstore, ledger_signal_receiver, completed_slots_receiver) =
         Blockstore::open_with_signal(blockstore_path).expect("Failed to open ledger database");
+    blockstore.set_no_compaction(config.no_rocksdb_compaction);
 
     let process_options = blockstore_processor::ProcessOptions {
         poh_verify,

ledger/src/blockstore.rs

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ pub struct Blockstore {
     pub new_shreds_signals: Vec<SyncSender<bool>>,
     pub completed_slots_senders: Vec<SyncSender<Vec<Slot>>>,
     pub lowest_cleanup_slot: Arc<RwLock<u64>>,
+    no_compaction: bool,
 }
 
 pub struct IndexMetaWorkingSetEntry {
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ impl Blockstore {
             insert_shreds_lock: Arc::new(Mutex::new(())),
             last_root,
             lowest_cleanup_slot: Arc::new(RwLock::new(0)),
+            no_compaction: false,
         };
         Ok(blockstore)
     }
@@ -245,6 +247,10 @@ impl Blockstore {
         Ok((blockstore, signal_receiver, completed_slots_receiver))
     }
 
+    pub fn set_no_compaction(&mut self, no_compaction: bool) {
+        self.no_compaction = no_compaction;
+    }
+
     pub fn destroy(ledger_path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
         // Database::destroy() fails if the path doesn't exist
         fs::create_dir_all(ledger_path)?;
@@ -276,12 +282,14 @@ impl Blockstore {
         while from_slot < batch_end {
             match self.run_purge(from_slot, batch_end) {
                 Ok(end) => {
-                    if let Err(e) = self.compact_storage(from_slot, batch_end) {
-                        // This error is not fatal and indicates an internal error
-                        error!(
-                            "Error: {:?}; Couldn't compact storage from {:?} to {:?}",
-                            e, from_slot, batch_end
-                        );
+                    if !self.no_compaction {
+                        if let Err(e) = self.compact_storage(from_slot, batch_end) {
+                            // This error is not fatal and indicates an internal error
+                            error!(
+                                "Error: {:?}; Couldn't compact storage from {:?} to {:?}",
+                                e, from_slot, batch_end
+                            );
+                        }
                     }
 
                     if end {

multinode-demo/bootstrap-validator.sh

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ while [[ -n $1 ]]; do
       args+=("$1" "$2")
       shift 2
     elif [[ $1 = --limit-ledger-size ]]; then
+      args+=("$1" "$2")
+      shift 2
+    elif [[ $1 = --no-rocksdb-compaction ]]; then
       args+=("$1")
       shift
     elif [[ $1 = --enable-rpc-get-confirmed-block ]]; then

multinode-demo/validator.sh

@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ while [[ -n $1 ]]; do
       args+=("$1" "$2")
       shift 2
     elif [[ $1 = --limit-ledger-size ]]; then
+      args+=("$1" "$2")
+      shift 2
+    elif [[ $1 = --no-rocksdb-compaction ]]; then
       args+=("$1")
       shift
     elif [[ $1 = --enable-rpc-get-confirmed-block ]]; then

validator/src/main.rs

@@ -639,6 +639,12 @@ pub fn main() {
                 .takes_value(false)
                 .help("Use the RPC service of trusted validators only")
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("no_rocksdb_compaction")
+                .long("no-rocksdb-compaction")
+                .takes_value(false)
+                .help("Disable manual compaction of the ledger database. May increase storage requirements.")
+        )
         .arg(
             clap::Arg::with_name("bind_address")
                 .long("bind-address")
@@ -696,6 +702,7 @@ pub fn main() {
     let no_snapshot_fetch = matches.is_present("no_snapshot_fetch");
     let no_check_vote_account = matches.is_present("no_check_vote_account");
     let private_rpc = matches.is_present("private_rpc");
+    let no_rocksdb_compaction = matches.is_present("no_rocksdb_compaction");
 
     // Canonicalize ledger path to avoid issues with symlink creation
     let _ = fs::create_dir_all(&ledger_path);
@@ -746,6 +753,7 @@ pub fn main() {
         wait_for_supermajority: value_t!(matches, "wait_for_supermajority", Slot).ok(),
         trusted_validators,
         frozen_accounts: values_t!(matches, "frozen_accounts", Pubkey).unwrap_or_default(),
+        no_rocksdb_compaction,
         ..ValidatorConfig::default()
     };