github.com/theQRL/go-zond@v0.2.1/core/headerchain.go (about) 1 // Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors 2 // This file is part of the go-ethereum library. 3 // 4 // The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 5 // it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by 6 // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or 7 // (at your option) any later version. 8 // 9 // The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 10 // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 11 // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 12 // GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. 13 // 14 // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 15 // along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. 16 17 package core 18 19 import ( 20 crand "crypto/rand" 21 "errors" 22 "fmt" 23 "math" 24 "math/big" 25 mrand "math/rand" 26 "sync/atomic" 27 "time" 28 29 "github.com/theQRL/go-zond/common" 30 "github.com/theQRL/go-zond/common/lru" 31 "github.com/theQRL/go-zond/consensus" 32 "github.com/theQRL/go-zond/core/rawdb" 33 "github.com/theQRL/go-zond/core/types" 34 "github.com/theQRL/go-zond/log" 35 "github.com/theQRL/go-zond/params" 36 "github.com/theQRL/go-zond/rlp" 37 "github.com/theQRL/go-zond/zonddb" 38 ) 39 40 const ( 41 headerCacheLimit = 512 42 numberCacheLimit = 2048 43 ) 44 45 // HeaderChain implements the basic block header chain logic. It is not usable in itself, only as 46 // a part of either structure. 47 // 48 // HeaderChain is responsible for maintaining the header chain including the 49 // header query and updating. 50 // 51 // The components maintained by headerchain includes: (1) total difficulty 52 // (2) header (3) block hash -> number mapping (4) canonical number -> hash mapping 53 // and (5) head header flag. 54 // 55 // It is not thread safe either, the encapsulating chain structures should do 56 // the necessary mutex locking/unlocking. 57 type HeaderChain struct { 58 config *params.ChainConfig 59 chainDb zonddb.Database 60 genesisHeader *types.Header 61 62 currentHeader atomic.Value // Current head of the header chain (may be above the block chain!) 63 currentHeaderHash common.Hash // Hash of the current head of the header chain (prevent recomputing all the time) 64 65 headerCache *lru.Cache[common.Hash, *types.Header] 66 numberCache *lru.Cache[common.Hash, uint64] // most recent block numbers 67 68 procInterrupt func() bool 69 70 rand *mrand.Rand 71 engine consensus.Engine 72 } 73 74 // NewHeaderChain creates a new HeaderChain structure. ProcInterrupt points 75 // to the parent's interrupt semaphore. 76 func NewHeaderChain(chainDb zonddb.Database, config *params.ChainConfig, engine consensus.Engine, procInterrupt func() bool) (*HeaderChain, error) { 77 // Seed a fast but crypto originating random generator 78 seed, err := crand.Int(crand.Reader, big.NewInt(math.MaxInt64)) 79 if err != nil { 80 return nil, err 81 } 82 hc := &HeaderChain{ 83 config: config, 84 chainDb: chainDb, 85 headerCache: lru.NewCache[common.Hash, *types.Header](headerCacheLimit), 86 numberCache: lru.NewCache[common.Hash, uint64](numberCacheLimit), 87 procInterrupt: procInterrupt, 88 rand: mrand.New(mrand.NewSource(seed.Int64())), 89 engine: engine, 90 } 91 hc.genesisHeader = hc.GetHeaderByNumber(0) 92 if hc.genesisHeader == nil { 93 return nil, ErrNoGenesis 94 } 95 hc.currentHeader.Store(hc.genesisHeader) 96 if head := rawdb.ReadHeadBlockHash(chainDb); head != (common.Hash{}) { 97 if chead := hc.GetHeaderByHash(head); chead != nil { 98 hc.currentHeader.Store(chead) 99 } 100 } 101 hc.currentHeaderHash = hc.CurrentHeader().Hash() 102 headHeaderGauge.Update(hc.CurrentHeader().Number.Int64()) 103 return hc, nil 104 } 105 106 // GetBlockNumber retrieves the block number belonging to the given hash 107 // from the cache or database 108 func (hc *HeaderChain) GetBlockNumber(hash common.Hash) *uint64 { 109 if cached, ok := hc.numberCache.Get(hash); ok { 110 return &cached 111 } 112 number := rawdb.ReadHeaderNumber(hc.chainDb, hash) 113 if number != nil { 114 hc.numberCache.Add(hash, *number) 115 } 116 return number 117 } 118 119 type headerWriteResult struct { 120 status WriteStatus 121 ignored int 122 imported int 123 lastHash common.Hash 124 lastHeader *types.Header 125 } 126 127 // Reorg reorgs the local canonical chain into the specified chain. The reorg 128 // can be classified into two cases: (a) extend the local chain (b) switch the 129 // head to the given header. 