feat: add option to disable block gas meter

ref: #19613

block gas meter is not safe when executing transactions in parallel.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 * (x/auth) [#19549](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/19549) Accept custom get signers when injecting `x/auth/tx`.
 
+### Features
+
+* (baseapp) [#19626](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/19626) Adds `DisableBlockGasMeter` option to `BaseApp`, which removes the block gas meter during transaction execution.
+
 ## [v0.50.4](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.50.4) - 2023-02-19
 
 ### Features

baseapp/baseapp.go

@@ -186,6 +186,13 @@ type BaseApp struct {
 	// including the goroutine handling.This is experimental and must be enabled
 	// by developers.
 	optimisticExec *oe.OptimisticExecution
+
+	// disableBlockGasMeter will disable the block gas meter if true, block gas meter is tricky to support
+	// when executing transactions in parallel.
+	// when disabled, the block gas meter in context is `nil`.
+	//
+	// SAFTY: it's safe to do if validators validates the total gas wanted in the proposal.
+	disableBlockGasMeter bool
 }
 
 // NewBaseApp returns a reference to an initialized BaseApp. It accepts a
@@ -640,6 +647,10 @@ func (app *BaseApp) getState(mode execMode) *state {
 }
 
 func (app *BaseApp) getBlockGasMeter(ctx sdk.Context) storetypes.GasMeter {
+	if app.disableBlockGasMeter {
+		return noopGasMeter{}
+	}
+
 	if maxGas := app.GetMaximumBlockGas(ctx); maxGas > 0 {
 		return storetypes.NewGasMeter(maxGas)
 	}

baseapp/noopgasmeter.go

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package baseapp
+
+import storetypes "cosmossdk.io/store/types"
+
+type noopGasMeter struct{}
+
+var _ storetypes.GasMeter = noopGasMeter{}
+
+func (noopGasMeter) GasConsumed() storetypes.Gas        { return 0 }
+func (noopGasMeter) GasConsumedToLimit() storetypes.Gas { return 0 }
+func (noopGasMeter) GasRemaining() storetypes.Gas       { return 0 }
+func (noopGasMeter) Limit() storetypes.Gas              { return 0 }
+func (noopGasMeter) ConsumeGas(storetypes.Gas, string)  {}
+func (noopGasMeter) RefundGas(storetypes.Gas, string)   {}
+func (noopGasMeter) IsPastLimit() bool                  { return false }
+func (noopGasMeter) IsOutOfGas() bool                   { return false }
+func (noopGasMeter) String() string                     { return "noopGasMeter" }

baseapp/options.go

@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ func SetOptimisticExecution(opts ...func(*oe.OptimisticExecution)) func(*BaseApp
 	}
 }
 
+// DisableBlockGasMeter disables the block gas meter.
+func DisableBlockGasMeter() func(*BaseApp) {
+	return func(app *BaseApp) { app.SetDisableBlockGasMeter(true) }
+}
+
 func (app *BaseApp) SetName(name string) {
 	if app.sealed {
 		panic("SetName() on sealed BaseApp")
@@ -362,3 +367,8 @@ func (app *BaseApp) SetStoreMetrics(gatherer metrics.StoreMetrics) {
 func (app *BaseApp) SetStreamingManager(manager storetypes.StreamingManager) {
 	app.streamingManager = manager
 }
+
+// SetDisableBlockGasMeter sets the disableBlockGasMeter flag for the BaseApp.
+func (app *BaseApp) SetDisableBlockGasMeter(disableBlockGasMeter bool) {
+	app.disableBlockGasMeter = disableBlockGasMeter
+}