Support submit checkpoint in parallel

ipc/cli/src/commands/checkpoint/relayer.rs

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ impl CommandLineHandler for BottomUpRelayer {
             parent.clone(),
             child.clone(),
             Arc::new(RwLock::new(keystore)),
+            arguments.max_parallelism,
         )
         .await?;
 
@@ -88,4 +89,10 @@ pub(crate) struct BottomUpRelayerArgs {
     pub finalization_blocks: Option<u64>,
     #[arg(long, help = "The hex encoded address of the submitter")]
     pub submitter: Option<String>,
+    #[arg(
+        long,
+        default_value = "4",
+        help = "The max parallelism for submitting checkpoints"
+    )]
+    pub max_parallelism: usize,
 }

ipc/provider/src/checkpoint.rs

@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@
 use crate::config::Subnet;
 use crate::manager::{BottomUpCheckpointRelayer, EthSubnetManager};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
+use futures_util::future::try_join_all;
 use fvm_shared::address::Address;
 use fvm_shared::clock::ChainEpoch;
+use ipc_api::checkpoint::{BottomUpCheckpointBundle, QuorumReachedEvent};
 use ipc_wallet::{EthKeyAddress, PersistentKeyStore};
 use std::cmp::max;
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::sync::Semaphore;
 
 /// Tracks the config required for bottom up checkpoint submissions
 /// parent/child subnet and checkpoint period.
@@ -26,10 +29,11 @@ pub struct CheckpointConfig {
 /// Then it will submit at the next submission height for the new checkpoint.
 pub struct BottomUpCheckpointManager<T> {
     metadata: CheckpointConfig,
-    parent_handler: T,
+    parent_handler: Arc<T>,
     child_handler: T,
     /// The number of blocks away from the chain head that is considered final
     finalization_blocks: ChainEpoch,
+    submission_semaphore: Arc<Semaphore>,
 }
 
 impl<T: BottomUpCheckpointRelayer> BottomUpCheckpointManager<T> {
@@ -38,6 +42,7 @@ impl<T: BottomUpCheckpointRelayer> BottomUpCheckpointManager<T> {
         child: Subnet,
         parent_handler: T,
         child_handler: T,
+        max_parallelism: usize,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let period = parent_handler
             .checkpoint_period(&child.id)
@@ -49,9 +54,10 @@ impl<T: BottomUpCheckpointRelayer> BottomUpCheckpointManager<T> {
                 child,
                 period,
             },
-            parent_handler,
+            parent_handler: Arc::new(parent_handler),
             child_handler,
             finalization_blocks: 0,
+            submission_semaphore: Arc::new(Semaphore::new(max_parallelism)),
         })
     }
 
@@ -66,12 +72,20 @@ impl BottomUpCheckpointManager<EthSubnetManager> {
         parent: Subnet,
         child: Subnet,
         keystore: Arc<RwLock<PersistentKeyStore<EthKeyAddress>>>,
+        max_parallelism: usize,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let parent_handler =
             EthSubnetManager::from_subnet_with_wallet_store(&parent, Some(keystore.clone()))?;
         let child_handler =
             EthSubnetManager::from_subnet_with_wallet_store(&child, Some(keystore))?;
-        Self::new(parent, child, parent_handler, child_handler).await
+        Self::new(
+            parent,
+            child,
+            parent_handler,
+            child_handler,
+            max_parallelism,
+        )
+        .await
     }
 }
 
@@ -106,16 +120,15 @@ impl<T: BottomUpCheckpointRelayer + Send + Sync + 'static> BottomUpCheckpointMan
         log::info!("launching {self} for {submitter}");
 
         loop {
-            if let Err(e) = self.submit_next_epoch(&submitter).await {
+            if let Err(e) = self.submit_next_epoch(submitter).await {
                 log::error!("cannot submit checkpoint for submitter: {submitter} due to {e}");
             }
-
             tokio::time::sleep(submission_interval).await;
         }
     }
 
     /// Checks if the relayer has already submitted at the next submission epoch, if not it submits it.
-    async fn submit_next_epoch(&self, submitter: &Address) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn submit_next_epoch(&self, submitter: Address) -> Result<()> {
         let last_checkpoint_epoch = self
             .parent_handler
             .last_bottom_up_checkpoint_height(&self.metadata.child.id)
@@ -137,6 +150,9 @@ impl<T: BottomUpCheckpointRelayer + Send + Sync + 'static> BottomUpCheckpointMan
         let start = last_checkpoint_epoch + 1;
         log::debug!("start querying quorum reached events from : {start} to {finalized_height}");
 
+        let mut count = 0;
+        let mut all_submit_tasks = vec![];
+
         for h in start..=finalized_height {
             let events = self.child_handler.quorum_reached_events(h).await?;
             if events.is_empty() {
@@ -162,30 +178,67 @@ impl<T: BottomUpCheckpointRelayer + Send + Sync + 'static> BottomUpCheckpointMan
                     .await?;
                 log::debug!("bottom up bundle: {bundle:?}");
 
-                let epoch = self
-                    .parent_handler
-                    .submit_checkpoint(
-                        submitter,
-                        bundle.checkpoint,
-                        bundle.signatures,
-                        bundle.signatories,
-                    )
+                // We support parallel checkpoint submission using FIFO order with a limited parallelism (controlled by
+                // the size of submission_semaphore).
+                // We need to acquire a permit (from a limited permit pool) before submitting a checkpoint.
+                // We may wait here until a permit is available.
+                let parent_handler_clone = Arc::clone(&self.parent_handler);
+                let submission_permit = self
+                    .submission_semaphore
+                    .clone()
+                    .acquire_owned()
                     .await
-                    .map_err(|e| {
-                        anyhow!(
-                            "cannot submit bottom up checkpoint at height {} due to: {e:}",
-                            event.height
-                        )
-                    })?;
-
-                log::info!(
-                    "submitted bottom up checkpoint({}) in parent at height {}",
-                    event.height,
-                    epoch
-                );
+                    .unwrap();
+                all_submit_tasks.push(tokio::task::spawn(async move {
+                    let height = event.height;
+                    let result =
+                        Self::submit_checkpoint(parent_handler_clone, submitter, bundle, event)
+                            .await
+                            .inspect_err(|err| {
+                                log::error!("Fail to submit checkpoint at height {height}: {err}");
+                            });
+                    drop(submission_permit);
+                    result
+                }));
+
+                count += 1;
+                log::debug!("This round has asynchronously submitted {count} checkpoints",);
             }
         }
 
+        log::debug!("Waiting for all submissions to finish");
+        // Return error if any of the submit task failed.
+        try_join_all(all_submit_tasks).await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    async fn submit_checkpoint(
+        parent_handler: Arc<T>,
+        submitter: Address,
+        bundle: BottomUpCheckpointBundle,
+        event: QuorumReachedEvent,
+    ) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
+        let epoch = parent_handler
+            .submit_checkpoint(
+                &submitter,
+                bundle.checkpoint,
+                bundle.signatures,
+                bundle.signatories,
+            )
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| {
+                anyhow!(
+                    "cannot submit bottom up checkpoint at height {} due to: {e}",
+                    event.height
+                )
+            })?;
+
+        log::info!(
+            "submitted bottom up checkpoint({}) in parent at height {}",
+            event.height,
+            epoch
+        );
         Ok(())
     }
 }