130 func (hc *HeaderChain) Reorg(headers []*types.Header) error { 131 // Short circuit if nothing to reorg. 132 if len(headers) == 0 { 133 return nil 134 } 135 // If the parent of the (first) block is already the canon header, 136 // we don't have to go backwards to delete canon blocks, but simply 137 // pile them onto the existing chain. Otherwise, do the necessary 138 // reorgs. 139 var ( 140 first = headers[0] 141 last = headers[len(headers)-1] 142 batch = hc.chainDb.NewBatch() 143 ) 144 if first.ParentHash != hc.currentHeaderHash { 145 // Delete any canonical number assignments above the new head 146 for i := last.Number.Uint64() + 1; ; i++ { 147 hash := rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(hc.chainDb, i) 148 if hash == (common.Hash{}) { 149 break 150 } 151 rawdb.DeleteCanonicalHash(batch, i) 152 } 153 // Overwrite any stale canonical number assignments, going 154 // backwards from the first header in this import until the 155 // cross link between two chains. 156 var ( 157 header = first 158 headNumber = header.Number.Uint64() 159 headHash = header.Hash() 160 ) 161 for rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(hc.chainDb, headNumber) != headHash { 162 rawdb.WriteCanonicalHash(batch, headHash, headNumber) 163 if headNumber == 0 { 164 break // It shouldn't be reached 165 } 166 headHash, headNumber = header.ParentHash, header.Number.Uint64()-1 167 header = hc.GetHeader(headHash, headNumber) 168 if header == nil { 169 return fmt.Errorf("missing parent %d %x", headNumber, headHash) 170 } 171 } 172 } 173 // Extend the canonical chain with the new headers 174 for i := 0; i < len(headers)-1; i++ { 175 hash := headers[i+1].ParentHash // Save some extra hashing 176 num := headers[i].Number.Uint64() 177 rawdb.WriteCanonicalHash(batch, hash, num) 178 rawdb.WriteHeadHeaderHash(batch, hash) 179 } 180 // Write the last header 181 hash := headers[len(headers)-1].Hash() 182 num := headers[len(headers)-1].Number.Uint64() 183 rawdb.WriteCanonicalHash(batch, hash, num) 184 rawdb.WriteHeadHeaderHash(batch, hash) 185 186 if err := batch.Write(); err != nil { 187 return err 188 } 189 // Last step update all in-memory head header markers 190 hc.currentHeaderHash = last.Hash() 191 hc.currentHeader.Store(types.CopyHeader(last)) 192 headHeaderGauge.Update(last.Number.Int64()) 193 return nil 194 } 195 196 // WriteHeaders writes a chain of headers into the local chain, given that the 197 // parents are already known. The chain head header won't be updated in this 198 // function, the additional SetCanonical is expected in order to finish the entire 199 // procedure. 200 func (hc *HeaderChain) WriteHeaders(headers []*types.Header) (int, error) { 201 if len(headers) == 0 { 202 return 0, nil 203 } 204 var ( 205 inserted []rawdb.NumberHash // Ephemeral lookup of number/hash for the chain 206 parentKnown = true // Set to true to force hc.HasHeader check the first iteration 207 batch = hc.chainDb.NewBatch() 208 ) 209 for i, header := range headers { 210 var hash common.Hash 211 // The headers have already been validated at this point, so we already 212 // know that it's a contiguous chain, where 213 // headers[i].Hash() == headers[i+1].ParentHash 214 if i < len(headers)-1 { 215 hash = headers[i+1].ParentHash 216 } else { 217 hash = header.Hash() 218 } 219 number := header.Number.Uint64() 220 221 // If the parent was not present, store it 222 // If the header is already known, skip it, otherwise store 223 alreadyKnown := parentKnown && hc.HasHeader(hash, number) 224 if !alreadyKnown { 225 rawdb.WriteHeader(batch, header) 226 inserted = append(inserted, rawdb.NumberHash{Number: number, Hash: hash}) 227 hc.headerCache.Add(hash, header) 228 hc.numberCache.Add(hash, number) 229 } 230 parentKnown = alreadyKnown 231 } 232 // Skip the slow disk write of all headers if interrupted. 