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Correct gas limit validation according to new algorithm 

* Use absolute value of (block's gas limit) - (parent's gas limit)
  in comparison with diff limit.
* Ensure the diff is strictly smaller than the allowed size.
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Gustav Simonsson 2015-03-30 15:59:14 +02:00
parent f23529c5cd
commit 9feed3f61e
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core/block_processor.go
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@ -260,10 +260,13 @@ func (sm *BlockProcessor) ValidateHeader(block, parent *types.Header) error {
return fmt.Errorf("Difficulty check failed for block %v, %v", block.Difficulty, expd)
}
// TODO: use use minGasLimit and gasLimitBoundDivisor from
// https://github.com/ethereum/common/blob/master/params.json
// block.gasLimit - parent.gasLimit <= parent.gasLimit / 1024
a := new(big.Int).Sub(block.GasLimit, parent.GasLimit)
a.Abs(a)
b := new(big.Int).Div(parent.GasLimit, big.NewInt(1024))
if a.Cmp(b) > 0 {
if !(a.Cmp(b) < 0) {
return fmt.Errorf("GasLimit check failed for block %v (%v > %v)", block.GasLimit, a, b)
}