[MOVEONLY] Move LastCommonAncestor to chain

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Pieter Wuille
2017-04-16 06:57:11 -07:00
parent 234ffc677e
commit b3a279cd58
3 changed files with 22 additions and 19 deletions

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@@ -148,3 +148,22 @@ int64_t GetBlockProofEquivalentTime(const CBlockIndex& to, const CBlockIndex& fr
}
return sign * r.GetLow64();
}
/** Find the last common ancestor two blocks have.
* Both pa and pb must be non-NULL. */
const CBlockIndex* LastCommonAncestor(const CBlockIndex* pa, const CBlockIndex* pb) {
if (pa->nHeight > pb->nHeight) {
pa = pa->GetAncestor(pb->nHeight);
} else if (pb->nHeight > pa->nHeight) {
pb = pb->GetAncestor(pa->nHeight);
}
while (pa != pb && pa && pb) {
pa = pa->pprev;
pb = pb->pprev;
}
// Eventually all chain branches meet at the genesis block.
assert(pa == pb);
return pa;
}