233 if hc.procInterrupt() { 234 log.Debug("Premature abort during headers import") 235 return 0, errors.New("aborted") 236 } 237 // Commit to disk! 238 if err := batch.Write(); err != nil { 239 log.Crit("Failed to write headers", "error", err) 240 } 241 return len(inserted), nil 242 } 243 244 // writeHeadersAndSetHead writes a batch of block headers and applies the last 245 // header as the chain head if the fork choicer says it's ok to update the chain. 246 // Note: This method is not concurrent-safe with inserting blocks simultaneously 247 // into the chain, as side effects caused by reorganisations cannot be emulated 248 // without the real blocks. Hence, writing headers directly should only be done 249 // in two scenarios: pure-header mode of operation (light clients), or properly 250 // separated header/block phases (non-archive clients). 251 func (hc *HeaderChain) writeHeadersAndSetHead(headers []*types.Header) (*headerWriteResult, error) { 252 inserted, err := hc.WriteHeaders(headers) 253 if err != nil { 254 return nil, err 255 } 256 var ( 257 lastHeader = headers[len(headers)-1] 258 lastHash = headers[len(headers)-1].Hash() 259 result = &headerWriteResult{ 260 status: NonStatTy, 261 ignored: len(headers) - inserted, 262 imported: inserted, 263 lastHash: lastHash, 264 lastHeader: lastHeader, 265 } 266 ) 267 268 // Special case, all the inserted headers are already on the canonical 269 // header chain, skip the reorg operation. 270 if hc.GetCanonicalHash(lastHeader.Number.Uint64()) == lastHash && lastHeader.Number.Uint64() <= hc.CurrentHeader().Number.Uint64() { 271 return result, nil 272 } 273 // Apply the reorg operation 274 if err := hc.Reorg(headers); err != nil { 275 return nil, err 276 } 277 result.status = CanonStatTy 278 return result, nil 279 } 280 281 func (hc *HeaderChain) ValidateHeaderChain(chain []*types.Header) (int, error) { 282 // Do a sanity check that the provided chain is actually ordered and linked 283 for i := 1; i < len(chain); i++ { 284 if chain[i].Number.Uint64() != chain[i-1].Number.Uint64()+1 { 285 hash := chain[i].Hash() 286 parentHash := chain[i-1].Hash() 287 // Chain broke ancestry, log a message (programming error) and skip insertion 288 log.Error("Non contiguous header insert", "number", chain[i].Number, "hash", hash, 289 "parent", chain[i].ParentHash, "prevnumber", chain[i-1].Number, "prevhash", parentHash) 290 291 return 0, fmt.Errorf("non contiguous insert: item %d is #%d [%x..], item %d is #%d [%x..] (parent [%x..])", i-1, chain[i-1].Number, 292 parentHash.Bytes()[:4], i, chain[i].Number, hash.Bytes()[:4], chain[i].ParentHash[:4]) 293 } 294 } 295 // Start the parallel verifier 296 abort, results := hc.engine.VerifyHeaders(hc, chain) 297 defer close(abort) 298 299 // Iterate over the headers and ensure they all check out 300 for i := range chain { 301 // If the chain is terminating, stop processing blocks 302 if hc.procInterrupt() { 303 log.Debug("Premature abort during headers verification") 304 return 0, errors.New("aborted") 305 } 306 // Otherwise wait for headers checks and ensure they pass 307 if err := <-results; err != nil { 308 return i, err 309 } 310 } 311 312 return 0, nil 313 } 314 315 // InsertHeaderChain inserts the given headers and does the reorganisations. 316 // 317 // The validity of the headers is NOT CHECKED by this method, i.e. they need to be 318 // validated by ValidateHeaderChain before calling InsertHeaderChain. 319 // 320 // This insert is all-or-nothing. If this returns an error, no headers were written, 321 // otherwise they were all processed successfully. 322 // 323 // The returned 'write status' says if the inserted headers are part of the canonical chain 324 // or a side chain. 