pebble non-sync mode

core/rawdb/database.go

@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ func NewLevelDBDatabase(file string, cache int, handles int, namespace string, r
 
 // NewPebbleDBDatabase creates a persistent key-value database without a freezer
 // moving immutable chain segments into cold storage.
-func NewPebbleDBDatabase(file string, cache int, handles int, namespace string, readonly, ephemeral bool) (ctxcdb.Database, error) {
-	db, err := pebble.New(file, cache, handles, namespace, readonly, ephemeral)
+func NewPebbleDBDatabase(file string, cache int, handles int, namespace string, readonly bool) (ctxcdb.Database, error) {
+	db, err := pebble.New(file, cache, handles, namespace, readonly)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -360,9 +360,6 @@ type OpenOptions struct {
 	Cache             int    // the capacity(in megabytes) of the data caching
 	Handles           int    // number of files to be open simultaneously
 	ReadOnly          bool
-	// Ephemeral means that filesystem sync operations should be avoided: data integrity in the face of
-	// a crash is not important. This option should typically be used in tests.
-	Ephemeral bool
 }
 
 // openKeyValueDatabase opens a disk-based key-value database, e.g. leveldb or pebble.
@@ -384,15 +381,15 @@ func openKeyValueDatabase(o OpenOptions) (ctxcdb.Database, error) {
 	}
 	if o.Type == dbPebble || existingDb == dbPebble {
 		log.Info("Using pebble as the backing database")
-		return NewPebbleDBDatabase(o.Directory, o.Cache, o.Handles, o.Namespace, o.ReadOnly, o.Ephemeral)
+		return NewPebbleDBDatabase(o.Directory, o.Cache, o.Handles, o.Namespace, o.ReadOnly)
 	}
 	if o.Type == dbLeveldb || existingDb == dbLeveldb {
 		log.Info("Using leveldb as the backing database")
 		return NewLevelDBDatabase(o.Directory, o.Cache, o.Handles, o.Namespace, o.ReadOnly)
 	}
 	// No pre-existing database, no user-requested one either. Default to Pebble.
 	log.Info("Defaulting to pebble as the backing database")
-	return NewPebbleDBDatabase(o.Directory, o.Cache, o.Handles, o.Namespace, o.ReadOnly, o.Ephemeral)
+	return NewPebbleDBDatabase(o.Directory, o.Cache, o.Handles, o.Namespace, o.ReadOnly)
 }
 
 // Open opens both a disk-based key-value database such as leveldb or pebble, but also

ctxcdb/pebble/pebble.go

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (l panicLogger) Fatalf(format string, args ...any) {
 
 // New returns a wrapped pebble DB object. The namespace is the prefix that the
 // metrics reporting should use for surfacing internal stats.
-func New(file string, cache int, handles int, namespace string, readonly bool, ephemeral bool) (*Database, error) {
+func New(file string, cache int, handles int, namespace string, readonly bool) (*Database, error) {
 	// Ensure we have some minimal caching and file guarantees
 	if cache < minCache {
 		cache = minCache
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func New(file string, cache int, handles int, namespace string, readonly bool, e
 		fn:           file,
 		log:          logger,
 		quitChan:     make(chan chan error),
-		writeOptions: &pebble.WriteOptions{Sync: !ephemeral},
+		writeOptions: &pebble.WriteOptions{Sync: false},
 	}
 	opt := &pebble.Options{
 		// Pebble has a single combined cache area and the write