v2/consortium_test: fix for pbss: do not insert inserted blocks (#613)

* v2/consortium_test: only insert newly created blocks

* consortium_test.go: add comments

consensus/consortium/v2/consortium_test.go

@@ -2218,7 +2218,7 @@ func testSystemTransactionOrder(t *testing.T, scheme string) {
 }
 
 func TestIsPeriodBlock(t *testing.T) {
-	//testIsPeriodBlock(t, rawdb.PathScheme)
+	testIsPeriodBlock(t, rawdb.PathScheme)
 	testIsPeriodBlock(t, rawdb.HashScheme)
 }
 
@@ -2301,7 +2301,11 @@ func testIsPeriodBlock(t *testing.T, scheme string) {
 		block, _ := core.GenerateChain(&chainConfig, bs[len(bs)-1], ethash.NewFaker(), db, 1, callback, true)
 		bs = append(bs, block...)
 	}
-	if _, err := chain.InsertChain(bs[:], nil); err != nil {
+	// Only the new blocks are inserted here
+	// For path scheme, the number of db diff layers corresponding to blocks are limited to 128
+	// So just the newest 128 blocks can be retrieved from the db
+	// Therefore, the handling of the inserted blocks can result in error since the older blocks can not be retrieved for checking
+	if _, err := chain.InsertChain(bs[399:], nil); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
@@ -2321,15 +2325,9 @@ func testIsPeriodBlock(t *testing.T, scheme string) {
 	}
 }
 
-/*
-Got issues related to parent layer missing in the test
-panic: triedb parent [0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421] layer missing [recovered]
-panic: triedb parent [0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421] layer missing
-Will disable this test firstly for further investigation.
-*/
 func TestIsTrippEffective(t *testing.T) {
 	testIsTrippEffective(t, rawdb.HashScheme)
-	// testIsTrippEffective(t, rawdb.PathScheme)
+	testIsTrippEffective(t, rawdb.PathScheme)
 
 }
 
@@ -2416,7 +2414,11 @@ func testIsTrippEffective(t *testing.T, scheme string) {
 		block, _ := core.GenerateChain(&chainConfig, bs[len(bs)-1], ethash.NewFaker(), db, 1, callback, true)
 		bs = append(bs, block...)
 	}
-	if _, err := chain.InsertChain(bs[:], nil); err != nil {
+	// Only the new blocks are inserted here
+	// For path scheme, the number of db diff layers corresponding to blocks are limited to 128
+	// So just the newest 128 blocks can be retrieved from the db
+	// Therefore, the handling of the inserted blocks can result in error since the older blocks can not be retrieved for checking
+	if _, err := chain.InsertChain(bs[399:], nil); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}