Reduce lock contention on transaction pool when building a block (#7180)

* Avoid keeping txpool lock during block creation

Signed-off-by: Fabio Di Fabio <fabio.difabio@consensys.net>

* Update CHANGELOG

Signed-off-by: Fabio Di Fabio <fabio.difabio@consensys.net>

* Remove unneeded synchronized

Signed-off-by: Fabio Di Fabio <fabio.difabio@consensys.net>

---------

Signed-off-by: Fabio Di Fabio <fabio.difabio@consensys.net>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 - Enable continuous profiling with default setting [#7006](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7006)
 - A full and up to date implementation of EOF for Prague [#7169](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7169) 
 - Add Subnet-Based Peer Permissions.  [#7168](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7168)
+- Reduce lock contention on transaction pool when building a block [#7180](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7180)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 - Make `eth_gasPrice` aware of the base fee market [#7102](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7102)

ethereum/blockcreation/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/blockcreation/txselection/BlockTransactionSelector.java

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public class BlockTransactionSelector {
   public TransactionSelectionResults buildTransactionListForBlock() {
     LOG.atDebug()
         .setMessage("Transaction pool stats {}")
-        .addArgument(blockSelectionContext.transactionPool().logStats())
+        .addArgument(blockSelectionContext.transactionPool()::logStats)
         .log();
     timeLimitedSelection();
     LOG.atTrace()

ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/bonsai/AbstractIsolationTests.java

@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractIsolationTests {
               txPoolMetrics,
               transactionReplacementTester,
               new BlobCache(),
-              MiningParameters.newDefault()));
+              MiningParameters.newDefault()),
+          ethScheduler);
 
   protected final List<GenesisAccount> accounts =
       GenesisConfigFile.fromResource("/dev.json")

ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/TransactionPoolFactory.java

@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ public class TransactionPoolFactory {
               miningParameters);
     }
 
-    return new LayeredPendingTransactions(transactionPoolConfiguration, pendingTransactionsSorter);
+    return new LayeredPendingTransactions(
+        transactionPoolConfiguration, pendingTransactionsSorter, ethScheduler);
   }
 }

ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/layered/AbstractPrioritizedTransactions.java

@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionAddedResult;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionPoolConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionPoolMetrics;
 
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.NavigableMap;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 /**
  * Holds the current set of executable pending transactions, that are candidate for inclusion on
@@ -167,9 +167,25 @@ public abstract class AbstractPrioritizedTransactions extends AbstractSequential
     return remainingPromotionsPerType;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the full content of this layer, organized as a list of sender pending txs. For each
+   * sender the collection pending txs is ordered by nonce asc.
+   *
+   * <p>Returned sender list order detail: first the sender of the most profitable tx.
+   *
+   * @return a list of sender pending txs
+   */
   @Override
-  public Stream<PendingTransaction> stream() {
+  public List<SenderPendingTransactions> getBySender() {
-    return orderByFee.descendingSet().stream();
+    final var sendersToAdd = new HashSet<>(txsBySender.keySet());
+    return orderByFee.descendingSet().stream()
+        .map(PendingTransaction::getSender)
+        .filter(sendersToAdd::remove)
+        .map(
+            sender ->
+                new SenderPendingTransactions(
+                    sender, List.copyOf(txsBySender.get(sender).values())))
+        .toList();
   }
 
   @Override

ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/layered/AbstractTransactionsLayer.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.layered;
 
+import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableList;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionAddedResult.ADDED;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionAddedResult.ALREADY_KNOWN;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionAddedResult.REJECTED_UNDERPRICED_REPLACEMENT;
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 import java.util.function.BinaryOperator;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractTransactionsLayer implements TransactionsLayer {
         || nextLayer.contains(transaction);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the full content of this layer, organized as a list of sender pending txs. For each
+   * sender the collection pending txs is ordered by nonce asc.
+   *
+   * @return a list of sender pending txs
+   */
+  public abstract List<SenderPendingTransactions> getBySender();
+
   @Override
   public List<PendingTransaction> getAll() {
     final List<PendingTransaction> allNextLayers = nextLayer.getAll();
@@ -548,17 +556,17 @@ public abstract class AbstractTransactionsLayer implements TransactionsLayer {
     return priorityTxs;
   }
 
