Parallel hash computations #163
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This PR makes hash computations happen in parallel in a thread pool. While hashes are computed in the background, a temporary, zero-byte hash is written to the pages. The zero hashes are replaced with the actual hashes once all changes have been processed.
Status of this PR: All tests are passing, but this is a very early draft that needs a lot of cleanup and refactoring.
TODO
DeferredChangesstruct insideContext.slotted_page.set_value(...); deferred.set_value(...)becomes 1 call.DeferredRlpNodehas replacedRlpNodealmost everywhere. In practice,DeferredRlpNodeis only needed when writing values, but when reading,RlpNodeis enough, and has a lower overhead.Pointershould become a genericPointer<R>so that bothRlpNodeandDeferredRlpNodecan be used as appropriate.'lazy_static.