darkfi/script/research/zkvm-metering

ZkVM Metering tool

• The aim of this tool is to analyze resource usage of ZkVM opcodes using heaptrack.
• We have a proof generator and verifier to profile each ZkVM Opcode.
• The generator generates a proof, verifying key and public inputs for all the proofs stored in generator/proof.
• Each Zk script file in generator/proof contains a single ZkVM opcode.
• The generator saves it's outputs to disk for later use by the verifier.
• The verifier loads the proof, verifying key and public inputs and verifies a single proof at a time identified by the opcode name.

Steps to profile a ZkVM Opcode

To generate the proofs go to generator directory and run these commands.

% make
% ./generator

To verify the proof and profile all the opcodes go to verifier and run these commands. You need to install heaptrack before running the second command.

% make
% ./run_heaptrack.sh

run_heaptrack.sh will generate heaptrack report for all the opcodes in output directory. If you prover to analyze a single opcode run the following.

% heaptrack ./verifer [OPCODE_NAME]

Once the heaptrack report is generated you can view it using heaptrack_gui.

Analysis Results

#	Opcode	RAM Usage	Verifying Key Size	Proof Size
0	sparse_merkle_root	17.1 MB	1.2 MB	7.7 kB
1	merkle_root	8.1 MB	572.2 kB	7.7 kB
2	posedion_hash	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
3	base_add	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
4	base_mul	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
5	base_sub	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
6	ec_add	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
7	ec_mul	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
8	ec_mul_base	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
9	ec_mul_short	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
10	ec_mul_var_base	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
11	ec_get_x	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
12	ec_get_y	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
13	constrain_instance	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
14	constrain_equal_base	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
15	constrain_equal_point	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
16	bool_check	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
17	cond_select	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
18	zero_cond	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
19	less_than_strict	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
20	less_than_loose	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
21	range_check	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
22	witness_base	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB
23	debug	2.4 MB	145.6 kB	7.6 kB