-  Stream<PendingTransaction> stream(final Address sender) {
-    return txsBySender.getOrDefault(sender, EMPTY_SENDER_TXS).values().stream();
-  }
-
   @Override
-  public List<PendingTransaction> getAllFor(final Address sender) {
+  public synchronized List<PendingTransaction> getAllFor(final Address sender) {
-    return Stream.concat(stream(sender), nextLayer.getAllFor(sender).stream()).toList();
+    final var fromNextLayers = nextLayer.getAllFor(sender);
+    final var fromThisLayer = txsBySender.getOrDefault(sender, EMPTY_SENDER_TXS).values();
+    final var concatLayers =
+        new ArrayList<PendingTransaction>(fromThisLayer.size() + fromNextLayers.size());
+    concatLayers.addAll(fromThisLayer);
+    concatLayers.addAll(fromNextLayers);
+    return unmodifiableList(concatLayers);
   }
 
-  abstract Stream<PendingTransaction> stream();
-
   @Override
   public int count() {
     return pendingTransactions.size() + nextLayer.count();

ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/layered/LayeredPendingTransactions.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Address;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Hash;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.BlockHeader;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.Transaction;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.manager.EthScheduler;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.PendingTransaction;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.PendingTransactionAddedListener;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.PendingTransactionDroppedListener;
@@ -41,13 +42,10 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.data.TransactionSelectionResult;
 
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.OptionalLong;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.stream.Collector;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -63,12 +61,15 @@ public class LayeredPendingTransactions implements PendingTransactions {
   private static final Marker INVALID_TX_REMOVED = MarkerFactory.getMarker("INVALID_TX_REMOVED");
   private final TransactionPoolConfiguration poolConfig;
   private final AbstractPrioritizedTransactions prioritizedTransactions;
+  private final EthScheduler ethScheduler;
 
   public LayeredPendingTransactions(
       final TransactionPoolConfiguration poolConfig,
-      final AbstractPrioritizedTransactions prioritizedTransactions) {
+      final AbstractPrioritizedTransactions prioritizedTransactions,
+      final EthScheduler ethScheduler) {
     this.poolConfig = poolConfig;
     this.prioritizedTransactions = prioritizedTransactions;
+    this.ethScheduler = ethScheduler;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -311,79 +312,57 @@ public class LayeredPendingTransactions implements PendingTransactions {
   }
 
