core/state: revert pending storage updates if they revert to original (#29661)

Author: karalabe

core/state/state_object.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/tracing"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie/trienode"
 	"github.com/holiman/uint256"
@@ -255,9 +256,16 @@ func (s *stateObject) setState(key common.Hash, value *common.Hash) {
 func (s *stateObject) finalise(prefetch bool) {
 	slotsToPrefetch := make([][]byte, 0, len(s.dirtyStorage))
 	for key, value := range s.dirtyStorage {
-		s.pendingStorage[key] = value
+		// If the slot is different from its original value, move it into the
+		// pending area to be committed at the end of the block (and prefetch
+		// the pathways).
 		if value != s.originStorage[key] {
+			s.pendingStorage[key] = value
 			slotsToPrefetch = append(slotsToPrefetch, common.CopyBytes(key[:])) // Copy needed for closure
+		} else {
+			// Otherwise, the slot was reverted to its original value, remove it
+			// from the pending area to avoid thrashing the data strutures.
+			delete(s.pendingStorage, key)
 		}
 	}
 	if s.db.prefetcher != nil && prefetch && len(slotsToPrefetch) > 0 && s.data.Root != types.EmptyRootHash {
@@ -371,6 +379,11 @@ func (s *stateObject) updateTrie() (Trie, error) {
 		}
 		s.db.StorageDeleted += 1
 	}
+	// If no slots were touched, issue a warning as we shouldn't have done all
+	// the above work in the first place
+	if len(usedStorage) == 0 {
+		log.Error("State object update was noop", "addr", s.address, "slots", len(s.pendingStorage))
+	}
 	if s.db.prefetcher != nil {
 		s.db.prefetcher.used(s.addrHash, s.data.Root, usedStorage)
 	}