GOGC and GOMAXPROCS configuration items added and defaults set

[l0k18]

I think GOGC can be set via environment variable, the runtime checks for it, maybe, but for certain it is better done directly in the app.

Increasing GOMAXPROCS above the number of CPU threads can produce substantial improvements in initial block download and validation.

These both default to prior defaults if unset but provide a way for deployments to dramatically improve IBD and speed of updating the DB when new blocks arrive. Not important improvements but produce a ~50% time to initial sync at the cost of around double memory use.

IBD is a definite weak point for btcd versus bitcoind. There is minimal cost efficiency between a 4gb vs 2gb memory availability nowadays, so this brings btcd closer to parity of performance.

[coveralls]

Pull Request Test Coverage Report for Build 3219456685

• 0 of 19 (0.0%) changed or added relevant lines in 1 file are covered.
• 10 unchanged lines in 4 files lost coverage.
• Overall coverage decreased (-11.2%) to 55.105%

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config.go	3	5.09%
peer/peer.go	4	73.2%

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[Roasbeef]

FWIW this can already be set as an env variable:

btcd/btcd.go

Lines 331 to 338 in 718d268

	// If GOGC is not explicitly set, override GC percent.
	if os.Getenv("GOGC") == "" {
	// Block and transaction processing can cause bursty allocations. This
	// limits the garbage collector from excessively overallocating during
	// bursts. This value was arrived at with the help of profiling live
	// usage.
	debug.SetGCPercent(10)
	}

[mleku]

fwiw, i extended this a little by embedding the sample configuration, integrating the RPC credentials rewrite, that to date has never been updated to 1.16 embed capability despite targeting 1.17.

mleku@c08425a