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authorPeter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>2016-01-31 00:40:23 -0500
committerPeter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>2016-01-31 00:40:23 -0500
commit2f19905324078e07d8c21b991ef010da80403d95 (patch)
tree8551eee819e885447c9b9be388b63efe8a173fe0 /src
parenta6771fc9734ad822f2e10f8fbdeb723daf5c3b29 (diff)
Improve block validity/ConnectBlock() comments
Previously didn't make clear that the ContextualCheckBlock* functions meant the block headers as context - not the UTXO set itself - and that ConnectBlock() also did UTXO-related validity checks (in the future we may split that functionality into a separate UTXO-specific contextual check block function). Also, reordered to put validity checks first for better readability.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/main.h24
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 98069a225d..4a51317762 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -395,23 +395,27 @@ bool ReadBlockFromDisk(CBlock& block, const CBlockIndex* pindex, const Consensus
/** Functions for validating blocks and updating the block tree */
-/** Undo the effects of this block (with given index) on the UTXO set represented by coins.
- * In case pfClean is provided, operation will try to be tolerant about errors, and *pfClean
- * will be true if no problems were found. Otherwise, the return value will be false in case
- * of problems. Note that in any case, coins may be modified. */
-bool DisconnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, const CBlockIndex* pindex, CCoinsViewCache& coins, bool* pfClean = NULL);
-
-/** Apply the effects of this block (with given index) on the UTXO set represented by coins */
-bool ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex, CCoinsViewCache& coins, bool fJustCheck = false);
-
/** Context-independent validity checks */
bool CheckBlockHeader(const CBlockHeader& block, CValidationState& state, bool fCheckPOW = true);
bool CheckBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, bool fCheckPOW = true, bool fCheckMerkleRoot = true);
-/** Context-dependent validity checks */
+/** Context-dependent validity checks.
+ * By "context", we mean only the previous block headers, but not the UTXO
+ * set; UTXO-related validity checks are done in ConnectBlock(). */
bool ContextualCheckBlockHeader(const CBlockHeader& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex *pindexPrev);
bool ContextualCheckBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex *pindexPrev);
+/** Apply the effects of this block (with given index) on the UTXO set represented by coins.
+ * Validity checks that depend on the UTXO set are also done; ConnectBlock()
+ * can fail if those validity checks fail (among other reasons). */
+bool ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex, CCoinsViewCache& coins, bool fJustCheck = false);
+
+/** Undo the effects of this block (with given index) on the UTXO set represented by coins.
+ * In case pfClean is provided, operation will try to be tolerant about errors, and *pfClean
+ * will be true if no problems were found. Otherwise, the return value will be false in case
+ * of problems. Note that in any case, coins may be modified. */
+bool DisconnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, const CBlockIndex* pindex, CCoinsViewCache& coins, bool* pfClean = NULL);
+
/** Check a block is completely valid from start to finish (only works on top of our current best block, with cs_main held) */
bool TestBlockValidity(CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams, const CBlock& block, CBlockIndex* pindexPrev, bool fCheckPOW = true, bool fCheckMerkleRoot = true);