Remove potentially too costly Packets::default() (#14821)

* Remove potentially too costly Packets::default()

* Fix test...

* Restore Packets::default()

* Restore Packets::default() more

core/src/banking_stage.rs

@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ mod tests {
         genesis_utils::{create_genesis_config, GenesisConfigInfo},
         get_tmp_ledger_path,
     };
-    use solana_perf::packet::to_packets;
+    use solana_perf::packet::to_packets_chunked;
     use solana_sdk::{
         instruction::InstructionError,
         signature::{Keypair, Signer},
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ mod tests {
             let tx_anf = system_transaction::transfer(&keypair, &to3, 1, start_hash);
 
             // send 'em over
-            let packets = to_packets(&[tx_no_ver, tx_anf, tx]);
+            let packets = to_packets_chunked(&[tx_no_ver, tx_anf, tx], 3);
 
             // glad they all fit
             assert_eq!(packets.len(), 1);
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ mod tests {
         let tx =
             system_transaction::transfer(&mint_keypair, &alice.pubkey(), 2, genesis_config.hash());
 
-        let packets = to_packets(&[tx]);
+        let packets = to_packets_chunked(&[tx], 1);
         let packets = packets
             .into_iter()
             .map(|packets| (packets, vec![1u8]))
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ mod tests {
         // Process a second batch that uses the same from account, so conflicts with above TX
         let tx =
             system_transaction::transfer(&mint_keypair, &alice.pubkey(), 1, genesis_config.hash());
-        let packets = to_packets(&[tx]);
+        let packets = to_packets_chunked(&[tx], 1);
         let packets = packets
             .into_iter()
             .map(|packets| (packets, vec![1u8]))

core/src/cluster_info_vote_listener.rs

@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ mod tests {
         use bincode::serialized_size;
         info!("max vote size {}", serialized_size(&vote_tx).unwrap());
 
-        let msgs = packet::to_packets(&[vote_tx]); // panics if won't fit
+        let msgs = packet::to_packets_chunked(&[vote_tx], 1); // panics if won't fit
 
         assert_eq!(msgs.len(), 1);
     }

perf/benches/sigverify.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 extern crate test;
 
-use solana_perf::packet::to_packets;
+use solana_perf::packet::to_packets_chunked;
 use solana_perf::recycler::Recycler;
 use solana_perf::sigverify;
 use solana_perf::test_tx::test_tx;
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fn bench_sigverify(bencher: &mut Bencher) {
     let tx = test_tx();
 
     // generate packet vector
-    let batches = to_packets(&std::iter::repeat(tx).take(128).collect::<Vec<_>>());
+    let batches = to_packets_chunked(&std::iter::repeat(tx).take(128).collect::<Vec<_>>(), 128);
 
     let recycler = Recycler::default();
     let recycler_out = Recycler::default();
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fn bench_get_offsets(bencher: &mut Bencher) {
     let tx = test_tx();
 
     // generate packet vector
-    let batches = to_packets(&std::iter::repeat(tx).take(1024).collect::<Vec<_>>());
+    let batches = to_packets_chunked(&std::iter::repeat(tx).take(1024).collect::<Vec<_>>(), 1024);
 
     let recycler = Recycler::default();
     // verify packets

perf/src/packet.rs

@@ -11,18 +11,11 @@ pub const PACKETS_PER_BATCH: usize = 256;
 pub const NUM_RCVMMSGS: usize = 128;
 pub const PACKETS_BATCH_SIZE: usize = PACKETS_PER_BATCH * PACKET_DATA_SIZE;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
 pub struct Packets {
     pub packets: PinnedVec<Packet>,
 }
 
-//auto derive doesn't support large arrays
-impl Default for Packets {
-    fn default() -> Packets {
-        Self::with_capacity(NUM_RCVMMSGS)
-    }
-}
-
 pub type PacketsRecycler = Recycler<PinnedVec<Packet>>;
 
 impl Packets {
@@ -75,6 +68,7 @@ pub fn to_packets_chunked<T: Serialize>(xs: &[T], chunks: usize) -> Vec<Packets>
     out
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
 pub fn to_packets<T: Serialize>(xs: &[T]) -> Vec<Packets> {
     to_packets_chunked(xs, NUM_PACKETS)
 }

streamer/src/packet.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! The `packet` module defines data structures and methods to pull data from the network.
 use crate::recvmmsg::{recv_mmsg, NUM_RCVMMSGS};
 pub use solana_perf::packet::{
-    limited_deserialize, to_packets, to_packets_chunked, Packets, PacketsRecycler, NUM_PACKETS,
+    limited_deserialize, to_packets_chunked, Packets, PacketsRecycler, NUM_PACKETS,
     PACKETS_BATCH_SIZE, PACKETS_PER_BATCH,
 };