325 func (hc *HeaderChain) InsertHeaderChain(chain []*types.Header, start time.Time) (WriteStatus, error) { 326 if hc.procInterrupt() { 327 return 0, errors.New("aborted") 328 } 329 res, err := hc.writeHeadersAndSetHead(chain) 330 if err != nil { 331 return 0, err 332 } 333 // Report some public statistics so the user has a clue what's going on 334 context := []interface{}{ 335 "count", res.imported, 336 "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)), 337 } 338 if last := res.lastHeader; last != nil { 339 context = append(context, "number", last.Number, "hash", res.lastHash) 340 if timestamp := time.Unix(int64(last.Time), 0); time.Since(timestamp) > time.Minute { 341 context = append(context, []interface{}{"age", common.PrettyAge(timestamp)}...) 342 } 343 } 344 if res.ignored > 0 { 345 context = append(context, []interface{}{"ignored", res.ignored}...) 346 } 347 log.Debug("Imported new block headers", context...) 348 return res.status, err 349 } 350 351 // GetAncestor retrieves the Nth ancestor of a given block. It assumes that either the given block or 352 // a close ancestor of it is canonical. maxNonCanonical points to a downwards counter limiting the 353 // number of blocks to be individually checked before we reach the canonical chain. 354 // 355 // Note: ancestor == 0 returns the same block, 1 returns its parent and so on. 356 func (hc *HeaderChain) GetAncestor(hash common.Hash, number, ancestor uint64, maxNonCanonical *uint64) (common.Hash, uint64) { 357 if ancestor > number { 358 return common.Hash{}, 0 359 } 360 if ancestor == 1 { 361 // in this case it is cheaper to just read the header 362 if header := hc.GetHeader(hash, number); header != nil { 363 return header.ParentHash, number - 1 364 } 365 return common.Hash{}, 0 366 } 367 for ancestor != 0 { 368 if rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(hc.chainDb, number) == hash { 369 ancestorHash := rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(hc.chainDb, number-ancestor) 370 if rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(hc.chainDb, number) == hash { 371 number -= ancestor 372 return ancestorHash, number 373 } 374 } 375 if *maxNonCanonical == 0 { 376 return common.Hash{}, 0 377 } 378 *maxNonCanonical-- 379 ancestor-- 380 header := hc.GetHeader(hash, number) 381 if header == nil { 382 return common.Hash{}, 0 383 } 384 hash = header.ParentHash 385 number-- 386 } 387 return hash, number 388 } 389 390 // GetHeader retrieves a block header from the database by hash and number, 391 // caching it if found. 392 func (hc *HeaderChain) GetHeader(hash common.Hash, number uint64) *types.Header { 393 // Short circuit if the header's already in the cache, retrieve otherwise 394 if header, ok := hc.headerCache.Get(hash); ok { 395 return header 396 } 397 header := rawdb.ReadHeader(hc.chainDb, hash, number) 398 if header == nil { 399 return nil 400 } 401 // Cache the found header for next time and return 402 hc.headerCache.Add(hash, header) 403 return header 404 } 405 406 // GetHeaderByHash retrieves a block header from the database by hash, caching it if 407 // found. 408 func (hc *HeaderChain) GetHeaderByHash(hash common.Hash) *types.Header { 409 number := hc.GetBlockNumber(hash) 410 if number == nil { 411 return nil 412 } 413 return hc.GetHeader(hash, *number) 414 } 415 416 // HasHeader checks if a block header is present in the database or not. 417 // In theory, if header is present in the database, all relative components 418 // like td and hash->number should be present too. 419 func (hc *HeaderChain) HasHeader(hash common.Hash, number uint64) bool { 420 if hc.numberCache.Contains(hash) || hc.headerCache.Contains(hash) { 421 return true 422 } 423 return rawdb.HasHeader(hc.chainDb, hash, number) 424 } 425 426 // GetHeaderByNumber retrieves a block header from the database by number, 427 // caching it (associated with its hash) if found. 428 func (hc *HeaderChain) GetHeaderByNumber(number uint64) *types.Header { 429 hash := rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(hc.chainDb, number) 430 if hash == (common.Hash{}) { 431 return nil 432 } 433 return hc.GetHeader(hash, number) 434 } 435 436 // GetHeadersFrom returns a contiguous segment of headers, in rlp-form, going 437 // backwards from the given number. 