Prevent callback overruns in InvalidateBlock and RewindBlockIndex

Author: sipa

src/validation.cpp

@@ -2642,6 +2642,14 @@ static void NotifyHeaderTip() LOCKS_EXCLUDED(cs_main) {
     }
 }
 
+static void LimitValidationInterfaceQueue() {
+    AssertLockNotHeld(cs_main);
+
+    if (GetMainSignals().CallbacksPending() > 10) {
+        SyncWithValidationInterfaceQueue();
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Make the best chain active, in multiple steps. The result is either failure
  * or an activated best chain. pblock is either nullptr or a pointer to a block
@@ -2670,15 +2678,13 @@ bool CChainState::ActivateBestChain(CValidationState &state, const CChainParams&
     do {
         boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
 
-        if (GetMainSignals().CallbacksPending() > 10) {
-            // Block until the validation queue drains. This should largely
-            // never happen in normal operation, however may happen during
-            // reindex, causing memory blowup if we run too far ahead.
-            // Note that if a validationinterface callback ends up calling
-            // ActivateBestChain this may lead to a deadlock! We should
-            // probably have a DEBUG_LOCKORDER test for this in the future.
-            SyncWithValidationInterfaceQueue();
-        }
+        // Block until the validation queue drains. This should largely
+        // never happen in normal operation, however may happen during
+        // reindex, causing memory blowup if we run too far ahead.
+        // Note that if a validationinterface callback ends up calling
+        // ActivateBestChain this may lead to a deadlock! We should
+        // probably have a DEBUG_LOCKORDER test for this in the future.
+        LimitValidationInterfaceQueue();
 
         {
             LOCK(cs_main);
@@ -2796,6 +2802,9 @@ bool CChainState::InvalidateBlock(CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& c
     while (true) {
         if (ShutdownRequested()) break;
 
+        // Make sure the queue of validation callbacks doesn't grow unboundedly.
+        LimitValidationInterfaceQueue();
+
         LOCK(cs_main);
         if (!chainActive.Contains(pindex)) break;
         pindex_was_in_chain = true;
@@ -4285,6 +4294,9 @@ bool CChainState::RewindBlockIndex(const CChainParams& params)
 
             tip = tip->pprev;
         }
+        // Make sure the queue of validation callbacks doesn't grow unboundedly.
+        LimitValidationInterfaceQueue();
+
         // Occasionally flush state to disk.
         if (!FlushStateToDisk(params, state, FlushStateMode::PERIODIC)) {
             LogPrintf("RewindBlockIndex: unable to flush state to disk (%s)\n", FormatStateMessage(state));