   @Override
-  // There's a small edge case here we could encounter.
+  public void selectTransactions(final PendingTransactions.TransactionSelector selector) {
-  // When we pass an upgrade block that has a new transaction type, we start allowing transactions
-  // of that new type into our pool.
-  // If we then reorg to a block lower than the upgrade block height _and_ we create a block, that
-  // block could end up with transactions of the new type.
-  // This seems like it would be very rare but worth it to document that we don't handle that case
-  // right now.
-  public synchronized void selectTransactions(
-      final PendingTransactions.TransactionSelector selector) {
     final List<PendingTransaction> invalidTransactions = new ArrayList<>();
-    final Set<Hash> alreadyChecked = new HashSet<>();
+
-    final Set<Address> skipSenders = new HashSet<>();
+    final List<SenderPendingTransactions> candidateTxsBySender;
-    final AtomicBoolean completed = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+    synchronized (this) {
-
+      // since selecting transactions for block creation is a potential long operation
-    prioritizedTransactions.stream()
+      // we want to avoid to keep the lock for all the process, but we just lock to get
-        .takeWhile(unused -> !completed.get())
+      // the candidate transactions
-        .filter(highPrioPendingTx -> !skipSenders.contains(highPrioPendingTx.getSender()))
+      candidateTxsBySender = prioritizedTransactions.getBySender();
-        .peek(this::logSenderTxs)
+    }
-        .forEach(
+
-            highPrioPendingTx ->
+    selection:
-                prioritizedTransactions.stream(highPrioPendingTx.getSender())
+    for (final var senderTxs : candidateTxsBySender) {
-                    .takeWhile(
+      LOG.trace("highPrioSenderTxs {}", senderTxs);
-                        candidatePendingTx ->
+
-                            !skipSenders.contains(candidatePendingTx.getSender())
+      for (final var candidatePendingTx : senderTxs.pendingTransactions()) {
-                                && !completed.get())
+        final var selectionResult = selector.evaluateTransaction(candidatePendingTx);
-                    .filter(
-                        candidatePendingTx ->
-                            !alreadyChecked.contains(candidatePendingTx.getHash())
-                                && Long.compareUnsigned(
-                                        candidatePendingTx.getNonce(), highPrioPendingTx.getNonce())
-                                    <= 0)
-                    .forEach(
-                        candidatePendingTx -> {
-                          alreadyChecked.add(candidatePendingTx.getHash());
-                          final var res = selector.evaluateTransaction(candidatePendingTx);
 
         LOG.atTrace()
             .setMessage("Selection result {} for transaction {}")
-                              .addArgument(res)
+            .addArgument(selectionResult)
             .addArgument(candidatePendingTx::toTraceLog)
             .log();
 
-                          if (res.discard()) {
+        if (selectionResult.discard()) {
           invalidTransactions.add(candidatePendingTx);
-                            logDiscardedTransaction(candidatePendingTx, res);
+          logDiscardedTransaction(candidatePendingTx, selectionResult);
         }
 
-                          if (res.stop()) {
+        if (selectionResult.stop()) {
-                            completed.set(true);
+          LOG.trace("Stopping selection");
+          break selection;
         }
 
-                          if (!res.selected()) {
+        if (!selectionResult.selected()) {
           // avoid processing other txs from this sender if this one is skipped
           // since the following will not be selected due to the nonce gap
-                            skipSenders.add(candidatePendingTx.getSender());
+          LOG.trace("Skipping remaining txs for sender {}", candidatePendingTx.getSender());
-                            LOG.trace("Skipping tx from sender {}", candidatePendingTx.getSender());
+          break;
+        }
       }
-                        }));
-
-    invalidTransactions.forEach(
-        invalidTx -> prioritizedTransactions.remove(invalidTx, INVALIDATED));
     }
 
-  private void logSenderTxs(final PendingTransaction highPrioPendingTx) {
+    ethScheduler.scheduleTxWorkerTask(
-    LOG.atTrace()
-        .setMessage("highPrioPendingTx {}, senderTxs {}")
-        .addArgument(highPrioPendingTx::toTraceLog)
-        .addArgument(
         () ->
-                prioritizedTransactions.stream(highPrioPendingTx.getSender())
+            invalidTransactions.forEach(
-                    .map(PendingTransaction::toTraceLog)
+                invalidTx -> {
-                    .collect(Collectors.joining(", ")))
+                  synchronized (this) {
-        .log();
+                    prioritizedTransactions.remove(invalidTx, INVALIDATED);
+                  }
+                }));
   }
 
   @Override

ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/layered/ReadyTransactions.java

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import java.util.TreeSet;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 public class ReadyTransactions extends AbstractSequentialTransactionsLayer {
 