438 // If the 'number' is higher than the highest local header, this method will 439 // return a best-effort response, containing the headers that we do have. 440 func (hc *HeaderChain) GetHeadersFrom(number, count uint64) []rlp.RawValue { 441 // If the request is for future headers, we still return the portion of 442 // headers that we are able to serve 443 if current := hc.CurrentHeader().Number.Uint64(); current < number { 444 if count > number-current { 445 count -= number - current 446 number = current 447 } else { 448 return nil 449 } 450 } 451 var headers []rlp.RawValue 452 // If we have some of the headers in cache already, use that before going to db. 453 hash := rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(hc.chainDb, number) 454 if hash == (common.Hash{}) { 455 return nil 456 } 457 for count > 0 { 458 header, ok := hc.headerCache.Get(hash) 459 if !ok { 460 break 461 } 462 rlpData, _ := rlp.EncodeToBytes(header) 463 headers = append(headers, rlpData) 464 hash = header.ParentHash 465 count-- 466 number-- 467 } 468 // Read remaining from db 469 if count > 0 { 470 headers = append(headers, rawdb.ReadHeaderRange(hc.chainDb, number, count)...) 471 } 472 return headers 473 } 474 475 func (hc *HeaderChain) GetCanonicalHash(number uint64) common.Hash { 476 return rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(hc.chainDb, number) 477 } 478 479 // CurrentHeader retrieves the current head header of the canonical chain. The 480 // header is retrieved from the HeaderChain's internal cache. 481 func (hc *HeaderChain) CurrentHeader() *types.Header { 482 return hc.currentHeader.Load().(*types.Header) 483 } 484 485 // SetCurrentHeader sets the in-memory head header marker of the canonical chan 486 // as the given header. 487 func (hc *HeaderChain) SetCurrentHeader(head *types.Header) { 488 hc.currentHeader.Store(head) 489 hc.currentHeaderHash = head.Hash() 490 headHeaderGauge.Update(head.Number.Int64()) 491 } 492 493 type ( 494 // UpdateHeadBlocksCallback is a callback function that is called by SetHead 495 // before head header is updated. The method will return the actual block it 496 // updated the head to (missing state) and a flag if setHead should continue 497 // rewinding till that forcefully (exceeded ancient limits) 498 UpdateHeadBlocksCallback func(zonddb.KeyValueWriter, *types.Header) (*types.Header, bool) 499 500 // DeleteBlockContentCallback is a callback function that is called by SetHead 501 // before each header is deleted. 502 DeleteBlockContentCallback func(zonddb.KeyValueWriter, common.Hash, uint64) 503 ) 504 505 // SetHead rewinds the local chain to a new head. Everything above the new head 506 // will be deleted and the new one set. 507 func (hc *HeaderChain) SetHead(head uint64, updateFn UpdateHeadBlocksCallback, delFn DeleteBlockContentCallback) { 508 hc.setHead(head, 0, updateFn, delFn) 509 } 510 511 // SetHeadWithTimestamp rewinds the local chain to a new head timestamp. Everything 512 // above the new head will be deleted and the new one set. 513 func (hc *HeaderChain) SetHeadWithTimestamp(time uint64, updateFn UpdateHeadBlocksCallback, delFn DeleteBlockContentCallback) { 514 hc.setHead(0, time, updateFn, delFn) 515 } 516 517 // setHead rewinds the local chain to a new head block or a head timestamp. 518 // Everything above the new head will be deleted and the new one set. 519 func (hc *HeaderChain) setHead(headBlock uint64, headTime uint64, updateFn UpdateHeadBlocksCallback, delFn DeleteBlockContentCallback) { 520 // Sanity check that there's no attempt to undo the genesis block. This is 521 // a fairly synthetic case where someone enables a timestamp based fork 522 // below the genesis timestamp. It's nice to not allow that instead of the 523 // entire chain getting deleted. 