core: refactor storage.Find and storage.Iterator to work with channel

Add SeekAsync methods in order to fetch matching storage items
on demand. Refactor storage.Find and storage.Iterator wrt these changes.

pkg/core/dao/dao.go

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ type DAO interface {
 	PutStorageItem(id int32, key []byte, si state.StorageItem) error
 	PutVersion(v string) error
 	Seek(id int32, prefix []byte, f func(k, v []byte))
+	SeekAsync(id int32, prefix []byte) chan storage.KeyValue
 	StoreAsBlock(block *block.Block, buf *io.BufBinWriter) error
 	StoreAsCurrentBlock(block *block.Block, buf *io.BufBinWriter) error
 	StoreAsTransaction(tx *transaction.Transaction, index uint32, buf *io.BufBinWriter) error
@@ -336,13 +337,19 @@ func (dao *Simple) GetStorageItemsWithPrefix(id int32, prefix []byte) ([]state.S
 // Seek executes f for all items with a given prefix.
 // If key is to be used outside of f, they may not be copied.
 func (dao *Simple) Seek(id int32, prefix []byte, f func(k, v []byte)) {
+	for r := range dao.SeekAsync(id, prefix) {
+		f(r.Key, r.Value)
+	}
+}
+
+// SeekAsync sends all storage items matching given prefix to a channel and returns
+// the channel. Resulting keys and values may not be copied.
+func (dao *Simple) SeekAsync(id int32, prefix []byte) chan storage.KeyValue {
 	lookupKey := makeStorageItemKey(id, nil)
 	if prefix != nil {
 		lookupKey = append(lookupKey, prefix...)
 	}
-	dao.Store.Seek(lookupKey, func(k, v []byte) {
+	return dao.Store.SeekAsync(lookupKey, true)
-		f(k[len(lookupKey):], v)
-	})
 }
 
 // makeStorageItemKey returns a key used to store StorageItem in the DB.

pkg/core/interop/storage/find.go

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package storage
 
-import "github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/vm/stackitem"
+import (
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/storage"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/util/slice"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/vm/stackitem"
+)
 
 // Storage iterator options.
 const (
@@ -18,44 +22,45 @@ const (
 
 // Iterator is an iterator state representation.
 type Iterator struct {
-	m          []stackitem.MapElement
+	seekCh chan storage.KeyValue
+	curr   storage.KeyValue
+	next   bool
 	opts   int64
-	index      int
+	prefix []byte
-	prefixSize int
 }
 
-// NewIterator creates a new Iterator with given options for a given map.
+// NewIterator creates a new Iterator with given options for a given channel of store.Seek results.
-func NewIterator(m *stackitem.Map, prefix int, opts int64) *Iterator {
+func NewIterator(seekCh chan storage.KeyValue, prefix []byte, opts int64) *Iterator {
 	return &Iterator{
-		m:          m.Value().([]stackitem.MapElement),
+		seekCh: seekCh,
 		opts:   opts,
-		index:      -1,
+		prefix: slice.Copy(prefix),
-		prefixSize: prefix,
 	}
 }
 
 // Next advances the iterator and returns true if Value can be called at the
 // current position.
 func (s *Iterator) Next() bool {
-	if s.index < len(s.m) {
+	s.curr, s.next = <-s.seekCh
-		s.index++
+	return s.next
-	}
-	return s.index < len(s.m)
 }
 
 // Value returns current iterators value (exact type depends on options this
 // iterator was created with).
 func (s *Iterator) Value() stackitem.Item {
-	key := s.m[s.index].Key.Value().([]byte)
+	if !s.next {
-	if s.opts&FindRemovePrefix != 0 {
+		panic("iterator index out of range")
-		key = key[s.prefixSize:]
+	}
+	key := s.curr.Key
+	if s.opts&FindRemovePrefix == 0 {
+		key = append(s.prefix, key...)
 	}
 	if s.opts&FindKeysOnly != 0 {
 		return stackitem.NewByteArray(key)
 	}
-	value := s.m[s.index].Value
+	value := stackitem.Item(stackitem.NewByteArray(s.curr.Value))
 	if s.opts&FindDeserialize != 0 {
-		bs := s.m[s.index].Value.Value().([]byte)
+		bs := s.curr.Value
 		var err error
 		value, err = stackitem.Deserialize(bs)
 		if err != nil {

