Change tx batching in banking process and record (#5832)

* Change tx batching in banking process and record

* Change batching to reduce impact on replay stage

Cargo.lock

@@ -2816,6 +2816,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "solana-drone 0.19.0-pre0",
  "solana-exchange-api 0.19.0-pre0",
  "solana-exchange-program 0.19.0-pre0",
+ "solana-genesis 0.19.0-pre0",
  "solana-local-cluster 0.19.0-pre0",
  "solana-logger 0.19.0-pre0",
  "solana-metrics 0.19.0-pre0",
@@ -2853,6 +2854,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "solana-client 0.19.0-pre0",
  "solana-core 0.19.0-pre0",
  "solana-drone 0.19.0-pre0",
+ "solana-genesis 0.19.0-pre0",
  "solana-librapay-api 0.19.0-pre0",
  "solana-local-cluster 0.19.0-pre0",
  "solana-logger 0.19.0-pre0",

core/src/banking_stage.rs

@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@
 //! can do its processing in parallel with signature verification on the GPU.
 use crate::blocktree::Blocktree;
 use crate::cluster_info::ClusterInfo;
-use crate::entry;
+use crate::entry::hash_transactions;
-use crate::entry::{hash_transactions, Entry};
 use crate::leader_schedule_cache::LeaderScheduleCache;
-use crate::packet;
 use crate::packet::PACKETS_PER_BATCH;
 use crate::packet::{Packet, Packets};
 use crate::poh_recorder::{PohRecorder, PohRecorderError, WorkingBankEntries};
@@ -51,6 +49,8 @@ pub const NUM_THREADS: u32 = 4;
 
 const TOTAL_BUFFERED_PACKETS: usize = 500_000;
 
+const MAX_NUM_TRANSACTIONS_PER_BATCH: usize = 512;
+
 /// Stores the stage's thread handle and output receiver.
 pub struct BankingStage {
     bank_thread_hdls: Vec<JoinHandle<()>>,
@@ -578,11 +578,9 @@ impl BankingStage {
         let mut chunk_start = 0;
         let mut unprocessed_txs = vec![];
         while chunk_start != transactions.len() {
-            let chunk_end = chunk_start
+            let chunk_end = std::cmp::min(
-                + entry::num_will_fit(
+                transactions.len(),
-                    &transactions[chunk_start..],
+                chunk_start + MAX_NUM_TRANSACTIONS_PER_BATCH,
-                    packet::BLOB_DATA_SIZE as u64,
-                    &Entry::serialized_to_blob_size,
             );
 
             let (result, retryable_txs_in_chunk) = Self::process_and_record_transactions(
@@ -959,11 +957,11 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::blocktree::get_tmp_ledger_path;
     use crate::cluster_info::Node;
-    use crate::entry::EntrySlice;
+    use crate::entry::{Entry, EntrySlice};
     use crate::genesis_utils::{create_genesis_block, GenesisBlockInfo};
     use crate::packet::to_packets;
     use crate::poh_recorder::WorkingBank;
-    use crate::{get_tmp_ledger_path, tmp_ledger_name};
+    use crate::{entry, get_tmp_ledger_path, packet, tmp_ledger_name};
     use crossbeam_channel::unbounded;
     use itertools::Itertools;
     use solana_sdk::instruction::InstructionError;