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    • Aaro Altonen's avatar
      Integrate litep2p into Polkadot SDK (#2944) · 80616f6d
      Aaro Altonen authored 
      [litep2p](https://github.com/altonen/litep2p) is a libp2p-compatible P2P
networking library. It supports all of the features of `rust-libp2p`
that are currently being utilized by Polkadot SDK.

Compared to `rust-libp2p`, `litep2p` has a quite different architecture
which is why the new `litep2p` network backend is only able to use a
little of the existing code in `sc-network`. The design has been mainly
influenced by how we'd wish to structure our networking-related code in
Polkadot SDK: independent higher-levels protocols directly communicating
with the network over links that support bidirectional backpressure. A
good example would be `NotificationHandle`/`RequestResponseHandle`
abstractions which allow, e.g., `SyncingEngine` to directly communicate
with peers to announce/request blocks.

I've tried running `polkadot --network-backend litep2p` with a few
different peer configurations and there is a noticeable reduction in
networking CPU usage. For high load (`--out-peers 200`), networking CPU
usage goes down from ~110% to ~30% (80 pp) and for normal load
(`--out-peers 40`), the usage goes down from ~55% to ~18% (37 pp).

These should not be taken as final numbers because:

a) there are still some low-hanging optimization fruits, such as
enabling [receive window
auto-tuning](https://github.com/libp2p/rust-yamux/pull/176

), integrating
`Peerset` more closely with `litep2p` or improving memory usage of the
WebSocket transport
b) fixing bugs/instabilities that incorrectly cause `litep2p` to do less
work will increase the networking CPU usage
c) verification in a more diverse set of tests/conditions is needed

Nevertheless, these numbers should give an early estimate for CPU usage
of the new networking backend.

This PR consists of three separate changes:
* introduce a generic `PeerId` (wrapper around `Multihash`) so that we
don't have use `NetworkService::PeerId` in every part of the code that
uses a `PeerId`
* introduce `NetworkBackend` trait, implement it for the libp2p network
stack and make Polkadot SDK generic over `NetworkBackend`
  * implement `NetworkBackend` for litep2p

The new library should be considered experimental which is why
`rust-libp2p` will remain as the default option for the time being. This
PR currently depends on the master branch of `litep2p` but I'll cut a
new release for the library once all review comments have been
addresses.

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Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexandru Vasile <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: default avatarDmitry Markin <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: default avatarAlexandru Vasile <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: default avatarAlexandru Vasile <[email protected]>
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    • Oliver Tale-Yazdi's avatar
      [FRAME] Runtime Omni Bencher (#3512) · 9543d314
      Oliver Tale-Yazdi authored 
      This MR contains two major changes and some maintenance cleanup.  

## 1. Free Standing Pallet Benchmark Runner

Closes https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/3045, depends
on your runtime exposing the `GenesisBuilderApi` (like
https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/1492).

Introduces a new binary crate: `frame-omni-bencher`.  
It allows to directly benchmark a WASM blob - without needing a node or
chain spec.

This makes it much easier to generate pallet weights and should allow us
to remove bloaty code from the node.
It should work for all FRAME runtimes that dont use 3rd party host calls
or non `BlakeTwo256` block hashing (basically all polkadot parachains
should work).

It is 100% backwards compatible with the old CLI args, when the `v1`
compatibility command is used. This is done to allow for forwards
compatible addition of new commands.

### Example (full example in the Rust docs)

Installing the CLI:
```sh
cargo install --locked --path substrate/utils/frame/omni-bencher
frame-omni-bencher --help
```

Building the Westend runtime:
```sh
cargo build -p westend-runtime --release --features runtime-benchmarks
```

Benchmarking the runtime:
```sh
frame-omni-bencher v1 benchmark pallet --runtime target/release/wbuild/westend-runtime/westend_runtime.compact.compressed.wasm --all
```

## 2. Building the Benchmark Genesis State in the Runtime

Closes https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/2664

This adds `--runtime` and `--genesis-builder=none|runtime|spec`
arguments to the `benchmark pallet` command to make it possible to
generate the genesis storage by the runtime. This can be used with both
the node and the freestanding benchmark runners. It utilizes the new
`GenesisBuilder` RA and depends on having
https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/3412

 deployed.

## 3. Simpler args for `PalletCmd::run`

You can do three things here to integrate the changes into your node:
- nothing: old code keeps working as before but emits a deprecated
warning
- delete: remove the pallet benchmarking code from your node and use the
omni-bencher instead
- patch: apply the patch below and keep using as currently. This emits a
deprecated warning at runtime, since it uses the old way to generate a
genesis state, but is the smallest change.

```patch
runner.sync_run(|config| cmd
-    .run::<HashingFor<Block>, ReclaimHostFunctions>(config)
+    .run_with_spec::<HashingFor<Block>, ReclaimHostFunctions>(Some(config.chain_spec))
)
```

## 4. Maintenance Change
- `pallet-nis` get a `BenchmarkSetup` config item to prepare its
counterparty asset.
- Add percent progress print when running benchmarks.
- Dont immediately exit on benchmark error but try to run as many as
possible and print errors last.

