Use @chainsafe/threads

package.json

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     "@chainsafe/blst": "^0.2.0",
     "@chainsafe/eslint-plugin-node": "^11.2.3",
     "@chainsafe/lodestar-spec-test-util": "^0.18.0",
+    "@chainsafe/threads": "^1.9.0",
     "@types/chai": "^4.2.9",
     "@types/mocha": "^8.0.4",
     "@types/randombytes": "^2.0.0",
@@ -94,7 +95,6 @@
     "nyc": "^15.0.0",
     "prettier": "^2.1.2",
     "resolve-typescript-plugin": "^1.1.5",
-    "threads": "^1.7.0",
     "ts-loader": "^8.3.0",
     "ts-node": "^10.7.0",
     "typescript": "^4.6.3",

test/unit/multithread/naive/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {spawn, Pool, Worker, Thread} from "threads";
+import {spawn, Pool, Worker, Thread} from "@chainsafe/threads";
 import {Implementation, PointFormat} from "../../../../src/index.js";
 import {PublicKey, Signature} from "../../../../src/types.js";
 import {WorkerApi} from "./worker.js";
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ type ThreadType = {
   [K in keyof WorkerApi]: (...args: Parameters<WorkerApi[K]>) => Promise<ReturnType<WorkerApi[K]>>;
 };
 
+import path from "path";
+import {fileURLToPath} from "url";
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
 export class BlsMultiThreadNaive {
   impl: Implementation;
   pool: Pool<Thread & ThreadType>;
@@ -18,7 +23,18 @@ export class BlsMultiThreadNaive {
     // THe worker is not able to deserialize from uncompressed
     // `Error: err _wrapDeserialize`
     this.format = impl === "blst-native" ? PointFormat.uncompressed : PointFormat.compressed;
-    this.pool = Pool(() => (spawn(new Worker("./worker")) as any) as Promise<Thread & ThreadType>, workerCount);
+    this.pool = Pool(
+      () =>
+        (spawn(
+          // There is still an annoyance dealing with ESM imports here:
+          // threads.js attempts to require.resolve any files passed to Worker, and
+          // the esm module resolver requires the .js extension, even though the .js file does not actually exist.
+          // The solution for now:
+          // Pass in the script path as an absolute path and suppress threads.js default behavior when importing
+          new Worker(path.join(__dirname, "./worker.js"), {suppressResolveScript: true, suppressTranspileTS: true})
+        ) as any) as Promise<Thread & ThreadType>,
+      workerCount
+    );
   }
 
   async destroy(): Promise<void> {

test/unit/multithread/naive/worker.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {expose} from "threads/worker";
+import {expose} from "@chainsafe/threads/worker";
 import {bls, init, CoordType, Implementation} from "../../../../src/index.js";
 
 export type WorkerApi = typeof workerApi;

yarn.lock

@@ -266,6 +266,18 @@
     "@chainsafe/persistent-merkle-tree" "^0.3.0"
     case "^1.6.3"
 
+"@chainsafe/threads@^1.9.0":
+  version "1.9.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@chainsafe/threads/-/threads-1.9.0.tgz#5ab07b1c150ad6ffc2325f344cde549a96b53802"
+  integrity sha512-TFSj5CWwi2o0Z3qBdrROdR+mJ23reBm+e0iPaifn657AxNtatdHNV9l6DiNwOKHTxTxKTm1daVuWW5TP0dJGDw==
+  dependencies:
+    callsites "^3.1.0"
+    debug "^4.2.0"
+    is-observable "^2.1.0"
+    observable-fns "^0.6.1"
+  optionalDependencies:
+    tiny-worker ">= 2"
+
 "@cspotcode/source-map-consumer@0.8.0":
   version "0.8.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@cspotcode/source-map-consumer/-/source-map-consumer-0.8.0.tgz#33bf4b7b39c178821606f669bbc447a6a629786b"
@@ -6100,18 +6112,6 @@ text-table@^0.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/text-table/-/text-table-0.2.0.tgz#7f5ee823ae805207c00af2df4a84ec3fcfa570b4"
   integrity sha1-f17oI66AUgfACvLfSoTsP8+lcLQ=
 
-threads@^1.7.0:
-  version "1.7.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/threads/-/threads-1.7.0.tgz#d9e9627bfc1ef22ada3b733c2e7558bbe78e589c"
-  integrity sha512-Mx5NBSHX3sQYR6iI9VYbgHKBLisyB+xROCBGjjWm1O9wb9vfLxdaGtmT/KCjUqMsSNW6nERzCW3T6H43LqjDZQ==
-  dependencies:
-    callsites "^3.1.0"
-    debug "^4.2.0"
-    is-observable "^2.1.0"
-    observable-fns "^0.6.1"
-  optionalDependencies:
-    tiny-worker ">= 2"
-
 through2@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/through2/-/through2-2.0.5.tgz#01c1e39eb31d07cb7d03a96a70823260b23132cd"