Support purely single threaded execution

core/state/statedb.go

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie/triestate"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie/utils"
 	"github.com/holiman/uint256"
-	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
 // TriesInMemory represents the number of layers that are kept in RAM.
@@ -851,9 +850,9 @@ func (s *StateDB) IntermediateRoot(deleteEmptyObjects bool) common.Hash {
 	// method will internally call a blocking trie fetch from the prefetcher,
 	// so there's no need to explicitly wait for the prefetchers to finish.
 	var (
-		start   = time.Now()
-		workers errgroup.Group
+		start = time.Now()
 	)
+	workers := newWorkerGroup()
 	if s.db.TrieDB().IsVerkle() {
 		// Whilst MPT storage tries are independent, Verkle has one single trie
 		// for all the accounts and all the storage slots merged together. The
@@ -1225,10 +1224,10 @@ func (s *StateDB) commit(deleteEmptyObjects bool) (*stateUpdate, error) {
 	// off some milliseconds from the commit operation. Also accumulate the code
 	// writes to run in parallel with the computations.
 	var (
-		start   = time.Now()
-		root    common.Hash
-		workers errgroup.Group
+		start = time.Now()
+		root  common.Hash
 	)
+	workers := newWorkerGroup()
 	// Schedule the account trie first since that will be the biggest, so give
 	// it the most time to crunch.
 	//

core/state/workers.go

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package state
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"runtime"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+)
+
+type workerGroup interface {
+	Go(func() error)
+	SetLimit(int)
+	Wait() error
+}
+
+func newWorkerGroup() workerGroup {
+	if runtime.NumCPU() == 1 {
+		return &inlineWorkerGroup{}
+	} else {
+		var grp errgroup.Group
+		return &grp
+	}
+}
+
+type inlineWorkerGroup struct {
+	err error
+}
+
+func (i *inlineWorkerGroup) Go(action func() error) {
+	i.err = errors.Join(i.err, action())
+}
+
+func (i *inlineWorkerGroup) SetLimit(_ int) {
+}
+
+func (i *inlineWorkerGroup) Wait() error {
+	return i.err
+}

fork.yaml

@@ -218,6 +218,13 @@ def:
         See upstream Geth PR 28940, and op-geth PR 368 for details.
       globs:
         - "triedb/pathdb/journal.go"
+    - title: "Single threaded execution"
+      description: |
+        The cannon fault proofs virtual machine does not support the creation of threads. To ensure compatibility, 
+        thread creation is avoided when only a single CPU is available.
+      globs:
+        - "core/state/workers.go"
+        - "trie/hasher.go"
     - title: "User API enhancements"
       description: "Encode the Deposit Tx properties, the L1 costs, and daisy-chain RPC-calls for pre-Bedrock historical data"
       sub:

trie/hasher.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package trie
 
 import (
+	"runtime"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ var hasherPool = sync.Pool{
 
 func newHasher(parallel bool) *hasher {
 	h := hasherPool.Get().(*hasher)
-	h.parallel = parallel
+	h.parallel = parallel && runtime.NumCPU() > 1
 	return h
 }