From 3a5399d8e6be2d3d301abd1351b99cf9d31f1781 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guillaume Ballet <3272758+gballet@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:27:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] cmd/keeper: disable GC for zkvm execution

ZKVMs are constrained environments that liberally allocate memory and
never release it. In this context, using the GC is only going to cause
issues down the road, and slow things down in any case.
---
 cmd/keeper/main.go | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/keeper/main.go b/cmd/keeper/main.go
index cfb06f0da00a..9b459f6f36df 100644
--- a/cmd/keeper/main.go
+++ b/cmd/keeper/main.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"runtime/debug"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/stateless"
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ type Payload struct {
 	Witness *stateless.Witness
 }
 
+func init() {
+	debug.SetGCPercent(-1) // Disable garbage collection
+}
+
 func main() {
 	input := getInput()
 	var payload Payload