blocks: use auto-generated .c files instead of 'LD -r -b binary'

src/cryptonote_core/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@ set(cryptonote_core_private_headers
   tx_pool.h
   cryptonote_tx_utils.h)
 
-if(PER_BLOCK_CHECKPOINT)
-  set(Blocks "blocks")
-else()
-  set(Blocks "")
-endif()
-
 monero_private_headers(cryptonote_core
   ${cryptonote_core_private_headers})
 monero_add_library(cryptonote_core
@@ -69,5 +63,4 @@ target_link_libraries(cryptonote_core
     ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY}
     ${Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY}
   PRIVATE
-    ${Blocks}
     ${EXTRA_LIBRARIES})

src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp

@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@
 #include "ringct/rctSigs.h"
 #include "common/perf_timer.h"
 #include "common/notify.h"
-#if defined(PER_BLOCK_CHECKPOINT)
-#include "blocks/blocks.h"
-#endif
 
 #undef MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY
 #define MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY "blockchain"
@@ -341,7 +338,7 @@ uint64_t Blockchain::get_current_blockchain_height() const
 //------------------------------------------------------------------
 //FIXME: possibly move this into the constructor, to avoid accidentally
 //       dereferencing a null BlockchainDB pointer
-bool Blockchain::init(BlockchainDB* db, const network_type nettype, bool offline, const cryptonote::test_options *test_options, difficulty_type fixed_difficulty)
+bool Blockchain::init(BlockchainDB* db, const network_type nettype, bool offline, const cryptonote::test_options *test_options, difficulty_type fixed_difficulty, const GetCheckpointsCallback get_checkpoints/* = nullptr*/)
 {
   LOG_PRINT_L3("Blockchain::" << __func__);
   CRITICAL_REGION_LOCAL(m_tx_pool);
@@ -439,7 +436,7 @@ bool Blockchain::init(BlockchainDB* db, const network_type nettype, bool offline
 
 #if defined(PER_BLOCK_CHECKPOINT)
   if (m_nettype != FAKECHAIN)
-    load_compiled_in_block_hashes();
+    load_compiled_in_block_hashes(get_checkpoints);
 #endif
 
   MINFO("Blockchain initialized. last block: " << m_db->height() - 1 << ", " << epee::misc_utils::get_time_interval_string(timestamp_diff) << " time ago, current difficulty: " << get_difficulty_for_next_block());
@@ -4404,19 +4401,21 @@ void Blockchain::cancel()
 
 #if defined(PER_BLOCK_CHECKPOINT)
 static const char expected_block_hashes_hash[] = "954cb2bbfa2fe6f74b2cdd22a1a4c767aea249ad47ad4f7c9445f0f03260f511";
-void Blockchain::load_compiled_in_block_hashes()
+void Blockchain::load_compiled_in_block_hashes(const GetCheckpointsCallback get_checkpoints)
 {
-  const bool testnet = m_nettype == TESTNET;
-  const bool stagenet = m_nettype == STAGENET;
-  if (m_fast_sync && get_blocks_dat_start(testnet, stagenet) != nullptr && get_blocks_dat_size(testnet, stagenet) > 0)
+  if (get_checkpoints == nullptr || !m_fast_sync)
   {
-    MINFO("Loading precomputed blocks (" << get_blocks_dat_size(testnet, stagenet) << " bytes)");
-
+    return;
+  }
+  const epee::span<const unsigned char> checkpoints = get_checkpoints(m_nettype);
+  if (!checkpoints.empty())
+  {
+    MINFO("Loading precomputed blocks (" << checkpoints.size() << " bytes)");
     if (m_nettype == MAINNET)
     {
       // first check hash
       crypto::hash hash;
-      if (!tools::sha256sum(get_blocks_dat_start(testnet, stagenet), get_blocks_dat_size(testnet, stagenet), hash))
+      if (!tools::sha256sum(checkpoints.data(), checkpoints.size(), hash))
       {
         MERROR("Failed to hash precomputed blocks data");
         return;
@@ -4436,9 +4435,9 @@ void Blockchain::load_compiled_in_block_hashes()
       }
     }
 
