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Merge pull request #1122 from Gustav-Simonsson/improve_validate_header_comments 

Update ValidateHeader comments
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Jeffrey Wilcke 2015-05-27 04:34:34 -07:00
parent 34729c365b bf5f0b1d0c
commit 69f7a1da5a
1 changed files with 2 additions and 4 deletions
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core/block_processor.go
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@ -285,9 +285,8 @@ func (self *BlockProcessor) GetBlockReceipts(bhash common.Hash) (receipts types.
}
// Validates the current block. Returns an error if the block was invalid,
// an uncle or anything that isn't on the current block chain.
// Validation validates easy over difficult (dagger takes longer time = difficult)
// See YP section 4.3.4. "Block Header Validity"
// Validates a block. Returns an error if the block is invalid.
func (sm *BlockProcessor) ValidateHeader(block, parent *types.Header, checkPow bool) error {
if big.NewInt(int64(len(block.Extra))).Cmp(params.MaximumExtraDataSize) == 1 {
return fmt.Errorf("Block extra data too long (%d)", len(block.Extra))
@ -298,7 +297,6 @@ func (sm *BlockProcessor) ValidateHeader(block, parent *types.Header, checkPow b
return fmt.Errorf("Difficulty check failed for block %v, %v", block.Difficulty, expd)
}
// block.gasLimit - parent.gasLimit <= parent.gasLimit / GasLimitBoundDivisor
a := new(big.Int).Sub(block.GasLimit, parent.GasLimit)
a.Abs(a)
b := new(big.Int).Div(parent.GasLimit, params.GasLimitBoundDivisor)