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Diffstat (limited to 'core/blockchain.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | core/blockchain.go | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go index ea26fa034..34832252a 100644 --- a/core/blockchain.go +++ b/core/blockchain.go @@ -1524,6 +1524,18 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) GetBlockHashesFromHash(hash common.Hash, max uint64) []com return bc.hc.GetBlockHashesFromHash(hash, max) } +// GetAncestor retrieves the Nth ancestor of a given block. It assumes that either the given block or +// a close ancestor of it is canonical. maxNonCanonical points to a downwards counter limiting the +// number of blocks to be individually checked before we reach the canonical chain. +// +// Note: ancestor == 0 returns the same block, 1 returns its parent and so on. +func (bc *BlockChain) GetAncestor(hash common.Hash, number, ancestor uint64, maxNonCanonical *uint64) (common.Hash, uint64) { + bc.chainmu.Lock() + defer bc.chainmu.Unlock() + + return bc.hc.GetAncestor(hash, number, ancestor, maxNonCanonical) +} + // GetHeaderByNumber retrieves a block header from the database by number, // caching it (associated with its hash) if found. func (bc *BlockChain) GetHeaderByNumber(number uint64) *types.Header { |