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fix block serialization order in fork_database::close - v1.8.x #7326
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Change Description
This PR fixes a bug in
fork_database::close
which serialized blocks to disk in the wrong order thus causing unlinkable block errors when attempting to open the fork_db.dat file infork_database::open
.Also, a new unit test,
forked_tests/reopen_forkdb
, has been added to test a scenario that lead to the unlinkable block errors described above when thefork_database::close
was not fixed.Consensus Changes
API Changes
Documentation Additions