524 if headTime > 0 && hc.genesisHeader.Time > headTime { 525 // Note, a critical error is quite brutal, but we should really not reach 526 // this point. Since pre-timestamp based forks it was impossible to have 527 // a fork before block 0, the setHead would always work. With timestamp 528 // forks it becomes possible to specify below the genesis. That said, the 529 // only time we setHead via timestamp is with chain config changes on the 530 // startup, so failing hard there is ok. 531 log.Crit("Rejecting genesis rewind via timestamp", "target", headTime, "genesis", hc.genesisHeader.Time) 532 } 533 var ( 534 parentHash common.Hash 535 batch = hc.chainDb.NewBatch() 536 origin = true 537 ) 538 done := func(header *types.Header) bool { 539 if headTime > 0 { 540 return header.Time <= headTime 541 } 542 return header.Number.Uint64() <= headBlock 543 } 544 for hdr := hc.CurrentHeader(); hdr != nil && !done(hdr); hdr = hc.CurrentHeader() { 545 num := hdr.Number.Uint64() 546 547 // Rewind chain to new head 548 parent := hc.GetHeader(hdr.ParentHash, num-1) 549 if parent == nil { 550 parent = hc.genesisHeader 551 } 552 parentHash = parent.Hash() 553 554 // Notably, since gzond has the possibility for setting the head to a low 555 // height which is even lower than ancient head. 556 // In order to ensure that the head is always no higher than the data in 557 // the database (ancient store or active store), we need to update head 558 // first then remove the relative data from the database. 559 // 560 // Update head first(head fast block, head full block) before deleting the data. 561 markerBatch := hc.chainDb.NewBatch() 562 if updateFn != nil { 563 newHead, force := updateFn(markerBatch, parent) 564 if force && ((headTime > 0 && newHead.Time < headTime) || (headTime == 0 && newHead.Number.Uint64() < headBlock)) { 565 log.Warn("Force rewinding till ancient limit", "head", newHead.Number.Uint64()) 566 headBlock, headTime = newHead.Number.Uint64(), 0 // Target timestamp passed, continue rewind in block mode (cleaner) 567 } 568 } 569 // Update head header then. 570 rawdb.WriteHeadHeaderHash(markerBatch, parentHash) 571 if err := markerBatch.Write(); err != nil { 572 log.Crit("Failed to update chain markers", "error", err) 573 } 574 hc.currentHeader.Store(parent) 575 hc.currentHeaderHash = parentHash 576 headHeaderGauge.Update(parent.Number.Int64()) 577 578 // If this is the first iteration, wipe any leftover data upwards too so 579 // we don't end up with dangling daps in the database 580 var nums []uint64 581 if origin { 582 for n := num + 1; len(rawdb.ReadAllHashes(hc.chainDb, n)) > 0; n++ { 583 nums = append([]uint64{n}, nums...) // suboptimal, but we don't really expect this path 584 } 585 origin = false 586 } 587 nums = append(nums, num) 588 589 // Remove the related data from the database on all sidechains 590 for _, num := range nums { 591 // Gather all the side fork hashes 592 hashes := rawdb.ReadAllHashes(hc.chainDb, num) 593 if len(hashes) == 0 { 594 // No hashes in the database whatsoever, probably frozen already 595 hashes = append(hashes, hdr.Hash()) 596 } 597 for _, hash := range hashes { 598 if delFn != nil { 599 delFn(batch, hash, num) 600 } 601 rawdb.DeleteHeader(batch, hash, num) 602 } 603 rawdb.DeleteCanonicalHash(batch, num) 604 } 605 } 606 // Flush all accumulated deletions. 607 if err := batch.Write(); err != nil { 608 log.Crit("Failed to rewind block", "error", err) 609 } 610 // Clear out any stale content from the caches 611 hc.headerCache.Purge() 612 hc.numberCache.Purge() 613 } 614 615 // SetGenesis sets a new genesis block header for the chain 616 func (hc *HeaderChain) SetGenesis(head *types.Header) { 617 hc.genesisHeader = head 618 } 619 620 // Config retrieves the header chain's chain configuration. 621 func (hc *HeaderChain) Config() *params.ChainConfig { return hc.config } 622 623 // Engine retrieves the header chain's consensus engine. 624 func (hc *HeaderChain) Engine() consensus.Engine { return hc.engine } 625 626 // GetBlock implements consensus.ChainReader, and returns nil for every input as 627 // a header chain does not have blocks available for retrieval. 628 func (hc *HeaderChain) GetBlock(hash common.Hash, number uint64) *types.Block { 629 return nil 630 }