New database check routine

-checklevel gets a new meaning:
0: verify blocks can be read from disk (like before)
1: verify (contextless) block validity (like before)
2: verify undo files can be read and have good checksums
3: verify coin database is consistent with the last few blocks
   (close to level 6 before)
4: verify all validity rules of the last few blocks

Level 3 is the new default, as it's reasonably fast. As level 3 and
4 are implemented using an in-memory rollback of the database, they
are limited to as many blocks as possible without exceeding the
limits set by -dbcache. The default of -dbcache=25 allows for some
150-200 blocks to be rolled back.

In case an error is found, the application quits with a message
instructing the user to restart with -reindex. Better instructions,
and automatic recovery (when possible) or automatic reindexing are
left as future work.
This commit is contained in:
Pieter Wuille
2013-01-03 15:29:07 +01:00
parent 8539361e66
commit 1f355b66cd
3 changed files with 60 additions and 14 deletions

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@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage()
" -rescan " + _("Rescan the block chain for missing wallet transactions") + "\n" +
" -salvagewallet " + _("Attempt to recover private keys from a corrupt wallet.dat") + "\n" +
" -checkblocks=<n> " + _("How many blocks to check at startup (default: 2500, 0 = all)") + "\n" +
" -checklevel=<n> " + _("How thorough the block verification is (0-6, default: 1)") + "\n" +
" -checklevel=<n> " + _("How thorough the block verification is (0-4, default: 3)") + "\n" +
" -loadblock=<file> " + _("Imports blocks from external blk000??.dat file") + "\n" +
" -reindex " + _("Rebuild blockchain index from current blk000??.dat files") + "\n" +
@@ -752,7 +752,10 @@ bool AppInit2()
pblocktree->WriteReindexing(true);
if (!LoadBlockIndex())
return InitError(_("Error loading blkindex.dat"));
return InitError(_("Error loading block/coin databases"));
if (!VerifyDB())
return InitError(_("Corrupted database detected. Please restart the client with -reindex."));
// as LoadBlockIndex can take several minutes, it's possible the user
// requested to kill bitcoin-qt during the last operation. If so, exit.