core/state/snapshot/generate.go

@@ -560,6 +560,12 @@ func (dl *diskLayer) generate(stats *generatorStats) {
 		default:
 		}
 		if batch.ValueSize() > ethdb.IdealBatchSize || abort != nil {
+			if bytes.Compare(currentLocation, dl.genMarker) < 0 {
+				log.Error("Snapshot generator went backwards",
+					"currentLocation", fmt.Sprintf("%x", currentLocation),
+					"genMarker", fmt.Sprintf("%x", dl.genMarker))
+			}
+
 			// Flush out the batch anyway no matter it's empty or not.
 			// It's possible that all the states are recovered and the
 			// generation indeed makes progress.
@@ -634,8 +640,14 @@ func (dl *diskLayer) generate(stats *generatorStats) {
 			stats.storage += common.StorageSize(1 + common.HashLength + dataLen)
 			stats.accounts++
 		}
+		marker := accountHash[:]
+		// If the snap generation goes here after interrupted, genMarker may go backward
+		// when last genMarker is consisted of accountHash and storageHash
+		if accMarker != nil && bytes.Equal(marker, accMarker) && len(dl.genMarker) > common.HashLength {
+			marker = dl.genMarker[:]
+		}
 		// If we've exceeded our batch allowance or termination was requested, flush to disk
-		if err := checkAndFlush(accountHash[:]); err != nil {
+		if err := checkAndFlush(marker); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		// If the iterated account is the contract, create a further loop to