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-rw-r--r--core/database_util.go6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/core/database_util.go b/core/database_util.go
index 1529d7369..5f9afe6ba 100644
--- a/core/database_util.go
+++ b/core/database_util.go
@@ -204,7 +204,11 @@ func GetTd(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash, number uint64) *big.Int {
}
// GetBlock retrieves an entire block corresponding to the hash, assembling it
-// back from the stored header and body.
+// back from the stored header and body. If either the header or body could not
+// be retrieved nil is returned.
+//
+// Note, due to concurrent download of header and block body the header and thus
+// canonical hash can be stored in the database but the body data not (yet).
func GetBlock(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash, number uint64) *types.Block {
// Retrieve the block header and body contents
header := GetHeader(db, hash, number)