Eliminate unnecessary call to CheckBlock #7225
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Concept ACK. If we're going to remove this call can we also drop the As the comment in |
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CheckBlock is also called in ConnectBlock() [which is the function that does ALL the consensus checks for a block]. utACK sdaftuar@00318f4 I'm also fine with taking CheckBlockHeader() out of CheckBlock() as @fanquake suggests [as long as it's properly moved out where needed, for example, in ConnectBlock()]. As a side note this would very slightly simplify https://github.com/jtimon/bitcoin/commits/libconsensus-f2 so I consider this "libconsensus encapsulation friendly"(TM) [even if nobody ever asked for that kind of approval from me]. |
ProcessNewBlock would return failure early if CheckBlock failed, before calling AcceptBlock. AcceptBlock also calls CheckBlock, and upon failure would update mapBlockIndex to indicate that a block was failed. By returning early in ProcessNewBlock, we were not marking blocks that fail a check in CheckBlock as permanently failed, and thus would continue to re-request and reprocess them.
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dbb89dc Eliminate unnecessary call to CheckBlock (Suhas Daftuar)
ProcessNewBlockwould return failure early ifCheckBlockfailed, before callingAcceptBlock.AcceptBlockalso callsCheckBlock, and upon failure would updatemapBlockIndexto indicate that a block was failed. By returning early inProcessNewBlock, we were not marking blocks that fail a check inCheckBlockas permanently failed, and thus would continue to re-request and reprocess them.This should result in one fewer call to
CheckBlockfor valid blocks, at the expense of one extra call toAcceptBlockHeaderfor blocks that failCheckBlock, and it avoids reprocessing those failed blocks over and over.