Separate preprocessing from proving and verification by adding a parameter --stage to proof producer

README.md

@@ -57,3 +57,29 @@ proof-generator --circuit <circuit-file> --assignment <assignment-file> --proof
     cmake ..
     make -j $(nrpoc)
     ```
+
+# Sample calls to proof-producer
+
+In all the calls you can change the executable name from proof-producer-single-threaded to proof-producer-multi-threaded to run on all the CPUs of your machine.
+
+Generate a proof and verify it:
+```bash
+./build/bin/proof-producer/proof-producer-single-threaded --circuit="circuit.crct" --assignment-table="assignment.tbl" --proof="proof.bin" -q 10
+```
+
+Making a call to preprocessor:
+
+```bash
+./build/bin/proof-producer/proof-producer-single-threaded --stage="preprocess" --circuit="circuit.crct" --assignment-table="assignment.tbl" --common-data="preprocessed_common_data.dat" --preprocessed-data="preprocessed.dat" --commitment-state-file="commitment_state.dat" --assignment-description-file="assignment-description.dat" -q 10
+```
+
+Making a call to prover:
+
+```bash
+./build/bin/proof-producer/proof-producer-single-threaded --stage="prove" --circuit="circuit.crct" --assignment-table="assignment.tbl" --common-data="preprocessed_common_data.dat" --preprocessed-data="preprocessed.dat" --commitment-state-file="commitment_state.dat" --proof="proof.bin" -q 10
+```
+
+Verify generated proof:
+```bash
+./build/bin/proof-producer/proof-producer-single-threaded --stage="verify" --circuit="circuit.crct" --common-data="preprocessed_common_data.dat" --proof="proof.bin" --assignment-description-file="assignment-description.dat" -q 10
+```

bin/proof-producer/include/nil/proof-generator/arg_parser.hpp

@@ -34,14 +34,16 @@ namespace nil {
             typename tuple_to_variant<typename transform_tuple<HashTypes, to_type_identity>::type>::type;
 
         struct ProverOptions {
+            std::string stage = "all";
             boost::filesystem::path proof_file_path = "proof.bin";
             boost::filesystem::path json_file_path = "proof.json";
             boost::filesystem::path preprocessed_common_data_path = "preprocessed_common_data.dat";
+            boost::filesystem::path preprocessed_public_data_path = "preprocessed_data.dat";
+            boost::filesystem::path commitment_scheme_state_path = "commitment_scheme_state.dat";
             boost::filesystem::path circuit_file_path;
             boost::filesystem::path assignment_table_file_path;
+            boost::filesystem::path assignment_description_file_path;
             boost::log::trivial::severity_level log_level = boost::log::trivial::severity_level::info;
-            bool skip_verification = false;
-            bool verification_only = false;
             CurvesVariant elliptic_curve_type = type_identity<nil::crypto3::algebra::curves::pallas>{};
             HashesVariant hash_type = type_identity<nil::crypto3::hashes::keccak_1600<256>>{};