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Signed-off-by: default avatarOliver Tale-Yazdi <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: default avatarLiam Aharon <[email protected]>
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    • georgepisaltu's avatar
      Revert "FRAME: Create `TransactionExtension` as a replacement for... · bbd51ce8
      georgepisaltu authored 
      Revert "FRAME: Create `TransactionExtension` as a replacement for `SignedExtension` (#2280)" (#3665)

This PR reverts #2280 which introduced `TransactionExtension` to replace
`SignedExtension`.

As a result of the discussion
[here](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/3623#issuecomment-1986789700

),
the changes will be reverted for now with plans to reintroduce the
concept in the future.

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Signed-off-by: default avatargeorgepisaltu <[email protected]>
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    • gupnik's avatar
      Construct Runtime v2 (#1378) · 82f3c3e2
      gupnik authored 
      Moved from https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/pull/14788

----

Fixes https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/232

This PR introduces outer-macro approach for `construct_runtime` as
discussed in the linked issue. It looks like the following:
```rust
#[frame_support::runtime]
mod runtime {
	#[runtime::runtime]
        #[runtime::derive(
		RuntimeCall,
		RuntimeEvent,
		RuntimeError,
		RuntimeOrigin,
		RuntimeFreezeReason,
		RuntimeHoldReason,
		RuntimeSlashReason,
		RuntimeLockId,
                RuntimeTask,
	)]
	pub struct Runtime;

	#[runtime::pallet_index(0)]
	pub type System = frame_system;

	#[runtime::pallet_index(1)]
	pub type Timestamp = pallet_timestamp;

	#[runtime::pallet_index(2)]
	pub type Aura = pallet_aura;

	#[runtime::pallet_index(3)]
	pub type Grandpa = pallet_grandpa;

	#[runtime::pallet_index(4)]
	pub type Balances = pallet_balances;

	#[runtime::pallet_index(5)]
	pub type TransactionPayment = pallet_transaction_payment;

	#[runtime::pallet_index(6)]
	pub type Sudo = pallet_sudo;

	// Include the custom logic from the pallet-template in the runtime.
	#[runtime::pallet_index(7)]
	pub type TemplateModule = pallet_template;
}
```

## Features
- `#[runtime::runtime]` attached to a struct defines the main runtime
- `#[runtime::derive]` attached to this struct defines the types
generated by runtime
- `#[runtime::pallet_index]` must be attached to a pallet to define its
index
- `#[runtime::disable_call]` can be optionally attached to a pallet to
disable its calls
- `#[runtime::disable_unsigned]` can be optionally attached to a pallet
to disable unsigned calls
- A pallet instance can be defined as `TemplateModule:
pallet_template<Instance>`
- An optional attribute can be defined as
`#[frame_support::runtime(legacy_ordering)]` to ensure that the order of
hooks is same as the order of pallets (and not based on the
pallet_index). This is to support legacy runtimes and should be avoided
for new ones.

## Todo
- [x] Update the latest syntax in kitchensink and tests
- [x] Update UI tests
- [x] Docs

## Extension
- Abstract away the Executive similar to
https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/pull/14742


- Optionally avoid the need to specify all runtime types (TBD)

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Co-authored-by: default avatarFrancisco Aguirre <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Nikhil Gupta <>
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  25. Mar 05, 2024
    • Kian Paimani's avatar
      Repot all templates into a single directory (#3460) · 4c810609
      Kian Paimani authored 
      The first step towards
https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/3155

Brings all templates under the following structure

```
templates
|   parachain
|   |   polkadot-launch
|   |   runtime              --> parachain-template-runtime
|   |   pallets              --> pallet-parachain-template
|   |   node                 --> parachain-template-node
|   minimal
|   |   runtime              --> minimal-template-runtime
|   |   pallets              --> pallet-minimal-template
|   |   node                 --> minimal-template-node
|   solochain
|   |   runtime              --> solochain-template-runtime
|   |   pallets              --> pallet-template (the naming is not consistent here)
|   |   node                 --> solochain-template-node
```

The only note-worthy changes in this PR are: 

- More `Cargo.toml` fields are forwarded to use the one from the
workspace.
- parachain template now has weights and benchmarks
- adds a shell pallet to the minimal template
- remove a few unused deps 


A list of possible follow-ups: 

- [ ] Unify READMEs, create a parent README for all
- [ ] remove references to `docs.substrate.io` in templates
- [ ] make all templates use `#[derive_impl]`
- [ ] update and unify all licenses
- [ ] Remove polkadot launch, use
https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/blob/35349df993ea2e7c4769914ef5d199e787b23d4c/cumulus/zombienet/examples/small_network.toml
instead.
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