Use salted hasher instead of nonce in sigcache

Use salted hasher instead of nonce in Script Execution Cache

Don't read more than 32 bytes from GetRand

Apply g_* naming convention to scriptExecutionCache in validation.cpp

Fully apply g_* naming convention to scriptCacheHasher

Write same uint256 nonce twice for cache hash rather than calling getrand twice

Use salted hasher instead of nonce in sigcache

Use salted hasher instead of nonce in Script Execution Cache

Don't read more than 32 bytes from GetRand

Apply g_* naming convention to scriptExecutionCache in validation.cpp

Fully apply g_* naming convention to scriptCacheHasher

Write same uint256 nonce twice for cache hash rather than calling getrand twice

src/script/sigcache.cpp

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class CSignatureCache
 {
 private:
      //! Entries are SHA256(nonce || signature hash || public key || signature):
-    uint256 nonce;
+    CSHA256 m_salted_hasher;
     typedef CuckooCache::cache<uint256, SignatureCacheHasher> map_type;
     map_type setValid;
     boost::shared_mutex cs_sigcache;
@@ -31,13 +31,19 @@ private:
 public:
     CSignatureCache()
     {
-        GetRandBytes(nonce.begin(), 32);
+        uint256 nonce = GetRandHash();
+        // We want the nonce to be 64 bytes long to force the hasher to process
+        // this chunk, which makes later hash computations more efficient. We
+        // just write our 32-byte entropy twice to fill the 64 bytes.
+        m_salted_hasher.Write(nonce.begin(), 32);
+        m_salted_hasher.Write(nonce.begin(), 32);
     }
 
     void
     ComputeEntry(uint256& entry, const uint256 &hash, const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchSig, const CPubKey& pubkey)
     {
-        CSHA256().Write(nonce.begin(), 32).Write(hash.begin(), 32).Write(&pubkey[0], pubkey.size()).Write(&vchSig[0], vchSig.size()).Finalize(entry.begin());
+        CSHA256 hasher = m_salted_hasher;
+        hasher.Write(hash.begin(), 32).Write(&pubkey[0], pubkey.size()).Write(&vchSig[0], vchSig.size()).Finalize(entry.begin());
     }
 
     bool

src/validation.cpp

@@ -1481,14 +1481,21 @@ int GetSpendHeight(const CCoinsViewCache& inputs)
 }
 
 
-static CuckooCache::cache<uint256, SignatureCacheHasher> scriptExecutionCache;
+static CuckooCache::cache<uint256, SignatureCacheHasher> g_scriptExecutionCache;
-static uint256 scriptExecutionCacheNonce(GetRandHash());
+static CSHA256 g_scriptExecutionCacheHasher;
 
 void InitScriptExecutionCache() {
+    // Setup the salted hasher
+    uint256 nonce = GetRandHash();
+    // We want the nonce to be 64 bytes long to force the hasher to process
+    // this chunk, which makes later hash computations more efficient. We
+    // just write our 32-byte entropy twice to fill the 64 bytes.
+    g_scriptExecutionCacheHasher.Write(nonce.begin(), 32);
+    g_scriptExecutionCacheHasher.Write(nonce.begin(), 32);
     // nMaxCacheSize is unsigned. If -maxsigcachesize is set to zero,
     // setup_bytes creates the minimum possible cache (2 elements).
     size_t nMaxCacheSize = std::min(std::max((int64_t)0, gArgs.GetArg("-maxsigcachesize", DEFAULT_MAX_SIG_CACHE_SIZE) / 2), MAX_MAX_SIG_CACHE_SIZE) * ((size_t) 1 << 20);
-    size_t nElems = scriptExecutionCache.setup_bytes(nMaxCacheSize);
+    size_t nElems = g_scriptExecutionCache.setup_bytes(nMaxCacheSize);
     LogPrintf("Using %zu MiB out of %zu/2 requested for script execution cache, able to store %zu elements\n",
             (nElems*sizeof(uint256)) >>20, (nMaxCacheSize*2)>>20, nElems);
 }
@@ -1526,12 +1533,10 @@ bool CheckInputScripts(const CTransaction& tx, TxValidationState &state, const C
     // properly commits to the scriptPubKey in the inputs view of that
     // transaction).
     uint256 hashCacheEntry;
-    // We only use the first 19 bytes of nonce to avoid a second SHA
+    CSHA256 hasher = g_scriptExecutionCacheHasher;
-    // round - giving us 19 + 32 + 4 = 55 bytes (+ 8 + 1 = 64)
+    hasher.Write(tx.GetWitnessHash().begin(), 32).Write((unsigned char*)&flags, sizeof(flags)).Finalize(hashCacheEntry.begin());
-    static_assert(55 - sizeof(flags) - 32 >= 128/8, "Want at least 128 bits of nonce for script execution cache");
-    CSHA256().Write(scriptExecutionCacheNonce.begin(), 55 - sizeof(flags) - 32).Write(tx.GetWitnessHash().begin(), 32).Write((unsigned char*)&flags, sizeof(flags)).Finalize(hashCacheEntry.begin());
     AssertLockHeld(cs_main); //TODO: Remove this requirement by making CuckooCache not require external locks
-    if (scriptExecutionCache.contains(hashCacheEntry, !cacheFullScriptStore)) {
+    if (g_scriptExecutionCache.contains(hashCacheEntry, !cacheFullScriptStore)) {
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -1586,7 +1591,7 @@ bool CheckInputScripts(const CTransaction& tx, TxValidationState &state, const C
     if (cacheFullScriptStore && !pvChecks) {
         // We executed all of the provided scripts, and were told to
         // cache the result. Do so now.
-        scriptExecutionCache.insert(hashCacheEntry);
+        g_scriptExecutionCache.insert(hashCacheEntry);
     }
 
     return true;