-    if (get_blocks_dat_size(testnet, stagenet) > 4)
+    if (checkpoints.size() > 4)
     {
-      const unsigned char *p = get_blocks_dat_start(testnet, stagenet);
+      const unsigned char *p = checkpoints.data();
       const uint32_t nblocks = *p | ((*(p+1))<<8) | ((*(p+2))<<16) | ((*(p+3))<<24);
       if (nblocks > (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max() - 4) / sizeof(hash))
       {
@@ -4446,7 +4445,7 @@ void Blockchain::load_compiled_in_block_hashes()
         return;
       }
       const size_t size_needed = 4 + nblocks * sizeof(crypto::hash);
-      if(nblocks > 0 && nblocks > (m_db->height() + HASH_OF_HASHES_STEP - 1) / HASH_OF_HASHES_STEP && get_blocks_dat_size(testnet, stagenet) >= size_needed)
+      if(nblocks > 0 && nblocks > (m_db->height() + HASH_OF_HASHES_STEP - 1) / HASH_OF_HASHES_STEP && checkpoints.size() >= size_needed)
       {
         p += sizeof(uint32_t);
         m_blocks_hash_of_hashes.reserve(nblocks);

src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.h

@@ -38,9 +38,11 @@
 #include <boost/multi_index/hashed_index.hpp>
 #include <boost/multi_index/member.hpp>
 #include <atomic>
+#include <functional>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <unordered_set>
 
+#include "span.h"
 #include "syncobj.h"
 #include "string_tools.h"
 #include "cryptonote_basic/cryptonote_basic.h"
@@ -73,6 +75,15 @@ namespace cryptonote
     db_nosync //!< Leave syncing up to the backing db (safest, but slowest because of disk I/O)
   };
 
+  /** 
+   * @brief Callback routine that returns checkpoints data for specific network type
+   * 
+   * @param network network type
+   * 
+   * @return checkpoints data, empty span if there ain't any checkpoints for specific network type
+   */
+  typedef std::function<const epee::span<const unsigned char>(cryptonote::network_type network)> GetCheckpointsCallback;
+
   /************************************************************************/
   /*                                                                      */
   /************************************************************************/
@@ -117,10 +128,11 @@ namespace cryptonote
      * @param offline true if running offline, else false
      * @param test_options test parameters
      * @param fixed_difficulty fixed difficulty for testing purposes; 0 means disabled
+     * @param get_checkpoints if set, will be called to get checkpoints data
      *
      * @return true on success, false if any initialization steps fail
      */
-    bool init(BlockchainDB* db, const network_type nettype = MAINNET, bool offline = false, const cryptonote::test_options *test_options = NULL, difficulty_type fixed_difficulty = 0);
+    bool init(BlockchainDB* db, const network_type nettype = MAINNET, bool offline = false, const cryptonote::test_options *test_options = NULL, difficulty_type fixed_difficulty = 0, const GetCheckpointsCallback get_checkpoints = nullptr);
 
     /**
      * @brief Initialize the Blockchain state
@@ -1369,8 +1381,10 @@ namespace cryptonote
      * A (possibly empty) set of block hashes can be compiled into the
      * monero daemon binary.  This function loads those hashes into
      * a useful state.
+     * 
+     * @param get_checkpoints if set, will be called to get checkpoints data
      */
-    void load_compiled_in_block_hashes();
+    void load_compiled_in_block_hashes(const GetCheckpointsCallback get_checkpoints);
 
     /**
      * @brief expands v2 transaction data from blockchain

src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp

@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
     return m_blockchain_storage.get_alternative_blocks_count();
   }
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  bool core::init(const boost::program_options::variables_map& vm, const char *config_subdir, const cryptonote::test_options *test_options)
+  bool core::init(const boost::program_options::variables_map& vm, const char *config_subdir, const cryptonote::test_options *test_options, const GetCheckpointsCallback get_checkpoints/* = nullptr */)
   {
     start_time = std::time(nullptr);
 
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
       regtest_hard_forks
     };
     const difficulty_type fixed_difficulty = command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_fixed_difficulty);
-    r = m_blockchain_storage.init(db.release(), m_nettype, m_offline, regtest ? &regtest_test_options : test_options, fixed_difficulty);
+    r = m_blockchain_storage.init(db.release(), m_nettype, m_offline, regtest ? &regtest_test_options : test_options, fixed_difficulty, get_checkpoints);
 
     r = m_mempool.init(max_txpool_weight);
     CHECK_AND_ASSERT_MES(r, false, "Failed to initialize memory pool");

src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.h

@@ -244,10 +244,11 @@ namespace cryptonote
       * @param vm command line parameters
       * @param config_subdir subdirectory for config storage
       * @param test_options configuration options for testing
+      * @param get_checkpoints if set, will be called to get checkpoints data, must return checkpoints data pointer and size or nullptr if there ain't any checkpoints for specific network type
       *
       * @return false if one of the init steps fails, otherwise true
       */
-     bool init(const boost::program_options::variables_map& vm, const char *config_subdir = NULL, const test_options *test_options = NULL);
+     bool init(const boost::program_options::variables_map& vm, const char *config_subdir = NULL, const test_options *test_options = NULL, const GetCheckpointsCallback get_checkpoints = nullptr);
 
      /**
       * @copydoc Blockchain::reset_and_set_genesis_block