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BlockFetcher

Source (upstream pre-purge) Current
File eth/fetcher/block_fetcher.go block_fetcher_pow.go
Symbol BlockFetcher BlockFetcher
Ref f4d53133f~1 etc/v1.17.3-full-node

3-way merge — purge → getc ← upstream

pre-purge
// BlockFetcher is responsible for accumulating block announcements from various peers
// and scheduling them for retrieval.
type BlockFetcher struct {
light bool // The indicator whether it's a light fetcher or normal one.
// Various event channels
notify chan *blockAnnounce
inject chan *blockOrHeaderInject
headerFilter chan chan *headerFilterTask
bodyFilter chan chan *bodyFilterTask
done chan common.Hash
quit chan struct{}
// Announce states
announces map[string]int // Per peer blockAnnounce counts to prevent memory exhaustion
announced map[common.Hash][]*blockAnnounce // Announced blocks, scheduled for fetching
fetching map[common.Hash]*blockAnnounce // Announced blocks, currently fetching
fetched map[common.Hash][]*blockAnnounce // Blocks with headers fetched, scheduled for body retrieval
completing map[common.Hash]*blockAnnounce // Blocks with headers, currently body-completing
// Block cache
queue *prque.Prque[int64, *blockOrHeaderInject] // Queue containing the import operations (block number sorted)
queues map[string]int // Per peer block counts to prevent memory exhaustion
queued map[common.Hash]*blockOrHeaderInject // Set of already queued blocks (to dedup imports)
// Callbacks
getHeader HeaderRetrievalFn // Retrieves a header from the local chain
getBlock blockRetrievalFn // Retrieves a block from the local chain
verifyHeader headerVerifierFn // Checks if a block's headers have a valid proof of work
broadcastBlock blockBroadcasterFn // Broadcasts a block to connected peers
chainHeight chainHeightFn // Retrieves the current chain's height
insertHeaders headersInsertFn // Injects a batch of headers into the chain
insertChain chainInsertFn // Injects a batch of blocks into the chain
dropPeer peerDropFn // Drops a peer for misbehaving
// Testing hooks
announceChangeHook func(common.Hash, bool) // Method to call upon adding or deleting a hash from the blockAnnounce list
queueChangeHook func(common.Hash, bool) // Method to call upon adding or deleting a block from the import queue
fetchingHook func([]common.Hash) // Method to call upon starting a block (eth/61) or header (eth/62) fetch
completingHook func([]common.Hash) // Method to call upon starting a block body fetch (eth/62)
importedHook func(*types.Header, *types.Block) // Method to call upon successful header or block import (both eth/61 and eth/62)
}
core-geth validation — **Identical** ✅ | | | |---|---| | File | [`block_fetcher.go`](https://github.com/etclabscore/core-geth/blob/v1.12.20/eth/fetcher/block_fetcher.go) | | Symbol | `BlockFetcher` | | Ref | `v1.12.20` |

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