feat(exex): use rmp-serde for WAL storage

crates/exex/exex/Cargo.toml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ reth-chain-state.workspace = true
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
 reth-config.workspace = true
 reth-evm.workspace = true
-reth-exex-types = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
+reth-exex-types = { workspace = true, features = ["serde", "serde-bincode-compat"] }
 reth-fs-util.workspace = true
 reth-metrics.workspace = true
 reth-node-api.workspace = true
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ eyre.workspace = true
 itertools.workspace = true
 metrics.workspace = true
 parking_lot.workspace = true
-serde_json.workspace = true
+rmp-serde = "1.3"
 tracing.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]

crates/exex/exex/src/wal/storage.rs

@@ -116,8 +116,11 @@ impl Storage {
             Err(err) => return Err(err.into()),
         };
 
-        // TODO(alexey): use rmp-serde when Alloy and Reth serde issues are resolved
-        Ok(serde_json::from_reader(&mut file)?)
+        // Deserialize using the bincode- and msgpack-compatible serde wrapper
+        let notification: reth_exex_types::serde_bincode_compat::ExExNotification<'_> =
+            rmp_serde::decode::from_read(&mut file)?;
+
+        Ok(Some(notification.into()))
     }
 
     /// Writes the notification to the file with the given ID.
@@ -130,9 +133,12 @@ impl Storage {
         let file_path = self.file_path(file_id);
         debug!(?file_path, "Writing notification to WAL");
 
+        // Serialize using the bincode- and msgpack-compatible serde wrapper
+        let notification =
+            reth_exex_types::serde_bincode_compat::ExExNotification::from(notification);
+
         Ok(reth_fs_util::atomic_write_file(&file_path, |file| {
-            // TODO(alexey): use rmp-serde when Alloy and Reth serde issues are resolved
-            serde_json::to_writer(file, notification)
+            rmp_serde::encode::write(file, &notification)
         })?)
     }
 }

crates/primitives-traits/src/header/mod.rs

@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ pub use alloy_consensus::Header;
 
 use alloy_primitives::{Address, BlockNumber, B256, U256};
 
+/// Bincode-compatible header type serde implementations.
 #[cfg(feature = "serde-bincode-compat")]
-pub(super) mod serde_bincode_compat {
+pub mod serde_bincode_compat {
     pub use super::sealed::serde_bincode_compat::SealedHeader;
 }
 

crates/primitives-traits/src/header/sealed.rs

@@ -153,14 +153,14 @@ pub(super) mod serde_bincode_compat {
     ///
     /// Intended to use with the [`serde_with::serde_as`] macro in the following way:
     /// ```rust
-    /// use reth_primitives_traits::{header::SealedHeader, serde_bincode_compat};
+    /// use reth_primitives_traits::{serde_bincode_compat, SealedHeader};
     /// use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
     /// use serde_with::serde_as;
     ///
     /// #[serde_as]
     /// #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
     /// struct Data {
-    ///     #[serde_as(as = "serde_bincode_compat::header::SealedHeader")]
+    ///     #[serde_as(as = "serde_bincode_compat::SealedHeader")]
     ///     header: SealedHeader,
     /// }
     /// ```

crates/primitives-traits/src/lib.rs

@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ pub use header::{BlockHeader, Header, HeaderError, SealedHeader};
 /// Read more: <https://github.com/bincode-org/bincode/issues/326>
 #[cfg(feature = "serde-bincode-compat")]
 pub mod serde_bincode_compat {
-    pub use super::header::serde_bincode_compat::*;
+    pub use super::header::{serde_bincode_compat as header, serde_bincode_compat::*};
 }

crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs

@@ -1995,7 +1995,7 @@ pub mod serde_bincode_compat {
     ///
     /// Intended to use with the [`serde_with::serde_as`] macro in the following way:
     /// ```rust
-    /// use reth_primitives_traits::{serde_bincode_compat, Transaction};
+    /// use reth_primitives::{serde_bincode_compat, Transaction};
     /// use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
     /// use serde_with::serde_as;
     ///
@@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ pub mod serde_bincode_compat {
     ///
     /// Intended to use with the [`serde_with::serde_as`] macro in the following way:
     /// ```rust
-    /// use reth_primitives_traits::{serde_bincode_compat, TransactionSigned};
+    /// use reth_primitives::{serde_bincode_compat, TransactionSigned};
     /// use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
     /// use serde_with::serde_as;
     ///