From 49cdcf5c70735dc85bd9c22b45811a3ec7cef54d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gary rong <garyrong0905@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:29:45 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] core: reset to genesis when middle block is missing (#22135)

When a sethead/rewind finds that the targeted block is missing, it resets to genesis instead of crashing. Closes #22129
---
 core/blockchain.go | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index d6668cdcd..c05ebfd54 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -524,8 +524,13 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) SetHeadBeyondRoot(head uint64, root common.Hash) (uint64,
 					if _, err := state.New(newHeadBlock.Root(), bc.stateCache, bc.snaps); err != nil {
 						log.Trace("Block state missing, rewinding further", "number", newHeadBlock.NumberU64(), "hash", newHeadBlock.Hash())
 						if pivot == nil || newHeadBlock.NumberU64() > *pivot {
-							newHeadBlock = bc.GetBlock(newHeadBlock.ParentHash(), newHeadBlock.NumberU64()-1)
-							continue
+							parent := bc.GetBlock(newHeadBlock.ParentHash(), newHeadBlock.NumberU64()-1)
+							if parent != nil {
+								newHeadBlock = parent
+								continue
+							}
+							log.Error("Missing block in the middle, aiming genesis", "number", newHeadBlock.NumberU64()-1, "hash", newHeadBlock.ParentHash())
+							newHeadBlock = bc.genesisBlock
 						} else {
 							log.Trace("Rewind passed pivot, aiming genesis", "number", newHeadBlock.NumberU64(), "hash", newHeadBlock.Hash(), "pivot", *pivot)
 							newHeadBlock = bc.genesisBlock
-- 
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