blockchain: Add ReconsiderBlock()#2196
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reorganizeChain() used to handle the following: 1: That the blocknodes being disconnected/connected indeed to connect properly without errors. 2: Perform the actual disconnect/connect of the blocknodes. The functionality of 1, the validation that the disconnects/connects can happen without errors are now refactored out into verifyReorganizationValidity. This is an effort made so that ReconsiderBlock() can call verifyReorganizationValidity and set the block status of the reconsidered chain and return nil even when an error returns as it's ok to get an error when reconsidering an invalid branch.
ReconsiderBlock reconsiders the validity of the block for the passed in blockhash. The behavior of the function mimics that of Bitcoin Core. The invalid status of the block nodes are reset and if the chaintip that is being reconsidered has more cumulative work, then we'll validate the blocks and reorganize to it. If the cumulative work is lesser than the current active chain tip, then nothing else will be done.
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| // code assumes that it's directly modifying the database so the cache | ||
| // will be left in an inconsistent state. It needs to be flushed beforehand | ||
| // in order for that to not happen. | ||
| err := b.db.Update(func(dbTx database.Tx) error { |
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Outstanding question is whether we need to do this still?
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It wasn't needed here (the PR for when it was added) since the flush on disconnectBlock would always ensure that the right state would be saved to disk.
No need for it to be here and it's ok to remove it.
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Verified that this PR is just a cleanup for the commits:
from #2181 Looks fine for me |
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blockchain: Add ReconsiderBlock()
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Adds ReconsiderBlock() on blockchain that will clear up any block validation statuses and re-validate the block. If the block is part of a longer chain, then the chain will reorganize to that chain.
Replaces #2181