@@ -137,11 +136,24 @@ public class ReadyTransactions extends AbstractSequentialTransactionsLayer {
     return true;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the full content of this layer, organized as a list of sender pending txs. For each
+   * sender the collection pending txs is ordered by nonce asc.
+   *
+   * <p>Returned sender list order detail: first the sender of the tx with the highest max gas
+   * price.
+   *
+   * @return a list of sender pending txs
+   */
   @Override
-  public Stream<PendingTransaction> stream() {
+  public List<SenderPendingTransactions> getBySender() {
     return orderByMaxFee.descendingSet().stream()
         .map(PendingTransaction::getSender)
-        .flatMap(sender -> txsBySender.get(sender).values().stream());
+        .map(
+            sender ->
+                new SenderPendingTransactions(
+                    sender, List.copyOf(txsBySender.get(sender).values())))
+        .toList();
   }
 
   @Override

ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/layered/SenderPendingTransactions.java

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright contributors to Hyperledger Besu.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
+ * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.layered;
+
+import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Address;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.PendingTransaction;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+/**
+ * A list of pending transactions of a specific sender, ordered by nonce asc
+ *
+ * @param sender the sender
+ * @param pendingTransactions the list of pending transactions order by nonce asc
+ */
+public record SenderPendingTransactions(
+    Address sender, List<PendingTransaction> pendingTransactions) {
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return "Sender "
+        + sender
+        + " has "
+        + pendingTransactions.size()
+        + " pending transactions "
+        + pendingTransactions.stream()
+            .map(PendingTransaction::toTraceLog)
+            .collect(Collectors.joining(",", "[", "]"));
+  }
+}

ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/layered/SparseTransactions.java

@@ -44,15 +44,19 @@ import java.util.TreeSet;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 
 public class SparseTransactions extends AbstractTransactionsLayer {
+  /**
+   * Order sparse tx by priority flag and sequence asc, so that we pick for eviction txs that have
+   * no priority and with the lowest sequence number (oldest) first.
+   */
   private final NavigableSet<PendingTransaction> sparseEvictionOrder =
       new TreeSet<>(
           Comparator.comparing(PendingTransaction::hasPriority)
               .thenComparing(PendingTransaction::getSequence));
+
   private final Map<Address, Integer> gapBySender = new HashMap<>();
   private final List<SendersByPriority> orderByGap;
 
@@ -220,7 +224,8 @@ public class SparseTransactions extends AbstractTransactionsLayer {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void remove(final PendingTransaction invalidatedTx, final RemovalReason reason) {
+  public synchronized void remove(
+      final PendingTransaction invalidatedTx, final RemovalReason reason) {
 
     final var senderTxs = txsBySender.get(invalidatedTx.getSender());
     if (senderTxs != null && senderTxs.containsKey(invalidatedTx.getNonce())) {
@@ -312,9 +317,27 @@ public class SparseTransactions extends AbstractTransactionsLayer {
     return false;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the full content of this layer, organized as a list of sender pending txs. For each
+   * sender the collection pending txs is ordered by nonce asc.
+   *
+   * <p>Returned sender list order detail: first the sender of the tx that will be evicted as last.
+   * So for example if the same sender has the first and the last txs in the eviction order, it will
+   * be the first in the returned list, since we give precedence to tx that will be evicted later.
+   *
+   * @return a list of sender pending txs
+   */
   @Override
-  public Stream<PendingTransaction> stream() {
+  public List<SenderPendingTransactions> getBySender() {
-    return sparseEvictionOrder.descendingSet().stream();
+    final var sendersToAdd = new HashSet<>(txsBySender.keySet());
+    return sparseEvictionOrder.descendingSet().stream()
+        .map(PendingTransaction::getSender)
+        .filter(sendersToAdd::remove)
+        .map(
+            sender ->
+                new SenderPendingTransactions(
+                    sender, List.copyOf(txsBySender.get(sender).values())))
+        .toList();
   }
 
   @Override

ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/layered/TransactionsLayer.java

@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ public interface TransactionsLayer {
 
   boolean contains(Transaction transaction);
 
