core/state, core, miner: handle missing root error from state.New

3 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/evm/main.go b/cmd/evm/main.go
index e170dc190..64044c421 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/main.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/main.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func run(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	glog.SetV(ctx.GlobalInt(VerbosityFlag.Name))
 
 	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	statedb := state.New(common.Hash{}, db)
+	statedb, _ := state.New(common.Hash{}, db)
 	sender := statedb.CreateAccount(common.StringToAddress("sender"))
 	receiver := statedb.CreateAccount(common.StringToAddress("receiver"))
 	receiver.SetCode(common.Hex2Bytes(ctx.GlobalString(CodeFlag.Name)))
diff --git a/cmd/geth/blocktestcmd.go b/cmd/geth/blocktestcmd.go
index e0a5becdc..e4d97aa53 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/blocktestcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/blocktestcmd.go
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ func runBlockTest(ctx *cli.Context) {
 
 func runOneBlockTest(ctx *cli.Context, test *tests.BlockTest) (*eth.Ethereum, error) {
 	cfg := utils.MakeEthConfig(ClientIdentifier, Version, ctx)
-	cfg.NewDB = func(path string) (ethdb.Database, error) { return ethdb.NewMemDatabase() }
+	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
+	cfg.NewDB = func(path string) (ethdb.Database, error) { return db, nil }
 	cfg.MaxPeers = 0 // disable network
 	cfg.Shh = false  // disable whisper
 	cfg.NAT = nil    // disable port mapping
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ func runOneBlockTest(ctx *cli.Context, test *tests.BlockTest) (*eth.Ethereum, er
 	// import the genesis block
 	ethereum.ResetWithGenesisBlock(test.Genesis)
 	// import pre accounts
-	_, err = test.InsertPreState(ethereum)
+	_, err = test.InsertPreState(db, cfg.AccountManager)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ethereum, fmt.Errorf("InsertPreState: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -123,7 +124,10 @@ func runOneBlockTest(ctx *cli.Context, test *tests.BlockTest) (*eth.Ethereum, er
 	if err != nil {
 		return ethereum, fmt.Errorf("Block Test load error: %v", err)
 	}
-	newDB := cm.State()
+	newDB, err := cm.State()
+	if err != nil {
+		return ethereum, fmt.Errorf("Block Test get state error: %v", err)
+	}
 	if err := test.ValidatePostState(newDB); err != nil {
 		return ethereum, fmt.Errorf("post state validation failed: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
index c5bc4b66a..80f3777d6 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@@ -179,7 +179,11 @@ func dump(ctx *cli.Context) {
 			fmt.Println("{}")
 			utils.Fatalf("block not found")
 		} else {
-			state := state.New(block.Root(), chainDb)
+			state, err := state.New(block.Root(), chainDb)
+			if err != nil {
+				utils.Fatalf("could not create new state: %v", err)
+				return
+			}
 			fmt.Printf("%s\n", state.Dump())
 		}
 	}