Merge #14841: consensus: Move CheckBlock() call to critical section

c5ed6e73d Move CheckBlock() call to critical section (Hennadii Stepanov)

Pull request description:

  This is an alternative to #14803.

  Refs:
  - #14058
  - #14072
  - https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14803#issuecomment-442233211 by @gmaxwell
  > It doesn't support multithreaded validation and there are lot of things that prevent that, which is why I was concerned. Why doesn't the lock on the block index or even cs main prevent concurrency here?

  - https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14803#issuecomment-442237566 by @MarcoFalke

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Wladimir J. van der Laan 2018-12-01 10:25:53 +01:00
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2 changed files with 5 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -3530,12 +3530,14 @@ bool ProcessNewBlock(const CChainParams& chainparams, const std::shared_ptr<cons
CBlockIndex *pindex = nullptr; CBlockIndex *pindex = nullptr;
if (fNewBlock) *fNewBlock = false; if (fNewBlock) *fNewBlock = false;
CValidationState state; CValidationState state;
// CheckBlock() does not support multi-threaded block validation because CBlock::fChecked can cause data race.
// Therefore, the following critical section must include the CheckBlock() call as well.
LOCK(cs_main);
// Ensure that CheckBlock() passes before calling AcceptBlock, as // Ensure that CheckBlock() passes before calling AcceptBlock, as
// belt-and-suspenders. // belt-and-suspenders.
bool ret = CheckBlock(*pblock, state, chainparams.GetConsensus()); bool ret = CheckBlock(*pblock, state, chainparams.GetConsensus());
LOCK(cs_main);
if (ret) { if (ret) {
// Store to disk // Store to disk
ret = g_chainstate.AcceptBlock(pblock, state, chainparams, &pindex, fForceProcessing, nullptr, fNewBlock); ret = g_chainstate.AcceptBlock(pblock, state, chainparams, &pindex, fForceProcessing, nullptr, fNewBlock);

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@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
# ThreadSanitizer suppressions # ThreadSanitizer suppressions
# ============================ # ============================
# fChecked is theoretically racy, practically only in unit tests
race:CheckBlock
# WalletBatch (unidentified deadlock) # WalletBatch (unidentified deadlock)
deadlock:WalletBatch deadlock:WalletBatch