Merge pull request #19628 from karalabe/nofreeze-genesis

core/rawdb: keep genesis in key-value store for full sync too

core/rawdb/freezer.go

@@ -335,19 +335,25 @@ func (f *freezer) freeze(db ethdb.KeyValueStore) {
 		// Wipe out all data from the active database
 		batch := db.NewBatch()
 		for i := 0; i < len(ancients); i++ {
+			// Always keep the genesis block in active database
+			if first+uint64(i) != 0 {
 				DeleteBlockWithoutNumber(batch, ancients[i], first+uint64(i))
 				DeleteCanonicalHash(batch, first+uint64(i))
 			}
+		}
 		if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
 			log.Crit("Failed to delete frozen canonical blocks", "err", err)
 		}
 		batch.Reset()
 		// Wipe out side chain also.
 		for number := first; number < f.frozen; number++ {
+			// Always keep the genesis block in active database
+			if number != 0 {
 				for _, hash := range ReadAllHashes(db, number) {
 					DeleteBlock(batch, hash, number)
 				}
 			}
+		}
 		if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
 			log.Crit("Failed to delete frozen side blocks", "err", err)
 		}