Function ActivateBestChainStep

src/main.cpp:2897–2974

* Try to make some progress towards making pindexMostWork the active block. * pblock is either NULL or a pointer to a CBlock corresponding to pindexMostWork. */

 * pblock is either NULL or a pointer to a CBlock corresponding to pindexMostWork.
 */
static bool ActivateBestChainStep(CValidationState &state, CBlockIndex *pindexMostWork, CBlock *pblock, const BlockSource& blockSource, bool& fInvalidFound) {
    AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
    const CBlockIndex *pindexOldTip = chainActive.Tip();
    const CBlockIndex *pindexFork = chainActive.FindFork(pindexMostWork);

    // Disconnect active blocks which are no longer in the best chain.
    bool fBlocksDisconnected = false;
    while (chainActive.Tip() && chainActive.Tip() != pindexFork) {
        if (!DisconnectTip(state))
            return false;
        fBlocksDisconnected = true;
    }

    // Build list of new blocks to connect.
    std::vector<CBlockIndex*> vpindexToConnect;
    bool fContinue = true;
    int nHeight = pindexFork ? pindexFork->nHeight : -1;
    while (fContinue && nHeight != pindexMostWork->nHeight) {
        // Don't iterate the entire list of potential improvements toward the best tip, as we likely only need
        // a few blocks along the way.
        int nTargetHeight = std::min(nHeight + 32, pindexMostWork->nHeight);
        vpindexToConnect.clear();
        vpindexToConnect.reserve(nTargetHeight - nHeight);
        CBlockIndex *pindexIter = pindexMostWork->GetAncestor(nTargetHeight);
        while (pindexIter && pindexIter->nHeight != nHeight) {
            vpindexToConnect.push_back(pindexIter);
            pindexIter = pindexIter->pprev;
        }
        nHeight = nTargetHeight;

        // Connect new blocks.
        BOOST_REVERSE_FOREACH(CBlockIndex *pindexConnect, vpindexToConnect) {
            CBlock* mostWork = pindexConnect == pindexMostWork ? pblock : nullptr;
            if (!ConnectTip(state, pindexConnect, mostWork, blockSource)) {
                if (state.IsInvalid()) {
                    // The block violates a consensus rule.
                    if (!state.CorruptionPossible())
                        InvalidChainFound(vpindexToConnect.back());
                    state = CValidationState();
                    fInvalidFound = true;
                    fContinue = false;
                    break;
                } else {
                    // A system error occurred (disk space, database error, ...).
                    return false;
                }
            } else {
                PruneBlockIndexCandidates();
                if (!pindexOldTip || chainActive.Tip()->nChainWork > pindexOldTip->nChainWork) {
                    // We're in a better position than we were. Return temporarily to release the lock.
                    fContinue = false;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }

    // If we reorged back across the UAHF, clear the pool to be sure it doesn't contain tx invalid before the fork