-  List<PendingTransaction> getAll();
-
   TransactionAddedResult add(PendingTransaction pendingTransaction, int gap);
 
   void remove(PendingTransaction pendingTransaction, RemovalReason reason);
@@ -52,6 +50,10 @@ public interface TransactionsLayer {
       BlockHeader blockHeader,
       final Map<Address, Long> maxConfirmedNonceBySender);
 
+  List<PendingTransaction> getAll();
+
+  List<PendingTransaction> getAllFor(Address sender);
+
   List<Transaction> getAllLocal();
 
   List<Transaction> getAllPriority();
@@ -93,8 +95,6 @@ public interface TransactionsLayer {
 
   String logSender(Address sender);
 
-  List<PendingTransaction> getAllFor(Address sender);
-
   enum RemovalReason {
     CONFIRMED,
     CROSS_LAYER_REPLACED,

ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/layered/AbstractLayeredTransactionPoolTest.java

@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractLayeredTransactionPoolTest extends AbstractTransac
     return new LayeredPendingTransactions(
         poolConfig,
         createPrioritizedTransactions(
-            poolConfig, readyLayer, txPoolMetrics, transactionReplacementTester));
+            poolConfig, readyLayer, txPoolMetrics, transactionReplacementTester),
+        ethScheduler);
   }
 
   protected abstract AbstractPrioritizedTransactions createPrioritizedTransactions(

ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/layered/LayeredPendingTransactionsTest.java

@@ -170,14 +170,16 @@ public class LayeredPendingTransactionsTest extends BaseTransactionPoolTest {
     senderLimitedLayers = createLayers(senderLimitedConfig);
     smallLayers = createLayers(smallPoolConfig);
 
-    pendingTransactions = new LayeredPendingTransactions(poolConf, layers.prioritizedTransactions);
+    pendingTransactions =
+        new LayeredPendingTransactions(poolConf, layers.prioritizedTransactions, ethScheduler);
 
     senderLimitedTransactions =
         new LayeredPendingTransactions(
-            senderLimitedConfig, senderLimitedLayers.prioritizedTransactions);
+            senderLimitedConfig, senderLimitedLayers.prioritizedTransactions, ethScheduler);
 
     smallPendingTransactions =
-        new LayeredPendingTransactions(smallPoolConfig, smallLayers.prioritizedTransactions);
+        new LayeredPendingTransactions(
+            smallPoolConfig, smallLayers.prioritizedTransactions, ethScheduler);
   }
 
   @Test

ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/layered/LayersTest.java

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public class LayersTest extends BaseTransactionPoolTest {
             MiningParameters.newDefault().setMinTransactionGasPrice(MIN_GAS_PRICE));
 
     final LayeredPendingTransactions pendingTransactions =
-        new LayeredPendingTransactions(poolConfig, prioritizedTransactions);
+        new LayeredPendingTransactions(poolConfig, prioritizedTransactions, ethScheduler);
 
     scenario.execute(
         pendingTransactions,
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ public class LayersTest extends BaseTransactionPoolTest {
         Arguments.of(
             new Scenario("fill sparse 2")
                 .addForSender(S1, 5, 3, 2)
-                .expectedSparseForSender(S1, 5, 3, 2)),
+                .expectedSparseForSender(S1, 2, 3, 5)),
         Arguments.of(
             new Scenario("overflow sparse 1")
                 .addForSender(S1, 1, 2, 3, 4)
@@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ public class LayersTest extends BaseTransactionPoolTest {
         Arguments.of(
             new Scenario("overflow sparse 2")
                 .addForSender(S1, 4, 2, 3, 1)
-                .expectedSparseForSender(S1, 2, 3, 1)
+                .expectedSparseForSender(S1, 1, 2, 3)
                 .expectedDroppedForSender(S1, 4)),
         Arguments.of(
             new Scenario("overflow sparse 3")
                 .addForSender(S1, 0, 4, 2, 3, 5)
                 .expectedPrioritizedForSender(S1, 0)
-                .expectedSparseForSender(S1, 4, 2, 3)
+                .expectedSparseForSender(S1, 2, 3, 4)
                 .expectedDroppedForSender(S1, 5)));
   }
 
