Problem: gen-tx don't run in parallel for single node (#1645)

* Problem: gen-tx don't run in parallel for single node

Solution:
- use multiprocessing library to do parallel tx gen

* Update CHANGELOG.md

Signed-off-by: yihuang <huang@crypto.com>

* cleanup

---------

Signed-off-by: yihuang <huang@crypto.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 ### Improvements
 
-* (testground)[#1644 ](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos/pull/1644) load generator retry with backoff on error.
+* [#1645](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos/pull/1645) Gen test tx in parallel even in single node.
+* (testground)[#1644](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos/pull/1644) load generator retry with backoff on error.
 
 *Oct 14, 2024*
 

testground/benchmark/benchmark/transaction.py

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 import asyncio
+import itertools
+import multiprocessing
+import os
+from collections import namedtuple
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import aiohttp
@@ -7,7 +11,7 @@
 import ujson
 
 from .erc20 import CONTRACT_ADDRESS
-from .utils import gen_account
+from .utils import gen_account, split
 
 GAS_PRICE = 1000000000
 CHAIN_ID = 777
@@ -48,17 +52,43 @@ def erc20_transfer_tx(nonce: int):
 }
 
 
+Job = namedtuple(
+    "Job", ["chunk", "global_seq", "num_accounts", "num_txs", "tx_type", "create_tx"]
+)
+
+
+def _do_job(job: Job):
+    accounts = [gen_account(job.global_seq, i + 1) for i in range(*job.chunk)]
+    acct_txs = []
+    total = 0
+    for acct in accounts:
+        txs = []
+        for i in range(job.num_txs):
+            txs.append(acct.sign_transaction(job.create_tx(i)).rawTransaction.hex())
+            total += 1
+            if total % 1000 == 0:
+                print("generated", total, "txs for node", job.global_seq)
+        acct_txs.append(txs)
+    return acct_txs
+
+
 def gen(global_seq, num_accounts, num_txs, tx_type: str) -> [str]:
-    accounts = [gen_account(global_seq, i + 1) for i in range(num_accounts)]
-    txs = []
+    chunks = split(num_accounts, os.cpu_count())
     create_tx = TX_TYPES[tx_type]
-    for i in range(num_txs):
-        for acct in accounts:
-            txs.append(acct.sign_transaction(create_tx(i)).rawTransaction.hex())
-            if len(txs) % 1000 == 0:
-                print("generated", len(txs), "txs for node", global_seq)
+    jobs = [
+        Job(chunk, global_seq, num_accounts, num_txs, tx_type, create_tx)
+        for chunk in chunks
+    ]
+
+    with multiprocessing.Pool() as pool:
+        acct_txs = pool.map(_do_job, jobs)
+
+    # mix the account txs together, ordered by nonce.
+    all_txs = []
+    for txs in itertools.zip_longest(*itertools.chain(*acct_txs)):
+        all_txs += txs
 
-    return txs
+    return all_txs
 
 
 def save(txs: [str], datadir: Path, global_seq: int):

testground/benchmark/benchmark/utils.py

@@ -171,3 +171,11 @@ def block(height):
 
 def block_txs(height):
     return block(height)["result"]["block"]["data"]["txs"]
+
+
+def split(a: int, n: int):
+    """
+    Split range(0, a) into n parts
+    """
+    k, m = divmod(a, n)
+    return [(i * k + min(i, m), (i + 1) * k + min(i + 1, m)) for i in range(n)]