preallocate memory for merkle array and consumebytes flag

chain/block.go

@@ -293,15 +293,16 @@ func (b *StatelessBlock) initializeBuilt(
 	}
 
 	// transaction hash generation
-	var merkleItems [][]byte
+	merkleItems := make([][]byte, 0, len(b.Txs)+len(b.results))
 	for _, tx := range b.Txs {
 		merkleItems = append(merkleItems, tx.Bytes())
 	}
 	for _, result := range b.results {
 		merkleItems = append(merkleItems, result.Output)
 	}
 
-	root, _, err := utils.GenerateMerkleRoot(ctx, b.vm.Tracer(), merkleItems)
+	// consume bytes to avoid extra copying
+	root, _, err := utils.GenerateMerkleRoot(ctx, b.vm.Tracer(), merkleItems, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

hypersdk.code-workspace

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+	"folders": [
+		{
+			"path": "."
+		}
+	],
+	"settings": {}
+}

utils/utils.go

@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ func LoadBytes(filename string, expectedSize int) ([]byte, error) {
 
 // Generate merkle root for a set of items
 // this function does not take ownership of given bytes array
-func GenerateMerkleRoot(ctx context.Context, tracer trace.Tracer, merkleItems [][]byte) ([]byte, merkledb.MerkleDB, error) {
-	var batchOps []database.BatchOp
+func GenerateMerkleRoot(ctx context.Context, tracer trace.Tracer, merkleItems [][]byte, consumeBytes bool) ([]byte, merkledb.MerkleDB, error) {
+	batchOps := make([]database.BatchOp, 0, len(merkleItems))
 
 	for _, item := range merkleItems {
 		key := ToID(item)
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func GenerateMerkleRoot(ctx context.Context, tracer trace.Tracer, merkleItems []
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
-	view, err := db.NewView(ctx, merkledb.ViewChanges{BatchOps: batchOps})
+	view, err := db.NewView(ctx, merkledb.ViewChanges{BatchOps: batchOps, ConsumeBytes: consumeBytes})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}