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ public class LayersTest extends BaseTransactionPoolTest {
         Arguments.of(
             new Scenario("add first sparse")
                 .addForSenders(S1, 1, S2, 2)
-                .expectedSparseForSenders(S1, 1, S2, 2)),
+                .expectedSparseForSenders(S2, 2, S1, 1)),
         Arguments.of(
             new Scenario("fill prioritized 1")
                 .addForSender(S1, 0, 1, 2)
@@ -357,11 +357,11 @@ public class LayersTest extends BaseTransactionPoolTest {
                 .addForSenders(S1, 2, S2, 1)
                 .expectedPrioritizedForSenders()
                 .expectedReadyForSenders()
-                .expectedSparseForSenders(S1, 2, S2, 1)
+                .expectedSparseForSenders(S2, 1, S1, 2)
                 .addForSenders(S2, 2, S1, 0)
                 .expectedPrioritizedForSender(S1, 0)
                 .expectedReadyForSenders()
-                .expectedSparseForSenders(S1, 2, S2, 1, S2, 2)
+                .expectedSparseForSenders(S2, 1, S2, 2, S1, 2)
                 .addForSenders(S1, 1)
                 .expectedPrioritizedForSenders(S1, 0, S1, 1, S1, 2)
                 .expectedReadyForSenders()
@@ -431,15 +431,15 @@ public class LayersTest extends BaseTransactionPoolTest {
                 .addForSenders(S2, 0, S3, 2, S1, 1)
                 .expectedPrioritizedForSender(S2, 0)
                 .expectedReadyForSenders()
-                .expectedSparseForSenders(S3, 2, S1, 1)
+                .expectedSparseForSenders(S1, 1, S3, 2)
                 .addForSenders(S2, 1)
                 .expectedPrioritizedForSenders(S2, 0, S2, 1)
                 .expectedReadyForSenders()
-                .expectedSparseForSenders(S3, 2, S1, 1)
+                .expectedSparseForSenders(S1, 1, S3, 2)
                 .addForSenders(S3, 0)
                 .expectedPrioritizedForSenders(S3, 0, S2, 0, S2, 1)
                 .expectedReadyForSenders()
-                .expectedSparseForSenders(S3, 2, S1, 1)
+                .expectedSparseForSenders(S1, 1, S3, 2)
                 .addForSenders(S1, 0)
                 .expectedPrioritizedForSenders(S3, 0, S2, 0, S2, 1)
                 .expectedReadyForSenders(S1, 0, S1, 1)
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ public class LayersTest extends BaseTransactionPoolTest {
                 .addForSenders(S4, 0, S4, 1, S3, 3)
                 .expectedPrioritizedForSenders(S4, 0, S4, 1, S3, 0)
                 .expectedReadyForSenders(S3, 1, S2, 0, S2, 1)
-                .expectedSparseForSenders(S3, 2, S1, 1, S1, 0)
+                .expectedSparseForSenders(S1, 0, S1, 1, S3, 2)
                 // ToDo: non optimal discard, worth to improve?
                 .expectedDroppedForSender(S3, 3)),
         Arguments.of(
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ public class LayersTest extends BaseTransactionPoolTest {
         Arguments.of(
             new Scenario("out of order sequence with gap 1")
                 .addForSender(S1, 2, 1)
-                .expectedSparseForSender(S1, 2, 1)
+                .expectedSparseForSender(S1, 1, 2)
                 .expectedNextNonceForSenders(S1, null)),
         Arguments.of(
             new Scenario("out of order sequence with gap 2")
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ public class LayersTest extends BaseTransactionPoolTest {
         Arguments.of(
             new Scenario("out of order sequence with gap 1")
                 .addForSender(S1, 2, 1)
-                .expectedSparseForSender(S1, 2, 1)
+                .expectedSparseForSender(S1, 1, 2)
                 .expectedSelectedTransactions()),
         Arguments.of(
             new Scenario("out of order sequence with gap 2")
@@ -1073,8 +1073,7 @@ public class LayersTest extends BaseTransactionPoolTest {
                 .setAccountNonce(S1, 5)
                 .addForSender(S1, 7)
                 .expectedPrioritizedForSenders()
-                // remember that sparse are checked by oldest first
+                .expectedSparseForSender(S1, 7, 8, 9)));
-                .expectedSparseForSender(S1, 8, 9, 7)));
   }
 
