* core: flush out trie cache more meaningfully on stop

* core: upgrade legacy tests to chain maker

* go-metrics: fork library and introduce ResettingTimer and InfluxDB reporter.

* vendor: change nonsense/go-metrics to ethersphere/go-metrics

* go-metrics: add tests. move ResettingTimer logic from reporter to type.

* all, metrics: pull in metrics package in go-ethereum

* metrics/test: make sure metrics are enabled for tests

* metrics: apply gosimple rules

* metrics/exp, internal/debug: init expvar endpoint when starting pprof server

* internal/debug: tiny comment formatting fix

Talk about "state" instead of "trie timing", "trie memory" and remove
the overzealous warning when the limit is just reached. Since the time
limit is always reached on slow machines, move the message to info level
so users don't freak out about internal details.

This commit reduces database I/O by not writing every state trie to disk.

* leveldb: Update leveldb to 211f780 (poolfix)

* core, ethdb: reuse database batches

* core: only fire one chain head per batch

* miner: announce chan events synchronously

* ethdb: add Putter interface and Has method

* ethdb: improve docs and add IdealBatchSize

* ethdb: remove memory batch lock

Batches are not safe for concurrent use.

* core: use ethdb.Putter for Write* functions

This covers the easy cases.

* core/state: simplify StateSync

* trie: optimize local node check

* ethdb: add ValueSize to Batch

* core: optimize HasHeader check

This avoids one random database read get the block number. For many uses
of HasHeader, the expectation is that it's actually there. Using Has
avoids a load + decode of the value.

* core: write fast sync block data in batches

Collect writes into batches up to the ideal size instead of issuing many
small, concurrent writes.

* eth/downloader: commit larger state batches

Collect nodes into a batch up to the ideal size instead of committing
whenever a node is received.

* core: optimize HasBlock check

This avoids a random database read to get the number.

* core: use numberCache in HasHeader

numberCache has higher capacity, increasing the odds of finding the
header without a database lookup.

* core: write imported block data using a batch

Restore batch writes of state and add blocks, tx entries, receipts to
the same batch. The change also simplifies the miner.

This commit also removes posting of logs when a forked block is imported.

* core: fix DB write error handling

* ethdb: use RLock for Has

* core: fix HasBlock comment

* core: remove redundant storage of transactions and receipts

* core, eth, internal: new transaction schema usage polishes

* eth: implement upgrade mechanism for db deduplication

* core, eth: drop old sequential key db upgrader

* eth: close last iterator on successful db upgrage

* core: prefix the lookup entries to make their purpose clearer

With this commit, core/state's access to the underlying key/value database is
mediated through an interface. Database errors are tracked in StateDB and
returned by CommitTo or the new Error method.

Motivation for this change: We can remove the light client's duplicated copy of
core/state. The light client now supports node iteration, so tracing and storage
enumeration can work with the light client (not implemented in this commit).

1. fix typos
2. methods recevier of struct should be same
3. comments improve

(cherry picked from commit 1ba979539582a00b7fd1a7c8a37a6852e59eac0d)

* consensus, core, ethstats: use engine specific block beneficiary

* core, eth, les, miner: use explicit beneficiary during mining

This commit adds pluggable consensus engines to go-ethereum. In short, it
introduces a generic consensus interface, and refactors the entire codebase to
use this interface.

* les: implement request distributor, fix blocking issues
* core: moved header validation before chain mutex lock

Removed exported statedb object accessors, reducing the chance for nasty
bugs to creep in. It's also ugly and unnecessary to have these methods.

* core,eth,internal: Added `debug_getBadBlocks()` method

When bad blocks are discovered, these are stored within geth.
An RPC-endpoint makes them availablewithin the `debug`
namespace. This feature makes it easier to discover network forks.

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* core, api: go format + docs

* core/blockchain: Documentation, fix minor nitpick

* core: fix failing blockchain test