pkg/core/interop_system.go

@@ -186,26 +186,10 @@ func storageFind(ic *interop.Context) error {
 	if opts&istorage.FindDeserialize == 0 && (opts&istorage.FindPick0 != 0 || opts&istorage.FindPick1 != 0) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: PickN is specified without Deserialize", errFindInvalidOptions)
 	}
-	siArr, err := ic.DAO.GetStorageItemsWithPrefix(stc.ID, prefix)
+	// Items in seekres should be sorted by key, but GetStorageItemsWithPrefix returns
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	arr := make([]stackitem.MapElement, 0, len(siArr))
-	for _, kv := range siArr {
-		keycopy := make([]byte, len(kv.Key)+len(prefix))
-		copy(keycopy, prefix)
-		copy(keycopy[len(prefix):], kv.Key)
-		arr = append(arr, stackitem.MapElement{
-			Key:   stackitem.NewByteArray(keycopy),
-			Value: stackitem.NewByteArray(kv.Item),
-		})
-	}
-	// Items in arr should be sorted by key, but GetStorageItemsWithPrefix returns
 	// sorted items, so no need to sort them one more time.
-
+	seekres := ic.DAO.SeekAsync(stc.ID, prefix)
-	filteredMap := stackitem.NewMapWithValue(arr)
+	item := istorage.NewIterator(seekres, prefix, opts)
-	item := istorage.NewIterator(filteredMap, len(prefix), opts)
 	ic.VM.Estack().PushItem(stackitem.NewInterop(item))
 
 	return nil

pkg/core/storage/memcached_store.go

@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ func (s *MemCachedStore) GetBatch() *MemBatch {
 
 // Seek implements the Store interface.
 func (s *MemCachedStore) Seek(key []byte, f func(k, v []byte)) {
+	seekres := s.SeekAsync(key, false)
+	for kv := range seekres {
+		f(kv.Key, kv.Value)
+	}
+}
+
+// SeekAsync returns non-buffered channel with matching KeyValue pairs. Key and
+// value slices may not be copied and may be modified. SeekAsync can guarantee
+// that key-value items are sorted by key in ascending way.
+func (s *MemCachedStore) SeekAsync(key []byte, cutPrefix bool) chan KeyValue {
 	// Create memory store `mem` and `del` snapshot not to hold the lock.
 	memRes := make([]KeyValueExists, 0)
 	sk := string(key)
@@ -158,6 +168,9 @@ func (s *MemCachedStore) Seek(key []byte, f func(k, v []byte)) {
 			var isMem = haveMem && (!havePs || (bytes.Compare(kvMem.Key, kvPs.Key) < 0))
 			if isMem {
 				if kvMem.Exists {
+					if cutPrefix {
+						kvMem.Key = kvMem.Key[len(key):]
+					}
 					seekres <- KeyValue{
 						Key:   kvMem.Key,
 						Value: kvMem.Value,
@@ -166,6 +179,9 @@ func (s *MemCachedStore) Seek(key []byte, f func(k, v []byte)) {
 				kvMem, haveMem = <-data1
 			} else {
 				if !bytes.Equal(kvMem.Key, kvPs.Key) {
+					if cutPrefix {
+						kvPs.Key = kvPs.Key[len(key):]
+					}
 					seekres <- kvPs
 				}
 				kvPs, havePs = <-data2
@@ -174,9 +190,7 @@ func (s *MemCachedStore) Seek(key []byte, f func(k, v []byte)) {
 		close(seekres)
 	}()
 
-	for r := range seekres {
+	return seekres
-		f(r.Key, r.Value)
-	}
 }
 
 // Persist flushes all the MemoryStore contents into the (supposedly) persistent