   static Stream<Arguments> providerPrioritySenders() {
@@ -1195,7 +1194,7 @@ public class LayersTest extends BaseTransactionPoolTest {
                 .addForSender(S3, 0)
                 .expectedSparseForSender(S3, 0)
                 .addForSender(SP1, 0)
-                .expectedSparseForSenders(S3, 0, SP1, 0)
+                .expectedSparseForSenders(SP1, 0, S3, 0)
                 .confirmedForSenders(SP2, 0)
                 .expectedPrioritizedForSender(SP2, 1, 2, 3)
                 .expectedReadyForSenders(SP2, 4, SP2, 5, SP1, 0)
@@ -1510,23 +1509,26 @@ public class LayersTest extends BaseTransactionPoolTest {
 
     private void assertExpectedPrioritized(
         final AbstractPrioritizedTransactions prioLayer, final List<PendingTransaction> expected) {
-      assertThat(prioLayer.stream()).describedAs("Prioritized").containsExactlyElementsOf(expected);
+      assertThat(prioLayer.getBySender())
+          .describedAs("Prioritized")
+          .flatExtracting(SenderPendingTransactions::pendingTransactions)
+          .containsExactlyElementsOf(expected);
     }
 
     private void assertExpectedReady(
         final ReadyTransactions readyLayer, final List<PendingTransaction> expected) {
-      assertThat(readyLayer.stream()).describedAs("Ready").containsExactlyElementsOf(expected);
+      assertThat(readyLayer.getBySender())
+          .describedAs("Ready")
+          .flatExtracting(SenderPendingTransactions::pendingTransactions)
+          .containsExactlyElementsOf(expected);
     }
 
     private void assertExpectedSparse(
         final SparseTransactions sparseLayer, final List<PendingTransaction> expected) {
-      // sparse txs are returned from the most recent to the oldest, so reverse it to make writing
+      assertThat(sparseLayer.getBySender())
-      // scenarios easier
-      final var sortedExpected = new ArrayList<>(expected);
-      Collections.reverse(sortedExpected);
-      assertThat(sparseLayer.stream())
           .describedAs("Sparse")
-          .containsExactlyElementsOf(sortedExpected);
+          .flatExtracting(SenderPendingTransactions::pendingTransactions)
+          .containsExactlyElementsOf(expected);
     }
 
     private void assertExpectedDropped(
@@ -1587,7 +1589,9 @@ public class LayersTest extends BaseTransactionPoolTest {
       }
       actions.add(
           (pending, prio, ready, sparse, dropped) ->
-              assertThat(prio.stream()).containsExactlyElementsOf(expectedSelected));
+              assertThat(prio.getBySender())
+                  .flatExtracting(SenderPendingTransactions::pendingTransactions)
+                  .containsExactlyElementsOf(expectedSelected));
       return this;
     }
 

ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/layered/ReplayTest.java

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class ReplayTest {
       final AbstractPrioritizedTransactions prioritizedTransactions =
           createLayers(poolConfig, txPoolMetrics, baseFeeMarket);
       final LayeredPendingTransactions pendingTransactions =
-          new LayeredPendingTransactions(poolConfig, prioritizedTransactions);
+          new LayeredPendingTransactions(poolConfig, prioritizedTransactions, ethScheduler);
       br.lines()
           .forEach(
               line -> {