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| -rw-r--r-- | src/chainparams.h | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/validation.cpp | 16 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/chainparams.h b/src/chainparams.h index 6b1f813afb..dd029b9d5b 100644 --- a/src/chainparams.h +++ b/src/chainparams.h @@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ struct CCheckpointData { MapCheckpoints mapCheckpoints; }; +/** + * Holds various statistics on transactions within a chain. Used to estimate + * verification progress during chain sync. + * + * See also: CChainParams::TxData, GuessVerificationProgress. + */ struct ChainTxData { int64_t nTime; int64_t nTxCount; diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp index 958c187220..8eec66286a 100644 --- a/src/validation.cpp +++ b/src/validation.cpp @@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ public: bool ActivateBestChain(CValidationState &state, const CChainParams& chainparams, std::shared_ptr<const CBlock> pblock); + /** + * If a block header hasn't already been seen, call CheckBlockHeader on it, ensure + * that it doesn't descend from an invalid block, and then add it to mapBlockIndex. + */ bool AcceptBlockHeader(const CBlockHeader& block, CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams, CBlockIndex** ppindex); bool AcceptBlock(const std::shared_ptr<const CBlock>& pblock, CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams, CBlockIndex** ppindex, bool fRequested, const CDiskBlockPos* dbp, bool* fNewBlock); @@ -185,6 +189,11 @@ private: CBlockIndex* AddToBlockIndex(const CBlockHeader& block); /** Create a new block index entry for a given block hash */ CBlockIndex * InsertBlockIndex(const uint256& hash); + /** + * Make various assertions about the state of the block index. + * + * By default this only executes fully when using the Regtest chain; see: fCheckBlockIndex. + */ void CheckBlockIndex(const Consensus::Params& consensusParams); void InvalidBlockFound(CBlockIndex *pindex, const CValidationState &state); @@ -2625,6 +2634,10 @@ static void NotifyHeaderTip() { * Make the best chain active, in multiple steps. The result is either failure * or an activated best chain. pblock is either nullptr or a pointer to a block * that is already loaded (to avoid loading it again from disk). + * + * ActivateBestChain is split into steps (see ActivateBestChainStep) so that + * we avoid holding cs_main for an extended period of time; the length of this + * call may be quite long during reindexing or a substantial reorg. */ bool CChainState::ActivateBestChain(CValidationState &state, const CChainParams& chainparams, std::shared_ptr<const CBlock> pblock) { // Note that while we're often called here from ProcessNewBlock, this is @@ -3323,6 +3336,9 @@ bool CChainState::AcceptBlockHeader(const CBlockHeader& block, CValidationState& if (!ContextualCheckBlockHeader(block, state, chainparams, pindexPrev, GetAdjustedTime())) return error("%s: Consensus::ContextualCheckBlockHeader: %s, %s", __func__, hash.ToString(), FormatStateMessage(state)); + // If the previous block index isn't valid, determine if it descends from any block which + // has been found invalid (g_failed_blocks), then mark pindexPrev and any blocks + // between them as failed. if (!pindexPrev->IsValid(BLOCK_VALID_SCRIPTS)) { for (const CBlockIndex* failedit : g_failed_blocks) { if (pindexPrev->GetAncestor(failedit->nHeight) == failedit) { |